Philly School Knew About Toxic Lead In Water But Kept Parents In Dark
"It was a display of kindness that should have been heartwarming. Instead, Frederick Douglass Elementary School teacher Alison Marcus just felt queasy."
Source: WHYY, 11/14/2019
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Exposed: A Scientific Stalemate Leaves Our Hormones And Health At Risk
"Bisphenol A is likely coursing through your body right now. Every day, you're inadvertently consuming and absorbing trace amounts as it migrates from can and bottle linings into your food and drink, and from thermal paper receipts onto your skin. Scientists have found BPA in more than 90 percent of Americans tested. Yet whether exposures to such small amounts of the common chemical pose any real health hazard remains highly controversial."
Source: EHN, 11/14/2019
"EPA Proposes Relaxed Rules For Widely Used Insecticides"
"EPA yesterday [Tuesday] proposed watered-down regulations for a set of widely used insecticides linked to a range of human health and environmental concerns."
Source: Greenwire, 11/14/2019
EPA Fails To Supply Documents To House Science in Subpoena Showdown
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided "largely non-responsive" documents in response to a final threat by House Democrats, according to committee staff, likely setting the stage for a forthcoming subpoena."
Source: The Hill, 11/08/2019
"Senate Eyes Nixing 'Forever Chemicals' From Major Defense Policy Bill"
"The Senate is prepared to walk away from provisions of a defense policy bill that would compel the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate a cancer-linked chemical that is leaching into the water supply, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) told reporters Tuesday."
Source: The Hill, 11/06/2019
"N.Y. Sues Chemours, DuPont, 3M Over PFAS Contamination"
"New York state’s attorney general is suing The Chemours Co., 3M Co., DuPont de Nemours Inc. and other companies for their alleged role in making and selling persistent chemicals that are environmental contaminants."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/06/2019
"Investigation: Lead In Some Canadian Water Worse Than Flint"
"Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been unwittingly exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water, with contamination in several cities consistently higher than they ever were in Flint, Michigan, according to an investigation that tested drinking water in hundreds of homes and reviewed thousands more previously undisclosed results."
Source: AP, 11/06/2019
"‘Polluter Panel’ Hits Pause On Michigan PFAS Drinking Water Rules"
"Business and industry representatives appointed to a controversial regulatory oversight board by former Republican Gov. Rick Snyder helped temporarily slow down advancing drinking water standards that would limit allowable levels of toxic fluorochemicals called PFAS in Michigan drinking water if enacted."
Source: Grand Rapids Press, 11/04/2019
"E.P.A. to Roll Back Rules to Control Toxic Ash from Coal Plants"
"The Trump administration is expected to roll back an Obama-era regulation meant to limit the leaching of heavy metals like arsenic, lead and mercury into water supplies from the ash of coal-fired power plants, according to two people familiar with the plans."
Source: NY Times, 11/01/2019
Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ Gets Even More Toxic — Residents Fight Back
"One of the most polluted regions of the country is being overrun by a new glut of oil and gas facilities, including one that will emit as much carbon as three coal-fired power plants".
Source: Rolling Stone, 10/31/2019
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