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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

NRDC and EDF blast White House interference in EPA chemical assessment program called IRIS

April 29, 2008

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
chemicals, EPA, information, integrated, IRIS, policy, pollutant, risk, simplesteps, system, toxic

 Today the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will host oversight hearings on EPA Toxic Chemical Policies. Discussions will include new revisions that will delay and weaken the process EPA uses to update the Integrated Risk Information System...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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Jennifer Sass
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