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Posted May 11, 2012 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, The Media and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
This week the Chicago Tribune published a remarkable 4-part series about the chemical industry and its deeply dishonest campaign to perpetuate the use of toxic flame retardants in household products. This series is essential reading for every parent, every person...continued→
Posted May 9, 2012 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, U.S. Law and Policy
In my experience, corporations that pollute the environment and endanger public health rarely yield power, or agree to have their products and activities regulated. In fact, a massive infrastructure of lawyers, lobbyists, “public relations” professionals and scientists-for-hire exits in Washington...continued→
Posted April 6, 2012 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, The Media and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
“We were talking--about the space between us all And the people--who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion Never glimpse the truth--then it's far too late--when they pass away. We were talking about the people…who gain the world and lose...continued→
Posted December 31, 2011 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, The Media and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
In which a group of Senators pen fact-challenged letters on behalf of formaldehyde and styrene, currying favor with the chemical industry and undercutting government health agencies. In my last post, I discussed how EPA was compelled by the collaboration of...continued→
Posted December 28, 2011 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
The chemical industry’s war on science continues -- as far out of the public eye as possible. Shortly before Congress left for its Christmas recess, it passed an “Omnibus” budget bill, to appropriate funds for numerous federal agencies for the...continued→
Posted December 1, 2011 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
Shortly before Thanksgiving, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on legislation – the Safe Chemicals Act – which would repair the 35-year-old law, the Toxic Substances Control Act, which has utterly failed to protect the public...continued→
Posted November 10, 2011 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
This is the season for the public to express its views – and register its discontent with the status quo in American politics and policy: The Occupy Wall Street protest in dozens of cities throughout the U.S.; The estimated 12,000...continued→
Posted November 2, 2011 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
Last week, the latest New York Times/CBS poll was released, showing that the public’s approval of Congress had fallen to 9 percent, the lowest since the question was first asked in 1977. Today, NRDC is releasing the results of a...continued→
Posted October 18, 2011 by Daniel Rosenberg in Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
If you accepted much of the hysterical rhetoric you hear in Washington and from many politicians around the country, a key part of the solution to the nation’s economic ills would be – in essence – to shut down the...continued→
Posted September 28, 2011 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
Today EPA finalized its health assessment for the toxic solvent trichloroethylene (TCE), a notorious chemical that causes cancer and non-cancer health effects. Believe it or not, it has taken EPA more than 20 years to issue this update, largely due...continued→
Posted September 23, 2011 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
What is a “moderate”? Who – other than knowing and willful iconoclasts -- thinks that their own views aren’t moderate? U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Mark Pryor and Rob Portman, have all cultivated their political image as moderates – attempting to...continued→
Posted September 14, 2011 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
Today I received the following statement from EPA Press Secretary Betsaida Alcantara: "EPA remains committed to finalizing IRIS assessments in a timely manner while ensuring that the best possible science is used to protect human health and the environment. Contrary...continued→
Posted September 13, 2011 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
Corporate polluters won two big victories recently, but you only heard about one. That was president Obama's decision to block EPA from issuing cleaner smog standards. His decision provoked such outrage across the country that the White House switchboard was...continued→
Posted August 3, 2011 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
One of the many problems with our current system for regulating chemicals is that both EPA and the public lack good information on what chemicals are being manufactured in (or imported into) the U.S., how those chemicals are used, and...continued→
Posted July 20, 2011 by Daniel Rosenberg in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
Make your voice heard in the halls of Congress! Join fellow citizens from across the country calling for greater protection from toxic chemicals! Call 1-877-573-7693. Today is the day! Many people lament the hold industry lobbyists have on Congress, and...continued→
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