Lindsay McCormick
Senior Program Manager, Safer Chemicals
Work
Areas of expertise:
Environmental health, chemical safety, children’s health
Description
Lindsay is a Senior Program Manager for Environmental Defense Fund’s Healthy Communities program. In this role, Lindsay supports EDF’s efforts to protect public health from toxic chemical exposures by improving chemical policy and practice in the public and private sectors.
Background
Before joining EDF, Lindsay worked in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Children’s Health Protection as an Environmental Health Fellow for the Associations of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH). While at EPA, she analyzed science and policy related to children’s exposure to pesticides, air pollution, toxics in consumer products, and other environmental contaminants.
Lindsay holds a master’s in Environmental Health Science from Columbia University and a bachelor’s in Biology from Haverford College.
Education
- MPH, Environmental Health Science, Columbia University
- BS, Biology, Haverford College
Publications
American University and EDF, (2020) “Lead Pipes and Environmental Justice: A study of lead pipe replacement in Washington, DC,” Washington, DC.
Baehler, K., McGraw, M., Aquino, M., Heslin, R., McCormick, L., Neltner, T. (2022). Full Lead Service Line Replacement: A Case Study of Equity in Environmental Remediation. Sustainability, 14(1), 352.
Hiltner, S., Romero-Canyas, R., McCormick, L., and Neltner, T. (2019). “Using online tools to publicize lead service line locations and promote replacement,” AWWA Water Science, 1(1).
Lu, H., Romero-Canyas, R., Hiltner, S., Neltner, T., McCormick, L., and Niederdeppe, J. (2019) “Research to Move Toward Evidence-Based Recommendations for Lead Service Line Disclosure Policies in Home Buying and Home Renting Scenarios,” Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 16(6): 963.
McCormick, L., Lovell, S., et al. (2018) “Putting Children First: Tackling Lead in Water in Child Care Facilities,” Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC. EDF, (2017) “10 People and the Chemicals in their Midst,” Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC.
McCormick, L., Lovell, S., and Neltner, T. (2017) “Grading the Nation: State Disclosure Policies for Lead Pipes,” Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC. EDF, (2015). “Chemical Detection Project: New Technology Sheds Light on Chemicals in Our Environment,” Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC.
McCormick, L., O’Connell, R., Nowlan, A., Cantin, J., Nadeau, L., and McPartland, J., (2019) “Tracking Chemical Exposures: Insights on the market demand for personal chemical monitoring technologies,” Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC.
Stanbrough, E., McCormick, L., Barrett, J., and Barnett, M. O. (2021). “A critical opportunity: Detecting and reducing Led in Drinking Water at child care facilities,” Environmental Research.
Latest pieces
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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helps Milwaukee replace harmful lead pipes
Health, September 23, 2024 -
Denver Water proves its Lead Reduction Program is a national model
Health Blog, January 17, 2023 -
Full lead service line replacement: A case study of equity in environmental remediation
Sustainability, December 29, 2021 -
New Study Highlights Lead in Water at Child Care Facilities and Holes in Current EPA Rule
Health Blog, December 2, 2021 -
At all costs: Failings of Trump EPA’s proposed TSCA fee rule
Health Blog, April 15, 2021 -
Tackling lead in drinking water at child care facilities
YouTube, April 26, 2019 -
An EDF pilot: Tackling lead in drinking water at child care facilities
YouTube, April 1, 2019 -
Research to Move Toward Evidence-Based Recommendations for Lead Service Line Disclosure Policies in Home Buying and Home Renting Scenarios
MDPI, March 18, 2019
Press materials
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EPA final fee rule brings in additional resources for TSCA
February 9, 2024 -
EDF: Industry should pay fair share of fees to fund EPA’s TSCA program
November 16, 2022 -
Final Lead in Drinking Water Rule Will Worsen Disparities in Lead Exposure
December 22, 2020 -
Report: Enormous Market Potential for Technologies Tracking Personal Chemical Exposures
July 31, 2019 -
Long-Delayed Methylene Chloride Ban Finalized but Still Leaves Workers at Risk
March 15, 2019 -
Trump EPA’s Final Methylene Chloride Ban Fails to Protect Workers
January 8, 2019 -
Report: Child Care is a Critical Gap in Efforts to Reduce Kids’ Exposure to Lead in Water
June 25, 2018 -
New report grades every state on disclosure of lead pipes in homes
March 14, 2017