The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down portions of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to re-approve continued, widespread use of glyphosate, a widely used herbicide commonly known as Roundup. EPA will have to redo parts of its analysis...
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].
Letter submitted to the EPA supporting a request by the United Tribes of Bristol Bay for action under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act to protect the Bristol Bay Region.
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.
NRDC’s legal and technical comments on the California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s proposed mitigation measures to protect pollinators from bee-toxic neonicotinoid or “neonic” pesticides.
On September 23, 2020, NRDC, along with a group of health and environmental organizations, filed a rulemaking petition with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, challenging the Department’s failure to regulate the use of crop seeds treated with neonicotinoid (“neonic”)...
Report, commissioned by NRDC, by Dr. Pierre Mineau regarding neonicotinoid insecticides or “neonics” in California—specifically, on the use of neonic-treated seeds, which the California Department of Pesticide Regulation has exempted from any state regulation or tracking. The report finds that...
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...
Over 90 Scientists sent a letter on June 10th to the Senate Commerce Committee’s Chairman Roger Wicker and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell, opposing the nomination of Nancy Beck to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
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...
Decision from the 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals ordering the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to finalize its proposed ban on chlorpyrifos—a pesticide linked to learning disabilities in children—from use on produce sold in the U.S. within 60 days. The...
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...
The Attorneys General of New York, California, Washington, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts and Vermont formally requested that EPA take immediate action to ban chlorpyrifos. The states argued that the Trump EPA’s refusal to ban this pesticide from food crops—despite the agency’s...
This is a second protective court case filed by NRDC and a coalition of groups, asking the 9 th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to directly review and overturn EPA’s refusal to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to...
The Natural Resources Defense Council and Pesticide Action Network, represented in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by Earthjustice, filed a motion to enforce a previous court order and require EPA to make a decision on a...