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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

Latest NewsAlaskaJenny Shalant
The new Special Areas Rule in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could boost biodiversity and empower Indigenous Peoples to defend the lands they’ve relied on for generations.
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“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

ExplainerUnited StatesMolly M. Ginty, Courtney Lindwall
These toxic chemicals are so common in consumer products and manufacturing that they’re everywhere—including inside our bodies.
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In Planning for Climate Change, Native Americans Draw on the Past

ExplainerUnited States, CanadaTim Vanderpool
Across North America, Indigenous tribes and nations are consulting their traditional ecological knowledge to help prepare for a warming world.

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Michigan Proposes Strong, Yet Incomplete PFAS Protections

Expert BlogDr. Anna Reade, Cyndi Roper
Michigan is proposing some of the most health-protective standards in the nation for several PFAS, a group of chemicals of great environmental and health concern, yet could be missing out on the opportunity to protect its citizens in the long-term.

EPA Yet Again Fails to Set Health-Protective Levels for PFAS

Expert BlogDr. Anna Reade
Yesterday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released draft interim recommendations for addressing groundwater contaminated with PFOA and PFOS. EPA’s proposal would leave Americans across the country who live near contaminated sites unprotected from potentially dangerous levels of these toxic…

Michigan Should Set Precedent-Setting PFAS Water Standards

Expert BlogDr. Anna Reade, Erik D. Olson
Today the Natural Resources Defense Council filed an extensive scientific report making a detailed case for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to establish strict drinking water standards for five chemicals within the PFAS class. We also requested that…

The PFAS Crisis: Will the EPA Act?

Expert BlogErik D. Olson, Dr. Anna Reade
The agency has an opportunity to protect the public from this group of highly toxic chemicals found in drinking water, cookware, food packaging, and other everyday items.

EPA Finds Replacements for Toxic “Teflon” Chemicals Toxic

Expert BlogUnited StatesDr. Anna Reade

EPA’s draft toxicity assessments for GenX and PFBS confirms what many have feared: taking PFOA and PFOS off the market and out of products has only led to industry replacing them with related PFAS chemicals that pose similar risks.

“Protection”—the EPA’s Middle Name?

Expert BlogErik D. Olson, Dr. Anna Reade
Erik Olsen testified at a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment hearing today on how the EPA is not protecting the public from PFAS contamination. Erik's testimony also includes NRDC's recommendations on what needs to be done now to…

CA a Step Closer to Removing Toxic Chemicals from Our Homes

Expert BlogDr. Anna Reade
California bill, AB 2998 by Assembly Member Bloom, which bans toxic flame retardant chemicals of concern from upholstered furniture, certain children’s products, and the foam of adult mattresses, just passed the state legislature with bipartisan support and is currently awaiting…