Category: Public Health

The chemical industry wants to block a new EPA rule protecting people from cancer-causing TCE – and Congress may help them

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Right now, Congress is considering overturning an EPA rule that would stop people in the U.S. from getting cancer, birth defects and Parkinson's disease from a toxic chemical that has already poisoned millions of Americans, including our soldiers.   TCE (trichloroethylene) is a highly toxic solvent linked to serious health harms, even at very low … Continue reading The chemical industry wants to block a new EPA rule protecting people from cancer-causing TCE – and Congress may help them

Advice for a new administration to protect people from toxic chemicals

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First, they started the process of rolling back a Biden-era initiative to replace lead pipes. Then they took steps to delay a long-needed rule banning most uses of trichloroethylene (TCE), a chemical linked to cancer. These are just two moves the Trump Administration and Republican-led Congress made in their first weeks that expose people to … Continue reading Advice for a new administration to protect people from toxic chemicals

Statement on RFK Jr Confirmation to HHS Secretary

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Dr. Tracey J. Woodruff, PhD, professor and director of the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment and the EaRTH Center at UCSF issued the following statement today upon Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s confirmation as Secretary of Health and Human Services. We face an epidemic of chronic disease fueled by industrial polluters including the chemical, … Continue reading Statement on RFK Jr Confirmation to HHS Secretary

Experts urge new administration to adopt guiding principles

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To protect health, the Trump administration must cut ties to polluting industries and ensure scientific integrity in decision-making, scientists say. Chronic disease, including cancer, diabetes, and neurological disease, is on the rise, in part driven by exposures to health-harming chemicals from fossil fuels and plastics according to scientists from the UC San Francisco Program on … Continue reading Experts urge new administration to adopt guiding principles