EDF Voices: People on the planet

We understand and share the same frustrations you do when it comes to the harmful chemicals that surround us. But don’t despair. There’s a rare opportunity in Congress to fix our broken system.

During the holidays (and year round), the ubiquity of toxic chemicals is not a problem we can solve on our own.

More than fifty years have passed since Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring", yet because of our broken chemical regulatory system, we are still facing the same problems.

While Jolie was able to reduce her risk of genetically-based cancer through surgery, my mother was essentially powerless to reduce her risk of cancer from environmental exposures.

New studies show that a ubiquitous class of chemicals may have serious ill effects on our health.