"Arsenic Reductions in Drinking Water Tied to Fewer Cancer Deaths"
"The Environmental Protection Agency’s revised rule on arsenic contamination in drinking water has resulted in fewer lung, bladder and skin cancers."
Source: NY Times, 10/25/2017
Environmental Health
Courts Reverse Johnson’s Baby Powder Judgments for Nearly $500 Million
"In back-to-back victories for Johnson & Johnson, the courts have reversed two judgments against the consumer products giant totaling nearly $500 million. The money had been awarded to women who said that they developed ovarian cancer after using the company’s talcum powder for decades."
Source: NY Times, 10/24/2017
"EPA Plans To Repeal Emission Standards For Truck Components"
"The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to repeal tighter emissions standards for truck components, a rule adopted in the final months of the Obama administration aimed at controlling traditional air pollutants as well as greenhouse-gas emissions linked to climate change."
Source: Washington Post, 10/24/2017
"EPA Head Denies Meeting With 'Polluters'"
"The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pushed back on accusations that he frequently meets with 'polluters,' despite repeated sit-downs with fossil fuel companies and others regulated by the EPA."
Source: The Hill, 10/23/2017
"Hassan, Shaheen Question EPA Over Findings on Toxic Landfill"
"Senate Democrats from New Hampshire have sent a letter to the regional Environmental Protection Agency office raising questions about its determination that a controversial landfill did not pose an 'unacceptable human health risk.'"
Source: AP, 10/23/2017
EPA Shifted on Toxic Chemicals as Industry Insider Helps Call the Shots
"A scientist who worked for the chemical industry now shapes policy on hazardous chemicals. Within the E.P.A., there is fear that public health is at risk."
Source: NY Times, 10/23/2017
"Pollution Kills 9 Million People Each Year, New Study Finds"
"Dirty air in India and China. Tainted water in sub-Saharan Africa. Toxic mining and smelter operations in South America. Pollution around the globe now contributes to an estimated 9 million deaths annually."
Source: Washington Post, 10/20/2017
"EPA Says Higher Radiation Levels Pose ‘No Harmful Health Effect’"
"In the event of a dirty bomb or a nuclear meltdown, emergency responders can safely tolerate radiation levels equivalent to thousands of chest X-rays, the Environmental Protection Agency said in new guidelines that ease off on established safety levels."
Source: Bloomberg, 10/19/2017
"Developing World Still Struggling With Obsolete Pesticides"
"The cotton fields of sub-Saharan Africa hold a deadly secret—thousands of tons of obsolete pesticides are buried out of sight but slowly taking a toxic toll on the region’s people and environment."
Source: BNA, 10/19/2017
"Dem Senator Puts Holds On Two EPA Nominees"
"Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) has placed a hold on two of President Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) nominees."
Source: The Hill, 10/19/2017
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