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31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Hurray for CPSC. [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
In these troubled times, good news out of Maryland. [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
Governor Newsom’s signature today put in place a new law authored by Assembly Member Ting that bans PFAS in paper-based food packaging, requires disclosure of chemicals of concern (such a [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
The California Assembly took another step to protect Californians from toxic, “forever” PFAS chemicals by passing Assembly Bill 1200 (Ting) today. [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
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
The end of the legislative session in California brought welcome news on PFAS, a class of toxic “forever” chemicals consisting of 12,000+ chemicals. [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
Senator Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica), Chair of the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee, introduced Senate Bill 392 this week to help improve California’s regulation of toxic chemicals in [read post]
10 Oct 2015, 4:02 pm
This gives the law more teeth, says Avinash Kar, an attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) health program. [read post]
13 May 2014, 11:36 pm
The panelists were Robert Bodzin, a partner at Burnham Brown and the chair of the State Bar’s Litigation Section; Leslie Brueckner, a senior food safety and health attorney with Public Justice; and Avinash Kar, a staff attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council who works on food issues.The conference was well attended by law students from multiple law schools and attorneys from large firms, small firms, academia, and the public/non-profit sector. [read post]
11 Dec 2013, 10:03 pm
NRDC health attorney Avinash Kar called the finalized version “an early holiday gift to industry. [read post]
13 Mar 2014, 10:01 pm
“We’ve heard from many of the manufacturers that they don’t expect complying with the guidance to affect their revenues, which suggests that these uses are going to continue under the name of prevention,” said Avinash Kar, an attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) health program. [read post]
1 Dec 2017, 7:31 am
The Senior Attorney for the National Resource Defense Council (NRDC), Avinash Kar, referred to it as a “big victory for children’s health. [read post]
1 Oct 2017, 11:01 pm
“With the rise of antibiotic resistance, it’s critical that we use antibiotics less frequently so that they’ll be effective when our lives depend on it,” NRDC senior attorney Avinash Kar said in a written statement. [read post]
