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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
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]
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
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
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 in our homes or on our person. [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]
9 Apr 2024, 11:55 am
Our addiction to plastics imperil our health and the well being of the planet. [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]
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]
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]
