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New NRDC Report Documents Monitoring Programs Slashed Under the Bush Administration

December 3, 2008

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
biomonitoring, CDC, chemicals, data, EPA, hazard, health, lead, pesticide, righttoknow, risk, science, toxic, toxicchemicals

A report released today by the NRDC Health Program documents many examples of Bush Administration budget cuts to key data collection programs that monitor hazardous pollutants in our air, water, food, and even our bodies. The loss of these monitoring programs will...continued

Europe vs. USA: labeling of nano-enabled consumer products

October 30, 2007

Posted by Jennifer Sass in Health and the Environment

Tags:
asbestos, chemicals, consumers, nanotechnologies, policy, righttoknow, simplesteps

I was very pleased to be able to participate in the European Commission’s invitation-only 1st Annual Nanotechnologies Safety for Success Dialogue in Brussels on October 25-26, 2007. The focus was nano-enabled food, consumer products, and medical applications. Our host was...continued

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