NRDC Briefs Congress on Neonic Pesticide Human Health Harms
One of the main reasons that neonics are so harmful is that they are designed to be systemic—that is, to get into the system of the plant, making the pollen, ...
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Senate Should Retain PFAS Provisions in Defense Bill
Thanks to many Congressional House members, including Representatives Dan Kildee, Debbie Dingell, Andy Levin and Chairman Adam Smith, for including important...
EPA Attack on Science Targets Animal Tests
This week, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed a directive instructing the agency to significantly reduce animal testing by 2035. The agency also awarded $...
EPA’s Glyphosate Assessment Is Unsafe, Unhealthy, Unlawful
This spring EPA issued its Proposed Interim Registration Review Decision, PID ( Relevant documents here, and in the EPA Docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0361-2340 ). In...
NRDC Joins Medical Experts: Drinking Perchlorate Is Bad!
Don’t want toxic rocket fuel in your drinking water? Don’t like feeding your family chemicals that block thyroid function and interfere with growth and brain...
NRDC to Science Committee: Say No to Purple Pigment Report
Whether we agree with government policies or not, it should be able to get the science right. ...