“CBP is now detaining PVC products such as vinyl flooring under the UFLPA and asking importers to trace these items back to their originating chemicals such as chlorine, carbon, and ethylene.” strtrade.com/trade-news-res…

Breaking News: Biden Administration Moves Against Imported PVC Flooring. This is a direct result of last year’s investigation by Sheffield Hallam University’s Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice, Material Research L3C, and The Intercept materialwitness.substack.com/p/breaking-new…

Check this thread: it reveals where the #vinylchloride involved in the #ChemicalDisaster in #EastPalestineOhio came from.

Revealed: the US is averaging one chemical accident every two days The Guardian The New Lede Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) Earthjustice Coming Clean network @stoptoxics.bsky.social theguardian.com/us-news/2023/f…

Was there a chemical incident in your area recently? New map from Coalition to Prevent Chemical Disasters shows that the #ohiotrainderailment is one of 224 chemical incidents that have happened since January 1, 2022. That's about every 2 days. google.com/maps/d/embed?m…

Check this map 👇👇👇. The chemical involved in the #OhioChemicalDisaster has also been involved in over 40 chemical incidents since 2010, worldwide. #EastPalestine #OhioTrainDisaster

Check out the latest news on toxic chemicals at our Material Witness blog. Today's issue explores chemical disasters involving vinyl chloride and more on chemical incidents in the US and worldwide. Learn what is needed to avoid the next disaster. materialwitness.substack.com/p/toxic-chemic…

⚠️ Toxic #ForeverChemicals should NOT be leaching into our food and water. ⚠️ Today, 64 advocacy groups are calling on U.S. EPA to prohibit Inhance Technologies from continuing to produce several dangerous #PFAS during the fluorination of plastic containers. ceh.org/latest/press-r…

BREAKING: The #vinylchloride pollution resulting from the #EastPalestine disaster is not an isolated incident, but a symptom of a much larger toxic #PVC problem.🧵 #poisonplastic #plastics #toxicplastic Read more in our new report: toxicfreefuture.org/press-room/new…

Special thanks to Material Research, L3C for their collaboration on this investigation! And thanks to Beyond Plastics River Valley Organizing LA Enviro Action Net Diane Wilson and the other community leaders and advocates for your partnership.

US Chemical Safety Board confirmed that BioLab Inc. chemical plant in Westlake, the site of a massive fire and release of chlorine during Hurricane Laura in 2020, was unprepared for winds accompanying the storm, as reported in nola.com/news/environme…

Who’s polluting my neighborhood? New database makes searching for chemical, climate data faster, easier. fencelinedata.org DataKind Public Health Watch @justice_data Material Research, L3C

Check out this new tool on chemical polluters! From now on it will be easier to find data on companies that release harmful chemicals into the environment and contribute to climate change. publichealthwatch.org/2024/04/04/pol…