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Thumbs up for our new EPA on toxic chemicals and pesticides

October 28, 2009

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
atrazine, carbaryl, carbofuran, EPA, hazard, inerts, IRIS, pesticide, regulation, scientificintegrity, toxic, toxicchemicals, TRI

 Under the leadership of the Obama Administration, and with Administrator Lisa Jackson at the helm of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) all sorts of good things have been happening to increase public transparency, scientific integrity, and health protections. Many of...continued

Confluence of co-incidences: Asbestos and Nano

July 21, 2008

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
asbestos, carbonnanotubes, chemicals, EPA, nanotechnologies, nanotechnology, nanotubes, regulation

On the very same day, Sunday 20th, two of my favorite blogs  posted on events and though neither referenced each other, the overlap of interests is worth noting. In the first blog crack investigative reporter and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner...continued

The bees need us to make a buzz for them!

June 27, 2008

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
agriculture, bee, CCD, chemicals, collapse, colony, colonycollapsedisorder, honey, pesticide, pollen, pollinator, regulation, toxic

Honeybees make the world go round. Really! They contribute approximately $15 Billion..with a 'B'..billion dollars to the U.S. economy annually through their free services to pollinate over 130 cash crops, including 1/3 of the foods of the human diet. No...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

Jennifer Sass
Jennifer Sass
Senior Scientist
Washington, D.C.
I grew up in the Canadian prairies where I learned to love open spaces, wild...
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