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 , 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 , 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....
