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The report details how North Denver serves as a critical hub for energy, goods production, and transport for the wider region while its residents bear the cumulative health and environmental costs. It identifies widespread EPA violations among local facilities and highlights significant data gaps that hinder community oversight.

ClientEarth proposes comprehensive reforms to the REACH regulation to address deficient accountability systems. Key recommendations include creating clear, mandatory obligations for companies, harmonising enforcement across Member States, increasing transparency for public and investor due diligence, and establishing a robust system of dissuasive sanctions and compensation for health and environmental damages.

CAPE supports the federal government's proposal to ban specific single-use plastics, emphasizing that plastic pollution is a human health crisis as well as an ecological one. The organization highlights health risks including respiratory illness and cancer for fenceline communities and plastics workers, as well as the presence of microplastics in infants. CAPE recommends bringing regulations into force by the end of 2022, removing export exemptions, and expanding the list of banned items to include drink cups, cigarette filters, and products containing additives like PFAS and bisphenols.

The 2021 Climate, Environmental, and Energy Congressional Hearings Tracker catalogs a wide array of legislative inquiries across both the House and Senate. The hearings covered a diverse range of subjects, including the 'Clean Future Act', the 'American Jobs Plan', the impact of PFAS 'forever chemicals', and the resilience of the electric grid following the 2021 Texas grid failure. Significant attention was given to environmental justice, the role of the Department of Energy in innovation, and international climate strategies leading up to COP26. The tracker organizes these hearings by committee, detailing the specific focus of each session, from sustainable aviation and offshore wind to the management of public lands and the risks of climate change in the Arctic.

The document argues that the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), 1999, is outdated and fails to address current environmental and health threats, such as the climate emergency and plastic pollution. It highlights the disproportionate impact of toxics on marginalized groups, including Indigenous people and lower-income Canadians, and calls for the implementation of 87 recommendations made by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development in 2017. The authors advocate for specific amendments to Bill C-28, including the recognition of a human right to a healthy environment, the prohibition of carcinogenic and mutagenic substances, and the establishment of a presumption of non-confidentiality regarding chemical substances.

The document argues that 'Big Food' companies face escalating risks across three domains: waste, climate, and health. It highlights the 'Brussels Effect,' where strict EU directives on single-use plastics and chemical safety set global standards. The report warns that failure to transition from linear 'take-make-waste' models to circular reuse systems exposes companies to legal action, financial penalties, and loss of brand value, particularly among millennial and Gen Z consumers.

The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE-ACME) supports the government's decision to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as a broad class under the Chemicals Management Plan. CAPE-ACME argues that the proliferation of thousands of PFAS chemicals leads to adverse human and ecological health outcomes, including cancers, liver damage, and immune system effects. The organization emphasizes the importance of considering disproportionate impacts on vulnerable populations and supports the positions of other environmental and health organizations regarding PFAS risks.

The petition argues that PFAS, due to their toxicity, persistence, and bioaccumulation, cannot meet the legal standard of not presenting an 'unreasonable risk' required for PMN exemptions. It specifically targets the Byproducts, Low Volume (LVE), Low Release and Exposure (LoREX), and Polymer exemptions, asserting that these loopholes allow hazardous chemicals to enter the market without adequate safety review or public notification.

The document advocates for strengthening the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) by incorporating prevention, precaution, and intersectionality to address the disproportionate impact of toxic exposures on women. It highlights how gendered social roles and sex-specific biological differences increase vulnerability to chemicals in consumer products, workplaces, and the environment, particularly for racialized, Indigenous, and low-income women.

The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and other groups are calling for the modernization of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), 1999, asserting that the law is outdated and fails to address current environmental and health risks. The briefing highlights the disproportionate impact of toxics on marginalized groups, including Indigenous people and lower-income Canadians, and advocates for the implementation of 87 recommendations made by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development in 2017. Proposed amendments include banning highly hazardous substances, establishing national air and drinking water quality standards, and recognizing the human right to a healthy environment.

The chemical industry is a major global energy consumer and carbon emitter that externalizes significant social and health costs. Current international chemicals agreements are severely underfunded, relying on public taxpayers rather than the industry. The document proposes a 0.5% production fee on basic chemicals—the early-stage building blocks of the industry—to operationalize the 'polluter pays principle'. This mechanism could potentially raise US$11.5 billion annually, far exceeding current funding levels, to support sound chemicals management globally.

A coalition of health and environmental organizations is advocating for New York State legislation to ban PFAS in food packaging, citing severe health risks, the availability of safer alternatives, and the disproportionate impact on vulnerable communities.

The document outlines various ways the Trump administration has allegedly harmed children by ignoring scientific advice and weakening regulations. Key areas of concern include the failure to regulate neurotoxins like lead and chlorpyrifos, the lack of action on PFAS and asbestos, reduced food and product safety oversight, and the dismissal of climate science and child welfare standards at the US-Mexico border.

The document outlines the technical approaches used to estimate children's exposure to chlorpyrifos and PFAS, the process for tracking children's product recalls, and the use of EPA Regulatory Impact Analyses to quantify the health benefits lost when air pollution standards were weakened or repealed.

A coalition of environmental and health NGOs calls on the European Commission to establish a long-term chemicals regulatory framework for 2030. The document argues that current EU legislation, including REACH, has significant compliance gaps and fails to protect vulnerable populations from hazardous substances like endocrine disruptors and nanomaterials. The authors propose a 'non-toxic circular economy' that eliminates 'toxic recycling' through full chemical disclosure and stricter standards for recycled materials. Key demands include the phase-out of the most dangerous chemical groups, the creation of an industry-funded independent safety testing system, and the reorganization of Commission governance to give DG Environment full responsibility for chemical pollution policies.

The report argues that the Trump administration has systematically undermined science-based decision-making, which exacerbates existing environmental and health inequities for marginalized communities. It documents rollbacks in air and water pollution enforcement, the suppression of scientific data, and the dismantling of social safety nets and community participation programs. The document provides specific examples of these failures, such as the refusal to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos and the suppression of PFAS contamination data, while highlighting state and local victories where communities have successfully pushed back against these trends.

The Union of Concerned Scientists reports that the Trump administration undermined air quality protections by disbanding scientific review panels, replacing independent experts with industry-linked regulators, and proposing rules to restrict the use of epidemiological studies in policy. The document highlights the elimination of the "once in, always in" policy for hazardous air pollutants and the suppression of a report on formaldehyde's cancer risks, recommending that Congress codify the use of pollutant review panels and investigate the impacts of these actions on public health.

The Union of Concerned Scientists reports a pattern of hostility toward science during the first two years of the Trump administration, citing instances of political interference, funding restrictions, and the silencing of scientists. The document recommends that Congress reestablish the Office of Technology Assessment, pass the Scientific Integrity Act, and use confirmation hearings to ensure transparency and adherence to scientific standards.

The report found hazardous substances, including PFASs and phthalates, in most of the 12 US carpets tested, including those marketed as environmentally friendly. It argues that these toxics hinder closed-loop recycling and that current US regulations and industry certifications are insufficient to protect consumers.

The report identifies hazardous substances, including phthalates, flame retardants, and PFAS, in carpets from major EU manufacturers, arguing that current regulations and voluntary certifications are insufficient to protect consumers and enable safe recycling.