Posted by Linda Greer in Health and the Environment
As Congress gears up for chemical policy reform, key committees have been calling in experts for hearings to discuss the many possible dimensions of much-needed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform legislation. Today I’m testifying in the latest of these...
Posted by Linda Greer in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , U.S. Law and Policy
In the last week, I’ve written about the urgent need for federal reform of the toxic chemical regulatory process in the United States. Today, I’ll wrap up my series with a plea for a special focus on endocrine disruptors, a...
Posted by Linda Greer in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
One of the biggest opportunities in the area of toxic chemical regulation and reform is the ceaseless march of our scientific knowledge. In fact, as I previously noted, while government policy toward stemming the tide of toxic chemicals has stagnated,...
Posted by Linda Greer in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , U.S. Law and Policy
In the months after last November’s election, NRDC’s health program developed a list of more than 50 steps that the new administration needed to undertake quickly. Many of these steps address problems in the Environmental Protection Agency’s core chemical decision-making...
Posted by Linda Greer in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , U.S. Law and Policy
As I've noted previously, our bedrock law for the regulation of toxic chemicals -- the Toxics Substance Control Act -- is all but dead. In fact, the law is widely regarded as the greatest failure among the major environmental laws...
Posted by Linda Greer in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
As I wrote earlier this week, our national system for regulating toxic chemicals is broken and desperately in need of repair. Luckily, five key developments have set the stage for the best opportunity to make significant gains on chemical policy...
Posted by Linda Greer in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , U.S. Law and Policy
Put simply, the U.S. system for regulating toxic chemicals is a failure. Chemical companies are not required to test the toxicity of their products. They are immune from reporting critical information to the public. And, most importantly, they are able...
Posted by Linda Greer in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , U.S. Law and Policy
This month will distinguish itself as a period of heavy international focus for NRDC's Health program. In my previous blog, I described my travel for our China project, which addresses the textile sector, one of the country's most polluting industries....
Posted by Linda Greer in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
In my line of work it always seems like there are 99 ways for things to go wrong and only one way for them to go right. This week, however, defying all odds, something really big went right on the...
Posted by Linda Greer in Curbing Pollution , Greening China , Health and the Environment
I've just finished four intensive days of work on our textile project in China. Most people haven’t thought much about the environmental impact of the fashion industry but believe me, if you could see what I see every time I...
