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31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
By Avinash Kar, NRDC and Eili Klein, Center on Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
By Avinash Kar, NRDC; Alvaro Casanova, Center for Environmental Health; and Carroll Wills, California Professional Firefighters [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
By David Wallinga and Avinash Kar, NRDC, and Eili Klein, Center on Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy [read post]
24 Aug 2013, 5:41 pm
"Five hundred times higher than safe levels is not protective of public health," said Avinash Kar, an attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, which sued the state to issue the long-delayed standard. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
There is currently no flammability standard for upholstered furniture at the federal level. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Transparency or “right-to-know” is a fundamental concept in protecting public health against exposures to toxic chemicals. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Governor Cuomo earlier today signed an important law to protect public health and the health of first responders, by phasing out the use of toxic chemicals known as PFAS in firefighting foam. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
The new New York legislature has made an auspicious start on addressing threats to public health from toxic chemicals in everyday life. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
PFAS are a class of chemicals that are harmful to health and the environment, and they should be eliminated from the products that come into our homes and workplaces whenever possible, especially when the products spend significant times on our bodies and in our spaces. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
New York State Senator Kaminsky and Assembly Member Englebright have introduced a bill (S.4630A/A.5418) to ban toxic flame retardant chemicals in furniture and mattresses and particularly persistent organohalogen flame retardant [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
In a series of recent front-page stories, the New York Times has explored the U.S. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
When Governor Brown entered office eight years ago, he took action to fix the regulation that was driving the use of pounds of toxic flame retardant chemicals in couches in California, across the country, and even into Canada. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
The UN put out an important report yesterday that called much-needed attention to the antibiotic resistance crisis that imperils all of us—reporting that these so-called superbu [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
We are at a pivotal moment in the development of California’s Safer Consumer Products program, which aims to reduce exposure to harmful chemicals in consumer products and drive the transition to safer chemistries in products. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
In 2020, Californians will know more about what’s in their cleaning products and new furniture and mattresses will be safer. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
The California Legislature took an important step to protect Californians from toxic, “forever” PFAS chemicals by passing Assembly Bill 1200 (Ting) today. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
As the 2021 legislative session gets into gear, NRDC will once again be engaged on bills related to environmental health and reducing exposures to toxic chemicals. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors is voting today on an issue that would put the Bay Area City at the forefront of US efforts to curb livestock antibiotic overuse—a driving cause of the public health crisis of antibiotic resistance. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
In a major victory for public health and independent science last week, a California Court of Appeal ruled against Monsanto and for California voters’ reliance on the findings of expert scientific bodies to identify dangerous chemicals. [read post]
