Wither TSCA Reform?
Those who seek and support meaningful restrictions on toxic chemicals to protect people from cancer, learning and developmental disabilities, and reproductive h...
Expert Blog
The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
Chemical Industry Takeover of EPA Toxics Office: NYT Report
EPA oversight and regulation of toxic chemicals has slackened since Nancy Beck, a recent chemical industry executive, took charge, and the New York Times has am...
CPSC Poised to Ban Toxic Phthalates in Toys, Kid’s Products
When the CPSC votes to finalize the proposed ban on a handful of phthalates from toys and child care articles, it will be an important advance in efforts to pro...
CPSC Warns Consumers: Avoid Toxic Flame Retardants
Today’s Federal Register contains a notice from the Consumer Product Safety Commission that everyone should read . In two pages, the CPSC warns consumers that...
To Pruitt EPA: See You and Your Illegal TSCA Rules in Court
NRDC, the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, and Cape Fear River Watch are suing EPA to make sure it assesses chemicals as required by the revised Tox...
Dow Purchases Naming Rights for EPA’s Toxics Office
In March, EPA Administrator Pruitt ignored the findings of Agency scientists that there is no safe level of exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos, and walked a...