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...continued→
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,...continued→
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...continued→
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...continued→
