Health

Media Briefing on PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Legislation, January 28, 2021

To read the full statement delivered by Senior Attorney Sharon Treat during the January 28, 2021 Press Conference on Maine PFAS Legislation, please click here. 

Statement to the KJWA by IATP on behalf of Climate Action Network

Download a PDF of the statement made by Shefali Sharma on behalf of Climate Action Network (CAN) here.  Thank you chair and parties to the KJWA for this opportunity.

Letter from academics, scientists and researchers expressing concern regarding FAO’s announcement of plans to forge a new strategic partnership with CropLife International

To upload the letter and read the full list of signatories, please click here. 

Letter to the Director General of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization

The 350 civil society and Indigenous Peoples organizations from 63 countries listed below represent hundreds of thousands of farmers, fisherfolk, agricultural workers and other communities, as well as human rights, faith-based, environmental and economic justice institutions. We are writing to express our deep concern over your stated plans to strengthen official ties with CropLife International. We strongly urge you to reconsider this alliance.

Nano-pesticides: Introduction to encapsulated products and frameworks for assessing their risks to environmental and human health

The following article was originally published in an eBook prepared as part of the November 4-6 2020 webinar organized by the Brazilian Network for Nanotechnology, Society and Environment (Renanosoma).

Call for Resignation for Secretary Eugene Scalia and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary

The undersigned organizations call on you to resign immediately because you have failed to perform your sworn duty to enforce the law. As American workers have risen to the challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic, you have, instead, stooped to new lows to jeopardize workers, public health, and our country’s economic recovery.