Toxics

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff makes it a habit to say “No straw, please,” when she goes out to dinner. In fact, the executive director of the 5 Gyres Institute makes it a habit to avoid single-use plastic just about everywhere. In a recent TEDX Talk, she...

When Scott Pruitt became head of the EPA, the first thing that came to my mind was, Tar Creek. It’s not a place many have heard of, but it’s a place that has impacted the lives of Oklahomans for years. Tar Creek Background Tar Creek...

The paper “thermal” receipt you receive when you purchase something in a store or fast food restaurant or make a transaction at your ATM seems so harmless. But as it turns out, that little piece of paper is often embedded with nasty chemicals. These chemicals,...

December is a time for one last look over the shoulder, to take stock of what has been and where the new year can take us. When reflecting on 2017, it is impossible to think about the fight to keep the planet safe for future...

This was written by Richard Denison, Ph.D., Lead Senior Scientist at EDF with research assistance by Ryan O’Connell. It originally appeared in EDF Health: By the time the long-awaited reforms of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) passed in June of 2016, nearly all stakeholders had...