Support the Pingree Amendments Removing Bill Language Stopping People from Suing Chemical Companies!

As a follow-up to last weekend's Action, please ask your U.S. Representative, a Democratic member of the House Appropriations Committee, to support the Pingree amendments in the upcoming vote, as early as Tuesday, July 22, 2025!  >> Click here to skip to the form!

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As outlined in the previous Action from this weekend, the underlying problem with Section 453 is the vesting of all power in EPA over the label, without exception—prohibiting language (which includes packaging) that is “inconsistent with or in any respect different from the conclusion” that EPA derives from its health assessments. While not explicit, the language will release companies from liability for their “failure to warn,” allowing them to point to a law that prevents them from seeking label disclosures that go beyond EPA findings. Additionally, it would preclude states like California from requiring a cancer warning, which it currently does. Strangely, under this language, EPA itself could also not update its label—even when the manufacturer asks them to. “None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to issue or adopt any guidance or any policy, take any regulatory action...” without conducting an entirely new assessment—which takes "no less than four years, and sometimes over 12," according to EPA. 

Creates immunity from lawsuits on chemical companies' failure to warn about their products' hazards. [453]

Under the legislation before the Appropriations Committee, only EPA-approved label language consistent with a human health assessment or carcinogenicity classification previously approved by EPA is permitted—freezing EPA's position on a pesticide in place for possibly decades, and eliminating the ability to hold chemical manufacturers accountable for damages. This language would in the future prohibit cases like those filed by victims of glyphosate (Roundup), who have won large jury verdicts and compensation. [The bill language is found here. Search on Section 453.]

Prohibits EPA from restricting PFAS. [507]

In addition, the bill removes funding for eliminating hazards associated with PFAS chemicals. Section 507 of the bill says, “None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the draft risk assessment titled 'Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS)' published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on January 15, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 3859).” 

Act now: Full Committee Markup—when the committee can make changes to the bill, including removing provisions of the bill—is happening as early as Tuesday, July 22, 2025! ➡️ Click here to skip to the form!

⬇️ Please see the Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee listed below with phone numbers if you would also like to call! 

For more information, please see our Failure-to-Warn and Pesticide Immunity Bills resource hub!

The target for this Action is the Democratic members of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee. 

Thank you for your active participation!