Public at Risk From Flame Retardant Rule’s Flaws, Plaintiffs Say

Two EPA administrations have failed to adequately restrict uses of a flame retardant that threaten the general public’s health and an Alaskan tribe specifically, according to attorneys representing the tribe and nonprofit groups challenging the agency’s rule.

The Yurok Tribe and a nonprofit coalition led by the Alaska Community Action on Toxics filed their opening brief in a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE) rule that’s before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

The court reopened the lawsuit in March following changes the Biden administration made to the regulation that the EPA issued during ...

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