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2015

News Release, July 22, 2015

Community Organizations, Affected Groups Respond to EPA’s Failure to Protect Communities of Color and Marginalized Populations From Toxic Chemical Spills Under the Clean Water Act

(Washington, DC) Yesterday the Environmental Justice Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform (EJHA), a national environmental justice network, joined People Concerned About Chemical Safety and the Natural Resources Defense Council in filing suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to adopt mandatory regulations to protect communities against toxic chemical spills from thousands of industrial facilities.

News Release, March 31, 2015

Health and Community Advocates Overwhelmingly Oppose Vitter-Udall Takeover of Nation’s Toxic Chemical Safety Laws

Advocates from more than 50 environmental justice, health, sustainable business and community organizations delivered a letter to the United States Senate in opposition to S. 697, which could block states from taking new actions to protect consumers and communities from exposure to toxic chemicals.

News Release, March 19, 2015

Health & Community Groups Say Asthma, Premature Death From Smog Mean Epa Must Take Strong Action To Cut Ozone Pollution

As the public comment period for a newly proposed national limit on ozone pollution (smog) came to a close this week, hundreds of organizations and concerned individuals from across the nation expressed their support for improved public health, cleaner air, and a more protective ozone standard of 60 parts per billion (ppb).

News Release, March 11, 2015

Chemical Industry Gets Free Pass in Vitter-Udall Bill: NYU Study Links Toxic Chemicals to Billions in Health Care Costs

(New York, NY) A new bill that claims to update how chemicals are regulated in the United States, introduced today by Senators David Vitter (R-LA) and Tom Udall (D-NM), is a sweet deal for the chemical industry that would keep exposing Americans to harmful chemicals while exposing the nation to billions in health care costs, a coalition of community, environmental and health groups said today.

News Release, February 4, 2015

New Report Finds 81% of Dollar Store Products Tested Contain One or More Hazardous Chemicals Linked to Learning Disabilities, Cancer & Other Serious Illnesses

The Campaign for Healthier Solutions – a group of over 100 health, community, and environmental justice organizations around the country – released a report today about toxic chemicals found in dollar store products.  The report -- A Day Late And A Dollar Short: Discount Retailers are Falling Behind on Safer Chemicals – includes testing results for 164 dollar store products such as toys, jewelry, school supplies and other household items, that found over 81% (133 of 164) contained at least one hazardous chemical above levels of concern.

News Release, February 4, 2015

Nuevo Informe Encuentra Que el 81% de Productos Analizados Provenientes de las Tiendas de Dólar Contienen Una o Más Sustancias Químicas Nocivas Ligadas a Dificultades del Aprendizaje, el Cáncer y Otras Enfermedades Graves

El día de hoy, la Campaña para Soluciones Saludables — integrado por más de 100 organizaciones de la salud, comunitarias, y de justicia ambiental a lo largo de Estados Unidos — dio a conocer un informe sobre las sustancias químicas toxicas que se encuentran en los productos de venta en las tiendas Dólar. El informe, Siempre Tarde y a Medias: Cadenas de Descuento Se Están Quedando Atrás En Cuanto A Sustancias Químicas Más Seguras (A Day Late and a Dollar Short: Discount Retailers are Falling Behind on Safer Chemicals por su título en ingles) — detalla los resultados de los estudios de 164 productos, tales como juguetes, joyería, útiles escolares y otros artículos del hogar, de las tiendas Dólar. Los estudios encontraron que más del 81% (133 of 164) de los productos contienen por lo menos una sustancia química nociva, que sobrepasa los niveles de preocupación.