Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment
Today NRDC joined a coalition of advocacy groups filing a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to consider all the risks associated with endosulfan, an extremely hazardous persistant bioaccumulative pesticide and the topic of several previous NRDC...continued→
Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment
In 2002, the US Environmental Protection Agency completed its assessment of the risks of endosulfan. About 1.4 million pounds of this chemical are used in the United States each year on a wide variety of crops, where it runs off...continued→
Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment
Today, the U.K.'s largest organic certifier banned manufactured nanoparticles as ingredients under its organic standard. The Soil Association certification mark will apply to health and beauty products, food, and textiles. In their press release, the Soil Association points out the...continued→
