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...
Letter submitted to EPA Administrator Michael Regan from 38 environmental, health, and justice organizations. The letter asks for a meeting with EPA leadership to convey shared concern regarding EPA’s efforts to prematurely reduce or eliminate whole rodent testing of chemicals...
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...
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."
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...
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...
Testimony of NRDC's Mae Wu for a hearing titled “There’s Something in the Water: Reforming Our Nation’s Drinking Water Standards,” held remotely in front of the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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...
On March 11, 2020, NRDC filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit seeking review of a rule EPA finalized in March that withdrew a 2016 requirement for industry to detect and repair refrigerant leaks in...
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...
These comments were filed jointly by Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, NRDC, Earthjustice and Environmental Health Strategy Center, responding to EPA’s proposal to designate 20 chemicals as “low priority” under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Under TSCA, EPA is required...
Decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, dated 11-14-2019, in a case brought by NRDC and partners against the EPA challenging the agency’s rules for evaluating the risks of toxic chemicals.
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.