Linda Greer's Blog
About
- Bio:
I direct the Health Program, where I concentrate on the biggest toxic chemical pollutants in air, water, food, shelter and consumer products. This focus allows us to work on the pollutants that matter most to human health. I also work on determining whether specific chemicals cause harm, decisions that are important in driving government decisions and regulations.
Since 1981, I have worked on a wide range of environmental health advocacy, legal and policy matters, most notably including hazardous waste disposal problems and pollution prevention opportunities in chemical manufacturing plants. I have spearheaded NRDC’s toxic chemical pollution work in China, first in a comprehensive project on industrial mercury pollution there and now with a more broadly focused project directed at highly polluting factories in supply chains of multi-national corporations in China. I also direct NRDC’s global mercury pollution initiative, which seeks international agreement to reduce mercury use and pollution by 50 percent in 10 years.
- Roots in:
- I grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts, an economically depressed mill down in New England and was a product of the public schools there.
- Favorite place:
- My favorite place is the University of Michigan Biological Station in Pellston, Michigan – where a small community of ecologists and conservation biologists gather each summer to live in tin shacks, study natural ecosystems, and fiercely compete in afte
- Why "environmentalism" matters:
- The piece of environmentalism that I focus on -- toxic chemicals -- delivers protection against diseases ranging from asthma to cancer here in the United States and even more so in the developing world, where millions of people die annually from dysentery and other water-born illnesses.
Recent Blog Posts
- Part VI -- Stemming the Tide of Toxic Chemicals: A Special Focus on Endocrine Disruptors (March 13, 2009)
- Part V -- Stemming the Tide of Toxic Chemicals: Restoring Science (March 11, 2009)
- Part IV -- Stemming the Tide of Toxic Chemicals: What the Obama Administration Must Do Now (March 9, 2009)
- Part III -- Stemming the Tide of Toxic Chemicals: A Guide to Action (March 6, 2009)
- Part II: Stemming the Tide of Toxic Chemicals -- Why Now? (March 4, 2009)
- Part I: Stemming the Tide of Toxic Chemicals (March 2, 2009)
- Reducing Global Mercury 21st Century Style (February 24, 2009)
- Going Right: A Global Mercury Treaty Defies the Odds (February 21, 2009)
- Textiles in China: Looking Differently at the Blue Jeans Resting in Your Closet (February 17, 2009)
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- Linda Greer
- Director, Health and Environment Program
- Washington, D.C.