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- EPA misses deadline to finalize dioxin health assessment (February 1, 2012)
- NRDC files lawsuit blocking untested nanosilver pesticide from clothing (January 26, 2012)
- New study links toxic chemicals in consumer products with impaired immune system (January 25, 2012)
- New NRDC report, The Delay Game, documents chemical industry efforts to delay health assessments of toxic chemicals (October 18, 2011)
- US Fish and Wildlife Service finds pesticides, including atrazine, harms frogs. (October 7, 2011)
- Again! Chemical industry pushing to delay EPA health assessment of hexavalent chromium in our drinking water (October 3, 2011)
- EPA finalizes long-delayed TCE assessment - big step to protecting public health (September 28, 2011)
- PSR series on pesticides, regulations, and farmworker health (August 28, 2011)
- Despite Industry Pressure, Government Cancer Report Finally Released (June 10, 2011)
- Save the Frogs - ban atrazine and other frog-toxic pesticides (April 28, 2011)
- Three new government-funded studies link pre-natal pesticide exposure and later learning disabilities (April 21, 2011)
- National Academy of Sciences: Formaldehyde Still Causes Cancer in Humans (April 8, 2011)
- NY Times report on hydro fracking pollution - shocking! (February 28, 2011)
- US pesticide trends - what, where, and how much. EPA's long-awaited Bush-blocked report is out today! (February 18, 2011)
- ILSI and the World Health Organization hold closed-door meeting on chemical assessment (February 18, 2011)
- Nano-Enabled Technologies and TSCA Chemical Reform (February 15, 2011)
- Good news! Perchlorate rocket fuel finally going to be regulated (February 2, 2011)
- Bayer CropScience deserves an F for its failed safety record (January 20, 2011)
- What's wrong with our nation's approach to regulating pesticides (January 17, 2011)
- Chromium industry pays for "independent" review to delay EPA (November 22, 2010)
- Benzene messes with Texas - in a baaaad way (October 29, 2010)
- Ever wonder what environmental journalists talk about with each other? (October 18, 2010)
- Atrazine associated with human health harms - EPA says so! (September 15, 2010)
- NY Times on BPA - how long can this boxing match go on? (September 7, 2010)
- Congress, think before you slash! Restore budget for safer pest management support, IPM Centers (August 25, 2010)
- EPA, stay focused! Email spats don't change the science on atrazine - it's bad! (August 24, 2010)
- Another toxic pesticide bought the farm - Aldicarb (August 17, 2010)
- What's all the 'chlorpyri-fuss' about? We filed a lawsuit to ban it! (July 22, 2010)
- EPA cancelling toxic pesticide, endosulfan (June 9, 2010)
- NRDC releases new atrazine report today (May 3, 2010)
- Worker Memorial Day: Pray for the dead, fight like hell for the living (April 28, 2010)
- EPA's rule — 14 yrs delayed — comes into force to protect children from leaded paint poisoning during home renovations (April 21, 2010)
- New lab study reports male frogs grown in herbicide atrazine can have babies...no, seriously! (March 2, 2010)
- EPA will work harder to protect under-age farmworkers from pesticides (December 8, 2009)
- IARC confirms link between formaldehyde and leukemia (November 4, 2009)
- Thumbs up for our new EPA on toxic chemicals and pesticides (October 28, 2009)
- Pet collars will no longer contain toxic pesticide carbaryl, effective 2010 (October 21, 2009)
- News from the bee hive: fall/winter preparations (September 10, 2009)
- Nano: the investor perspective from IEHN (September 9, 2009)
- New data confirms widespread atrazine contamination in drinking water and streams (August 21, 2009)
- nano-chemical exposures implicated in workplace deaths (August 19, 2009)
- Chemicals and bees: the good, the bad, the still legal (July 27, 2009)
- NRDC releases report recommending science journals protect themselves from misuse (June 1, 2009)
- EPA announces a much-improved IRIS chemical assessment process (May 21, 2009)
- NRDC sends its wish list on scientific integrity to the President (May 14, 2009)
- Today EPA announced that carbofuran, a highly toxic pesticide, will not be allowed on your food anymore (May 11, 2009)
- Stormwater runoff...yeuch. PBS Frontline takes us from sewers to tap water (April 20, 2009)
- EPA fails to regulate perchlorate rocket fuel, despite new evidence it is in infant formula (April 13, 2009)
- Nanomaterials: Failure to Warn (December 17, 2008)
- New NRDC Report Documents Monitoring Programs Slashed Under the Bush Administration (December 3, 2008)
- NRDC petitions EPA to ban 2,4-D: An Agent Orange chemical doesn't belong on lawns (November 6, 2008)
- NRDC wins victory to stop EPA and chemical industry from overturning restrictions on a toxic class of pesticides, the EBDCs (November 5, 2008)
- EPA denies NRDC petition to cancel bee-toxic pesticide carbaryl (October 29, 2008)
- NRDC testified at Congressional hearings today on Science Under Siege at the U.S. EPA (September 18, 2008)
- A cuppa-frappa-mocha morning with GoozNews (August 16, 2008)
- Scientists respond to White House attack on worker protections and public health (August 14, 2008)
- NRDC sues Consumer Product Safety Commission for withholding industry correspondence (July 30, 2008)
- Today EPA announces intent to cancel toxic pesticide carbofuran (July 24, 2008)
- NRDC joins lawsuit to ban endosulfan (July 23, 2008)
- Confluence of co-incidences: Asbestos and Nano (July 21, 2008)
- Better living with better chemical policies (July 4, 2008)
- Supreme Court says No to Exxon-Science (July 2, 2008)
- Endosulfan manufacturer promotes its toxic products, while the chemical shipment on a capsized ferry prevents rescue attempts (June 30, 2008)
- The bees need us to make a buzz for them! (June 27, 2008)
- European Trade Union says Precaution needed for Nanomaterials (June 26, 2008)
- The next asbestos: Carbon nanotubes linked with mesothelioma in rodent study (May 20, 2008)
- USDA cuts budget to its pesticide use data program: no budget, no data, no public information about agriculture chemical use (May 20, 2008)
- Endosulfan: workers hate it too (May 20, 2008)
- Prominent scientists support NRDC petition to ban Endosulfan (May 15, 2008)
- NRDC and EDF blast White House interference in EPA chemical assessment program called IRIS (April 29, 2008)
- NRDC testifies in the US Senate on the impacts of pharmaceuticals and antibiotics contaminating our waterways (April 15, 2008)
- NRDC and coalition protest removal of prominent public health expert from EPA expert panel reviewing PBDE's (March 17, 2008)
- U.S. EPA levies fine against nano company (March 9, 2008)
- Scientists warn against nanomaterials in cosmetics (March 9, 2008)
- All That Jazz About Sustainable (Green) Chemistry (February 29, 2008)
- India activists face jail for publicizing endosulfan risks (February 22, 2008)
- For a second time, NRDC petitions US EPA to cancel dangerous pesticide, endosulfan (February 20, 2008)
- Say I Love You Without Toxic Roses (February 12, 2008)
- Proposed carbofuran ban supported by science (February 11, 2008)
- Win a free nano iPod...take the nano quizz! (February 11, 2008)
- U.K. Organic Standard Bans Nano (January 14, 2008)
- Nano overview (December 12, 2007)
- voluntary management of nano risks likely to fail (December 6, 2007)
- The Economist on nanotechnologies' risks (November 23, 2007)
- Insurers wring hands and fret nano risks (November 23, 2007)
- Europe vs. USA: labeling of nano-enabled consumer products (October 30, 2007)
- Technologies and culture (October 30, 2007)
- NGOs come together in Europe to develop a nano strategy (October 30, 2007)
- Nano Talk (October 17, 2007)
- NRDC and nano (October 17, 2007)
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