Toxic Free NC in the News
Press Releases & Coverage
- “What They’re Saying About the EPA’s Regulation of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water“– Environmental Working Group, April 12 2024
- “Amid Ongoing Lawsuit, NC Groups Dismayed by EPA’s Private Chemical Industry Workshop on PFAS Testing“– Port City Daily, April 4 2024
- AFM News Hour Interview with Kendall Wimberley (starts at 12:28), Asheville 103.3 FM, April 3 2024
- “Grassroots Groups Criticize EPA for Exclusion from PFAS Workshop” – Inside EPA, March 22 2024 (requires subscription)
- “Chemours Asks Federal Appeals Court to Negate EPA Health Goal for GenX“– NC Newsline, February 15 2024
- “Chemours’ Fight Against GenX Health Advisory Goes to Court, Holds National Ramifications“– Port City Daily, February 5 2024
- “Appeals Court Casts Doubt on District Judge’s Dismissal of Local Groups’ PFAS Testing Petition“– Port City Daily, January 28 2024
- Press Release: “Community Groups Continue to Fight for Polluter Chemours to Fund Testing on the Health Effects of PFAS in Appeal of EPA Ruling“– January 24 2024
- “Precarious Protection: Analyzing Compliance with Pesticide Regulations for Farmworker Safety“– Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law and Graduate School, the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic, and Farmworker Justice, December 2023
- “Environmentalists Tout UN PFAS Inquiry In Suit Over TSCA Testing Petition” – Inside TSCA, December 5 2023 (requires subscription)
- “Environmentalists Press EPA to Rescind Approval of GenX Waste Imports” – Inside PFAS Policy, November 29 2023 (requires subscription)
- Press Release: “70 Organizations Call on EPA to Deny 4M Pounds of PFAS Waste Imports“– November 21 2023
- “There’s A Lot We Don’t Know About Farmworker Deaths” – Prism Reports, November 15 2023
- “Migrant Worker’s Death Prompts Calls for Extreme Heat Labor Laws” – WRAL and North Carolina Health News, November 13 2023
- “Celebrating Hispanic/Latinx Heritage: BIPOC Leadership Series Conversation with Ana Flores-Dolbow” – Enlace Latino NC, November 6 2023.
- “Exigen justicia por los trabajadores agricolas fallecidos en Carolina del Norte” – Center for Environmental Farming Systems, October 12 2023.
- “They Promised ‘Advanced Recycling’ for Plastics and Delivered Toxic Waste“– The Intercept, September 28 2023
- “NC Environmental Groups Continue Legal Effort to Require Health Studies on PFAS Exposure Effects” – WECT 6, August 8 2023
- “‘Serious Mistake’: Nonprofits Appeal EPA Lawsuit for PFAS Testing” – Port City Daily, August 8 2023
- “Plaintiffs Seek to Revive TSCA Challenge to EPA’s Testing Petition ‘Grant’” – Inside EPA, August 7 2023 (requires subscription)
- Press Release: “North Carolina Groups File Opening Brief in Continuing Battle to Require Vital Health Studies on Effects of Exposure to Chemours PFAS” – Center for Environmental Health, August 7 2023
- “Environmentalists Seek to Bolster EPA’s Bid to Dismiss GenX HAL Case” – Inside EPA, July 10 2023 (requires subscription)
- “Food X Interview with Phoebe Gooding” – Center for Biological Diversity, May 1 2023
- “Environmental groups appeal dismissal of lawsuit to force chemical studies” – WECT 6, April 27 2023
- “N.C. Groups Revive Fight With EPA Over ‘Forever Chemicals’”– Greenwire, April 26 2023
- “Nonprofits appeal judge’s dismissal of lawsuit against EPA” – Port City Daily, April 26 2023
- “Environmentalists Plan Appeal of Suit Testing TSCA Petition Responses” – Inside EPA, April 25 2023 (requires subscription)
- Press Release: “North Carolina Communities File Appeal of Judge’s ‘Misguided’ Decision to Dismiss Lawsuit Compelling EPA to Require Health Testing By Chemours” – Center For Environmental Health, April 25 2023
- “Our America: Trouble on Tap” – ABC, April 22 2023
- “Paraquat, the Deadliest Chemical in US Agriculture, Goes on Trial”– Civil Eats, March 22 2023
- “EPA Refining PFAS Testing Strategy As DuPont Challenges Latest Order” – Inside EPA, March 21 2023 (requires subscription)
- “Farmers and Activists Prepare to March for Climate Resilience” – Lancaster Farming, March 7 2023
- “North Carolina PFAS fight tests Regan’s environmental justice promises” – Politico Pro, February 27 2023
- “Groups Say TSCA Allows Petitions For Specific Tests Despite Judge’s Doubts” – Inside EPA, February 22 2023 (requires subscription)
- Press Release: “Broadly Supported Petition Urges EPA Reforms for Bee and Bird-Killing Pesticides” – Peer Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, February 22 2023
- “In lawsuit against the EPA, North Carolina environmental, public health groups get their day in court over PFAS dispute” – NC Newsline, February 21 2023
- “N.C. advocates rage at EPA over ‘forever chemicals’” – Greenwire, February 15 2023
- “No ruling yet as impacted communities plea for EPA to grant PFAS testing in federal hearing” – Port City Daily, February 14 2023
- “Courts approve of local intervention in Chemours, EPA litigation” – Port City Daily, February 8 2023
- “Advocates cleared to join ‘forever chemicals’ lawsuit” – Politico Pro, February 7 2023
- “Court Weighs TSCA ‘Petition’ Language Ahead Of Hearing In Test-Order Suit” – Inside EPA, February 2 2023 (requires subscription)
- “Chemours, EPA oppose Cape Fear advocates’ intervention in lawsuit” – Port City Daily, January 29 2023
- “Cape Fear Courage” – Peak Plastic Foundation
- “Judge Questions Limits Of TSCA ‘Petition’ Provisions In Test-Order Suit” – Inside EPA, January 24 2023 (requires subscription)
- “Environmentalists Dispute EPA, Chemours In Push To Intervene In HALs Case” – Inside EPA, January 17, 2023 (requires subscription)
- “EPA, Chemours Oppose Environmentalists’ Intervention In PFAS HALs Case” – Inside EPA, December 22 2022 (requires subscription)
- Press Release: “EPA to Reconsider Common Herbicide Linked to Parkinson’s Disease” – Earthjustice, December 21 2022
- “EPA Says Allowing Discovery In TSCA Suit Would Create ‘New Petition’” – Inside EPA, September 14 2022 (requires subscription)
- “‘Allow us the right to know what the risks are’: Nonprofits continue legal battle against EPA to test PFAS for health effects”– Port City Daily, September 4 2022
- “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
- Press Release: “Community & Advocacy Groups Support GenX Health Advisory by Moving to Intervene In Chemours Case Against EPA” – NRDC, 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
- “NC official denies race, gender played role in naming person to Durham board” – WRAL, December 10 2021
- “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
- “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