FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
PETER RAFLE (202) 302-7086 peter_rafle@epw.senate.gov
Monday, December 4, 2006
Senator Boxer said, "I am thrilled to have Erik Olson join my EPW Committee staff. His years of leadership standing up for safer water and a cleaner environment for our children will serve us well as we work to improve America's environment laws."
Olson comes to the Senate EPW Committee after 15 years with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), where he served most recently as Director of the Advocacy Center and a Senior Attorney. Olson has worked for more than two decades as a recognized leader of the environmental movement, working with members of Congress and their staff to help overhaul the laws governing pesticides and drinking water, and the effort to protect the public from arsenic. He has focused particularly on protecting children and vulnerable people from toxic chemicals.