Neonic Pesticides: Potential Risks to Brain and Sperm
While more research on neonics’ possible human health harms is sorely needed, what we already know is worrying, and scrutiny is growing....
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The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
Industry Pushes Bad Science to Defend Carcinogen Chloroprene
This week, the EPA is hosting a two-day External Peer Review Meeting to get input on yet another iteration of an industry-sponsored mathematical model, sponsore...
Bad EPA Decision on Infamous Kid-Toxic Pesticide Expected Soon
EPA is about to greenlight the widely-used pesticide chlorpyrifos, which is highly toxic to kids' brains. This despite the science and the law dictating that th...
Scientists Oppose Trump's CPSC Nominee Nancy Beck
Over 90 scientists are opposing President Trump’s nominee, Nancy Beck, to become the next Chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), because of h...
Huge Win for Standing Rock and the National Environmental Policy Act
A federal court orders the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to write a full environmental impact statement for the Dakota Access Pipeline....
Zombie Industry Science and Consumer Protection Don’t Mix
I'm very grateful to Dr. Pasky Pascual , a lawyer and scientist, and recently retired career U.S. EPA expert. He was kind enough to guest write this blog with...