NRDC, as part of a coalition of 36 organizations, submitted comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for six PFAS. Also included as exhibits are technical comments and further review of EPA’s quantified health...
Comments to EPA submitted on behalf of NRDC and the 35 groups and individuals which include: farmworker advocates; environmental justice leaders; fenceline community representatives; health professionals; environmental health groups; grassroots activists; lawyers; scientists; and technical experts. The comments conclude that...
Decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordering EPA to prohibit use of chlorpyrifos on food unless the agency can identify uses that protect kids’ health, in a case by NRDC and its partners.
Public comments to EPA and the Science Advisory Panel (SAP) on US EPA’s proposed use of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) to evaluate developmental neurotoxicity. Comments from NRDC, Earthjustice and PANNA raising both scientific and legal concerns with the EPA-Exponent approach...
NRDC submitted this petition to demand that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revoke tolerances for neonicotinoid insecticides (“neonics”) on food, which would eliminate major sources of public exposure to these neurotoxic chemicals. NRDC presents research showing that current levels of...
In 2019, New Hampshire issued rules regulating four Per- and polyfluoroalkyl in the state’s drinking water and groundwater. 3M has produced these dangerous chemicals for years and is now challenging the new rules. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and NRDC (Natural...
NRDC and other organizations filed a legal challenge to EPA’s rules for prioritizing and evaluating the safety of existing chemicals. This is the opening brief in our case challenging the rules as being in violation of the Toxic Substances Control...
NRDC, together with a dozen other groups, filed an administrative appeal with the EPA urging the agency to ban chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children—and challenging the agency on its continued use after EPA scientists have determined it...
NRDC’s comments on EPA’s proposed “Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation Under the Amended Toxic Substances Control Act.” The proposed rule will establish the ground rules for implementation of the revised Toxic Substances Control Act, setting the stage for what many...
Comments on the TSCA Review and Scoping for Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) Comments submitted by NRDC on the TSCA Review and Scoping for the flame retardant chemical hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), March 15, 2017 Comments on Problem Formulation and Data Needs Assessment for the...
Comments on EPA Proposal to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances Comments submitted by NRDC and other organizations on EPA Proposal to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances, January 17, 2017. Comments on the EPA's Chlorpyrifos Issue Paper: Evaluation of Biomonitoring Data from Epidemiology Studies Comments...
Over 50 scientists and health experts write EPA to express strong support for EPA’s proposal to revoke all food tolerances - the maximum amount of pesticide residue allowed on or in food - for the organophosphate insecticide, chlorpyrifos, which would...
Petitioner Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) challenges respondent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s unlawful registration orders approving the new pesticide Enlist Duo under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). These orders allow Enlist Duo to be sold and...