Toxic Free NC in the News
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Press Releases & Coverage
- “Nonprofits Request ‘Community Voice’ Be Heard Before the Courts in Chemours, EPA Lawsuit” – Port City Daily, August 21 2022
- Groups line up to back EPA ‘forever chemicals’ push” – Greenwire, August 15 2022
- Press Release: “Groups Support GenX Health Advisory by Moving to Intervene in Chemours Case Against EPA” – August 12 2022
- EPA’s ‘Sham’ PFAS Claim Shouldn’t Derail Legal Case, Courts Told” – Bloomberg Law, July 25 2022
- “Cancer Fears Plague Residents of US Region Polluted By ‘Forever Chemicals’” – The Guardian, July 13 2022
- Press Release: “North Carolina Groups Oppose EPA Effort to Block Suit Requiring Health Testing by Chemours” – June 23 2022
- Press Release: “Diverse Organizations Across the Country Mobilize in Support of the Environmental Justice for All Act” – Coming Clean, February 15 2022
- “Groups Revive Lawsuit Against EPA Over Chemours’ Pollution” – Coastal Review, January 27 2022
- Press Release: “North Carolina Groups Seek Justice In Federal Court After EPA Fails to Hold Chemours Accountable for PFAS Pollution” – Center for Environmental Health, January 27 2022
- “EPA says it’s granting NC groups’ PFAS petition, advocates call it ‘offensive’ and ‘smoke and mirrors‘” WHQR, January 7 2022
- “EPA orders chemical makers to test toxicity of PFAS, giving NC residents a partial victory” – Wilmington Star News, January 2 2022
- “Buscan compromiso para protección ambiental a lo largo del Rio Cape Fear” – Patricia Ortiz, Enlace Latino NC, November 25, 2021
- Press Release: “North Carolina Groups Call on EPA to Address Needs of Impacted Cape Fear Communities by Granting PFAS Testing Petition” – October 18 2021
- ‘They’re literally hot all the time.’ How a heat standard would help NC farmworkers” – Adam Wagner and Aaron Sanchez-Guerra, News & Observer, September 30, 2021
- ” EPA to decide on requiring PFAS health effects testing” – Coastal Review, September 30 2021
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“Coalition Sues Biden EPA Over Approval of ‘Highly Toxic’ Pesticide Linked to Parkinson’s” – Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams, September 24 2021
- “EPA to decide on requiring PFAS health effects testing” – Coastal Review, September 30 2021
- “EPA will reconsider requiring Chemours to fund PFAS testing, a petition rejected by outgoing Trump administration” – Kelly Kenoyer, WHR Public Radio, October 1 2021
- Press Release: “North Carolina Groups Announce EPA Will Act On PFAS Testing Petition Within 90 Days” – September 29 2021
- Press Release: “Groups Sue EPA for Allowing Use of Deadly Pesticide for 15 More Years” – September 24 2021
- Remembering Billie Rogers, who fought environmental racism in rural North Carolina – Facing South – July 23, 2021
- Bipartisan Letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan from Seven Members of the NC Congressional delegation urging EPA to Require Chemours to Fund Health Testing for PFAS Exposure – (related Deborah Ross Press Release) – June 16, 2021
- Letter from 67 Scientists to Michael Regan on the “Urgency of Addressing PFAS Threats to Health and the Environment” – March 15, 2021
- “Environmentalists Say Trump’s EPA Fell Far Short in the Fight Against PFAS” – Greg Barnes, North Carolina Health News, March 9, 2021
- Press Release: “NC Advocates Ask Biden EPA to Reverse Trump’s Denial of PFAS Petition” – March 4, 2021
- Press Release: “EPA Turned a Blind Eye to Carcinogen in Drinking Water” – February 1, 2021
- “EPA Rejects Environmental Groups’ PFAS Petition” – Greg Barnes, NC Health News, January 19 2021
- Press Release: “Trump Administration Ignores PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Threat” – January 8, 2021
- “NC Nonprofits Petition EPA Over PFAS” – Coastal Review, October 14, 2020
- “Environmental Advocates Ask EPA to Get PFAS Data from Chemours” – Bloomberg Law, October 14, 2020
- “Fears about PFAS Risks Continue to Challenge Reach of TSCA Authorities” – Inside EPA, October 14, 2020
- “Activists Press EPA to Force PFAS Manufacturer to Pay for Testing” – Annie Snider, Politico Pro Energy, October 14, 2020
- “Environmental Groups Ask Home Depot, Lowes to End Glyphosate Sales” – Robert Dakin, Nasdaq, August 27, 2020
- “Herbicide-Tainted Compost Plaguing NC Farmers and Gardeners” – Lisa Sorg, PolicyWatch, August 19, 2020
- “Duke Pauses Aerial Spray Program Following Complaints” – Smoky Mountain News, August 12, 2020
- “Lack of Transparency, Scrutiny Involving State Agency’s Pesticide Section” – Lisa Sorg, PolicyWatch, May 7, 2020
- “Dear Governor: Farmworkers Need Your Help” – Eliot Duke, The Daily Record, April 24, 2020
- “Advocates Call for Better Protections for NC Farmworkers Amid Coronavirus Outbreak” – Annette Weston, WCTI News Channel 12, April 18, 2020
- “Plantean Nueva Regla Que Desprotegería a Trabajadores del Campo de Pesticidas” – Karina Neyra, Que Pasa, December 18, 2019
- “Los Pesticidas y Nuestra Salud” – Veronica Aguilar, Que Pasa, June 27, 2019
- “$2 Billion Roundup Verdict May Be Just The Beginning” – Greg Barnes, North Carolina Health News, May 30, 2019
- “Hallan Residuos Tóxicos en Alimentos Vendidos en Supermecados” – Karina Neyra, Que Pasa, February 6, 2019
- Toxic Secret: New Study Shows Harmful Pesticides Found on Harmful Foods in NC and Across U.S., Report by Friends of the Earth, February 5, 2019
- “EPA fines Syngenta $1.2 million for selling misbranded pesticides, failing to keep study records” – Lisa Sorg, The Progressive Pulse, September 19, 2016
- “For advice on bee-harming chemicals, State Pesticide Board appoints panel, including two from bee-harming chemical industry” – Lisa Sorg, The Progressive Pulse, September 15, 2016
- “NC should look hard at effects of insecticide on bees and the environment” – The Editorial Board, News & Observer, September 11, 2016
- “Hands off bee-harming pesticides: N.C. Board to consider restrictions” – Lisa Sorg, The Progressive Pulse, July 25, 2016
- “North Carolina Pesticide Board unanimously approves creation of task force to investigate risks of neonicotinoid insecticides to pollinators and aquatic species” – Thomas Calder, Mountain Xpress, July 13, 2016
- “Hickory Nut Gap Farm’s John Ager to speak at Raleigh pollinator rally,” June 20 – Gina Smith, Mountain Xpress, June 17, 2016
- “Advocacy group protests Bayer pesticide production” – Alex Dixon, Durham Herald Sun, June 21, 2016
- “Effort to Life Electronics Ban Stalls in Senate” – Public News Service, June 8, 2016
- “Bee supporters press to curb use of pesticides” – Martha Quillin, The News and Observer, September 19, 2015
- “Demonstrators gather at State Capitol for protection of honey bees” – Brian Mims, WRAL, September 19, 2015 (with video)
- “Old Issues and New on Legislative Heath Care Agenda” – Hyun Namkoong, North Carolina Health News, January 12, 2015