ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE

The Environmental Defense Fund and Regional Institute of Southern California sponsored comprehensive modeling studies of pricing on transportation behavior for the Los Angeles area. The findings are as follows ... 

In the USA, the toy industry has decided not to disclose what chemicals are used in its products - a move which is against the hopes of Environmental Defense of New York, a group who believes that companies should disclose this information so that the public can make informed choices. Details of the debate are recorded here. ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE TOY INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION US,CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION US,ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY MATTEL INC. HASBRO INC. LEGO SYSTEMS INC. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL US,GOVERNMENT TOY MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA INC. 

There seems to be no corresponding analysis by the initial proponents of TSCA, the group of environmentalist organizations including the Natural Resources Defense Council the Environmental Defense Fund, The Conservation Foundation, and others. In time, one expects that such a perspective will be contributed. 

Center for Science in the Public Interest Environmental Defense Environmental Working Group Natural Resources Defense Council Public Citizen... 

Environmental Defense. Online. Available HTTP (accessed 1 April 2003). 

Ellen Silbergeld, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D.C. National Research Council Staff... 

Environmental Defense Fund (1997) Toxic ignorance The continuing absence of basic health testing for top-selling chemicals in the United States , www.environmentaldefense.org,... 

Duggan, CropLife America Lome Garretson, Environmental Defense and Nancy Kass, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 

To address its task, the committee held four public sessions in which it heard presentations from officials of EPA s Office of Research and Development CDC s National Center for Environmental Health, National Center for Health Statistics, and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health the Washington State Department of Health the International Life Sciences biomonitoring committee the American Chemistry Council Crop-Life America the Association of Public Health Laboratories Environmental Defense and academe. 

THE O-FISH-AL LISTS The following is from the Environmental Defense s Oceans Alive campaign. ... 

Successor to DBCP was the equally suspect ethylene dibromide (EDB), (ref. 26) widely used as a fumigant on fruits and vegetables. Based on the National Cancer Institute s finding of carcinogenicity of EDB the Environmental Defense Fund petitioned for cancellation of EDB registration. The EPA responded with an RPAR notice in December 1977. Three years later (Dec. 1980) the agency announced its preliminary decision to cancel EDB registration for use on stored... 

My interpretation here runs counter to Latour s general theory of interest translation (Latour 1987 108-121 1988 65-67), In this case, interested groups like the Environmental Defense Fund and the Association of Analytical Chemists were purposefully not translated. Here we see how the absence of an association in this particular context became the mechanism that funneled power into the EMS actor-network. ... 

Environmental Defense Fund (1986) Approaches to source reduction of hazardous waste Practical guidance from existing policies and programs. California Institute of Public Affairs, Claremont, CA... 

EDF (2007a) Not that innocent. A Comparative Analysis of Canadian, European Union and United States Policies on Industrial Chemicals. Washington, DC Environmental Defense (EDF). 

EDF (2007b) High Hopes, Low Marks. A Final Report Card on the High Production Volume Chemical Challenge. Washington, DC Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). 

Roe, D., Pease, W., Florini, K. and Silbergeld, E. (1997) Toxic Ignorance. Washington Environmental Defense Fund. 

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