Coming Clean

NEW report & interactive storymap Designed to Kill: Who Profits from Paraquat? traces the supply chain of a toxic weedkiller from fossil fuels to U.S. farms. The U.S. imports virtually all its paraquat from China & the UK, where it is banned. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9b20fa…

Chemical accidents happen every year—putting communities at risk. EPA’s Risk Management Program helps prevent them. Weakening it puts workers and nearby communities in greater danger. We should be reducing risk—not increasing it. Americans want to be #SaferNotSicker

Trump calls it cutting red tape when in reality he's cutting safety rules at toxic plants where disasters already happen every other day. He's leaving 177 MILLION Americans in the danger zone. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e36bcd…

Glyphosate resistance as a potential driver for the dissemination of multidrug-resistant clinical strains. "This suggests that intensive glyphosate use may accelerate the dissemination of AMR [antimicrobial resistance]." frontiersin.org/journals/micro…

Real environmental justice is rooted in community, accountability, and action. I'm launching the People's Environmental Justice Caucus alongside my colleagues and leaders who have shaped this movement to build federal policy that puts the people first. Join us Thursday, March 26th at 10am to discuss how we can achieve environmental justice for all.

Today, we were on Capitol Hill pushing for a stronger #RiskManagementProgram. Watch our livestream here: loom.ly/yjR8iP4 @Steelworkers @LCVoters @EJHA @tejashtx @Earthjustice @UCSUSA

@BGAlliance @LCVoters @tejasbarrios @steelworkers @EPA @UCSUSA @RepPaulTonko "If a safer alternative was put on the table and the company declined to implement it- people have a right to know." @steelworkers "My child goes to school 2000 ft from my site. This proposal is about right to know."

@BGAlliance @LCVoters @tejasbarrios @steelworkers @EPA @UCSUSA @RepPaulTonko "I felt my house shake" x.com/kfdmnews/statu…

Join us TODAY to hear from affected workers and community members on why @EPA 's proposal to roll back protections from hazardous facilities will lead to more chemical disasters, workers injuries, and toxic releases. mobilize.us/lcv/event/9247…

@BGAlliance @LCVoters @tejasbarrios @steelworkers "We are here days after an explosion at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur, TX"

WATCH: instagram.com/bluegreenallia… @BGAlliance @LCVoters @tejasbarrios @steelworkers