Scientific comments were submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s IRIS program on the Draft Toxicological Review of Perfluorohexanesulfonic Acid (PFHxS, CASRN 335-46-4) and Related Salts.
Scientific comments submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s IRIS program on the Draft Toxicological Review of Perfluorodecanoic Acid [PFDA, CASRN 335-76-2] and Related Salts.
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...
Scientific comments submitted to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s IRIS program on the draft toxicological review of Perfluorohexanoic Acid (PFHxA; CASRN 307244) and related salts.
Testimony of NRDC's Erik Olson before the House Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, for the hearing entitled "Trusting the Tap: Upgrading America's Drinking Water Infrastructure."
Scientific comments submitted to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s IRIS program on the draft toxicological review of Perfluorobutanoic Acid (PFBA) and related compound ammonium perfluorobutanoic acid [CASRN 375-22-4, CASRN 10495-86-0].
Joint technical comments by NRDC, Illinois Environmental Council, and Sierra Club (Illinois Chapter) in support of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to set enforceable groundwater standards for PFAS chemicals including PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, PFBS, and PFHxS.
Joint NRDC comments with Conservation Law Foundation, Vermont Natural Resources Council, and others that outlines the scientific and technical information to support regulation of the PFAS class in drinking water and groundwater. To protect Vermont communities, the Agency should promulgate...
Joint NRDC comments with Conservation Law Foundation, Vermont Natural Resources Council, and others that outlines the scientific and technical information to support regulation of the PFAS class in drinking water and groundwater. To protect Vermont communities, the Agency should promulgate...
Conservation, environmental-justice and public-health groups filed a legal petition today calling for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ban dangerous on-site incineration and unlined burial of millions of industrially raised farm animals killed during the COVID-19 emergency. The legal action...
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...
Scientific comments from NRDC on the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s proposed PFAS maximum contaminant levels (MCLs), proposed rule set: 2019-35-EG.
NRDC comments on EPA’s draft toxicity assessments for perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS) and hexafluoroproyplene oxide (or GenX chemicals) call for EPA to more carefully consider the health risks of PFBS and GenX chemicals individually, and in tandem with other PFAS...
NRDC comments outline why New Jersey’s proposed Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) are not fully health-protective and urge New Jersey to implement final rules that would establish a much stricter MCL for PFOA...
Prepared written testimony of Erik Olson, NRDC’s Senior Director for Health and Food, before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, regarding the risks of PFAS contamination and exposure.