Usually draft regulations released on a Friday get little fanfare, but a new draft furniture flammability standard, TB 117-2013, released today is a really big deal that affects all of us.

The revised furniture flammability standard fixes a nearly 40 year old problem...

Have you ever wondered what chemicals might lurk in your couch?  I did and so I decided to participate in a study, just published, which analyzed what kinds of flame retardant chemicals are being used in upholstered...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally committed to a decision by March 31, 2012 on whether to ban BPA from use in packaging for food and drinks. This was announced today as part of a settlement agreement with NRDC. 

More than three years ago, NRDC filed a...

Like most parents, I have invested a lot of time and money in buying baby bottles, sippy cups and other children’s products that were labeled “BPA-free”.  Today, if you shop at any major retailer every bottle on the shelf is labeled “BPA-free”. But this wasn’t always the case.

 It has only...

A study published Tuesday, Aug. 30 by a group of researchers at UC-Berkeley has found that exposure to a group of flame retardants, PBDEs, is linked to lower birth weight in...

A study published today in the journal, Environmental Science and Technology, is further evidence that Californians are the most highly polluted people in the world with toxic flame retardant chemicals....

You may not have heard about it yet, but you will. Actress and mother Jessica Alba is traveling to Washington DC next week to lend her name and star power to an extremely worthy cause: reducing our exposure to unsafe chemicals by reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). ...

A new study published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal, Environmental Science & Technology, found that out of 101 baby products tested, 80 contained flame retardant chemicals. The products tested included nursing pillows,...

A study published this week in the journal, Environmental Health Perspectives is further evidence that California children are the most highly exposed to flame retardant chemicals. Based on the results of this and previous studies, it is likely these high levels...

January is National Birth Defects Prevention month and while we have made great strides in raising awareness about the importance of folate and prenatal vitamins in early pregnancy, there are a number of birth defects which continue to rise which have been suspected of being caused by exposure...

Today NRDC sued the FDA, again, this time because the Agency has yet to finalize a document 32 years in the making that would regulate the use of antimicrobial chemicals in hand soaps and body washes. Today’s lawsuit asks the...

On July 1, the California Assembly passed a bill that will ban the use of BPA in products for children less than 3 years of age - including baby bottles, sippy cups, infant formula...

Today, NRDC filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration for its failure to act on a petition to ban the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging, food containers, and other materials likely to come into contact with...

Today, Representative Ed Markey released correspondence between his office and federal government agencies regarding concerns over the use of so-called “antimicrobial” chemicals. This was the result of concerns that NRDC brought to Mr....

Odds are that you know someone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. One in eight U.S. women will develop this terrifying disease in their lifetime. Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer and a leading cause of death in American women.

Though the odds of survival have dramatically improved over...

Today the state of California took an important step forward in protecting public health from the toxic chemical bisphenol A or BPA. By posting a request for information on their website, California EPA has just indicated that they intend to list BPA...

I am a typical mom who makes most of the purchasing decisions in my family. I cut coupons, read labels, shop in bulk, and do my best to purchase healthy products. Because I am concerned about exposure to Bisphenol A...

 NRDC scored a big victory today when a federal judge ruled in our favor in a court case against the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

The CPSC had previously ruled that although Congress had set...

In this era of change, not much has done so at the FDA , where officials continue to say that bisphenol A (BPA) in our food supply is safe despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. We are hopeful that once a new FDA commissioner is named, there will...