Information is Power:
Using federal Right to Know & environmental laws to learn about pollution from EV battery facilities
Eve Gartner, Director, Crosscutting Toxics Strategies
October 15, 2024
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https://ehsdailyadvisor.blr.com/2018/06/infographic-tri-reporting-time/
Recent NGO analyses developed using TRI data
There are other sources of data on particular chemicals or chemical classes, such as PFAS, lithium, and chemicals undergoing TSCA review
EPA: PFAS analytic tools https://echo.epa.gov/trends/pfas-tools
EPA determined that NMP poses “unreasonable risk” to workers who manufacture li-ion batteries
But its proposed risk management rule does not include any provisions to protect workers from inhalation exposures
https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2022-12/NMP_Final%20Revised%20RD_12-12-22.pdf
EPA is monitoring for lithium (and PFAS) in drinking water
https://www.epa.gov/dwucmr/fifth-unregulated-contaminant-monitoring-rule-data-finder#data-finder
~25% of systems tested to date have exceeded the health-based reference concentration for lithium
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