For over 25 years, CEH has used one of our strongest strategies–public interest litigation–to change corporate behavior and reduce peoples’ exposure to toxic chemicals. CEH has won hundreds of legal settlements that protect the health of millions of people across the U.S. and the entire globe. For example, harnessing California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (aka Prop 65), CEH forces companies that make or sell products that illegally expose consumers to toxic chemicals to eliminate those chemicals. In 2021, CEH discovered high levels of cancer-causing nitrosamines in resistance workout bands and latex swim caps. While litigation is ongoing, CEH has already come to agreements with five companies who are now legally required to greatly reduce or eliminate nitrosamines in their products. CEH also partners with environmental justice organizations and resident leaders in front and fence line communities to monitor ambient air for harmful toxic chemicals emitted by industrial facilities. In our work with Long Beach, Paramount, and El Cajon residents, we provide technical assistance with air monitoring, partner with residents to build legal cases against facilities, and advocate alongside these community members to continue to defend against unsafe toxic exposures even after a case has settled. In 2021, we expanded our legal toolbelt to include enforcement of a powerful federal law known as the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Among other things, the law requires companies to report to the EPA the identity and volume of toxic chemicals that they import into the U.S. When corporations illegally withhold this information, the EPA cannot properly enforce TSCA, conduct accurate risk evaluations, or provide local regulators and advocates with the vital information that they need to protect their communities. For example in 2021, CEH harnessed this law to force the petrochemical giant Chevron Phillips Corporation (CPChem)–jointly owned by the Chevron Corporation and Phillips 66 valued at $28B and $22B, respectively–to disclose massive amounts of imported chemicals after they failed to inform the EPA of over 359 million pounds of imported benzene, a well-known carcinogen, and notable volumes of 23 other toxic chemicals. As a result, regulators like EPA, advocacy groups, and communities living near chemical storage and processing facilities are now aware of the chemicals being brought into the U.S..