"The Toxic Aftermath Of The Maui Fires Could Last For Years"
"Lahaina is plagued by hazardous debris, chemicals and undrinkable water. A big storm could worsen and spread the wildfire contamination."
Source: Washington Post, 08/18/2023
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"One Family’s Toxic Train Wreck Ordeal: Illness, Exile and Debt"
"The Albright family left town after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed near their Ohio home. Now, they are back, facing personal, medical and financial crises in a newly divided community."
Source: NYTimes, 08/17/2023
Pa. Kids Near Fracking Wells Face Higher Risk For Childhood Cancer And Asthma
"Residents living near fracking wells were more likely to experience childhood cancer, severe asthma attacks and low birth weights, found three long-awaited studies on fracking and health released by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on Tuesday evening."
Source: EHN, 08/17/2023
Minnesota Tribal School Fights To Eliminate PFAS in Drinking Water
"As the United States begins to crack down on PFAS contamination, Indigenous communities are getting left behind."
Source: Grist, 08/16/2023
Texans Must Fight "State-Regulated" Oilfield Waste Dumps By Themselves
"Some Texans who challenge oil and gas waste sites must spend significant sums and time on investigating what they say the Texas Railroad Commission should examine. Will new regulations for handling waste increase oversight or just maintain the status quo?"
Source: Public Health Watch, 08/16/2023
"Texas’ Brazos River, Captive and Contaminated"
"Dow-Freeport, the largest chemical plant complex in the Western Hemisphere, dominates—and pollutes—the Lower Brazos Watershed."
Source: Texas Observer, 08/15/2023
"Uranium Hunters in US West Face Partial Ban, Pollution Fears"
"Five weeks before President Joe Biden announced a historic new ban on new uranium mining around the Grand Canyon, Sarana Riggs approached the barbed-wire fence surrounding an inactive mine in an Arizona national forest, a Geiger counter in her hand."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/15/2023
‘Circular Economy’ Went From Environmentalist Dream To Marketing Buzzword
"At a conference in Seattle this summer, Coca-Cola set up shop in an exhibition hall to show off one of its most recent sustainability initiatives. A six-foot-tall interactive jukebox invited passersby to listen to “recycled records” — seven audio tracks that, according to Coca-Cola, represent the world’s first album made with recordings of the plastic recycling process."
Source: Grist, 08/14/2023
"Louisiana Created Alleged Conflict Of Interest In ‘Cancer Alley’ Case"
"Facing a pivotal federal investigation into Louisiana’s relationship with petro-chemical companies, the state’s attorney general hired lawyers who were simultaneously representing one of the main corporations at the center of the investigation, documents reveal."
Source: Guardian, 08/14/2023
"Md.’s Largest Water Utility Sues Dupont, 3M Over ‘Forever Chemicals’"
"Maryland’s largest water utility filed a lawsuit against more than a dozen companies Friday, alleging that they knowingly polluted the water supply with “forever chemicals” and saying that they should bear the burden of upgrading systems to remove these toxic substances."
Source: Washington Post, 08/09/2023
