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- 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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