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NRDC joins lawsuit to ban endosulfan

July 23, 2008

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
chemicals, endosulfan, FIFRA, FQPA, illegal, lawsuit, organic, persistent, pesticide, pollutant, simplesteps, toxic

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

Prominent scientists support NRDC petition to ban Endosulfan

May 15, 2008

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
ban, chemicals, endosulfan, EPA, persistent, petition, pollutant, POP, regulation, scientist, simplesteps

Today the very prominent Dr. Ronald Herberman, one of the worlds most prominent cancer researchers and Director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute joined with NRDC and over fifty-five prominent international scientists, medical doctors, nurses, and other health professionals...continued

India activists face jail for publicizing endosulfan risks

February 22, 2008

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment

Tags:
ban, endosulfan, india, persistent, pesticide

Early this week I let readers know about a petition that NRDC filed to have endosulfan banned in the US. In our petition, we listed many of the environmental and human health hazards associated with this persistent, bioaccumulative toxic pesticide....continued

For a second time, NRDC petitions US EPA to cancel dangerous pesticide, endosulfan

February 20, 2008

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
endosulfan, hazard, organic, persistent, pesticide, pollutant, POP, simplesteps, toxic

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

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