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9 Apr 2024, 11:55 am
Our addiction to plastics imperil our health and the well being of the planet. [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]
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]
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]
11 Dec 2013, 10:03 pm
NRDC health attorney Avinash Kar called the finalized version “an early holiday gift to industry. [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]
5 Jun 2012, 2:59 am
"Following the ruling, FDA must heed the science and make a decision about whether feeding antibiotics to healthy animals is safe for human health," said Kar. [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
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
Yesterday evening, the California legislature provided final approval for Assembly Bill 2998 by Assembly Member Bloom, moving the state one step closer to eliminating toxic flame retardant chemical [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
A recent report from the Getting Ready for Baby campaign reveals a troubling matter: tests carried out by the campaign indicate that many crib mattresses still contain multiple chemicals of concern, incl [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]
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
In these troubled times, good news out of Maryland. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Today, the U.S. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
Hurray for CPSC. [read post]
