Opinion: "When Pollution Is a Matter of Life and Death"
"The E.P.A. found that a small town in Louisiana was overloaded with carcinogens. Why didn’t that mean the government had to act?"
Source: NY Times, 06/26/2019
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"Philadelphia Refinery Fire Puts Focus On Toxic Chemical"
"An explosion and fire at Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery has people concerned about hydrogen fluoride."
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 06/25/2019
"EPA Announces Stricter Lead Standards"
"Andrew Wheeler, administrator with the Environmental Protection Agency, and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson recently announced tighter standards for lead on window sills and the dust on your home floor."
Source: St. Joseph News-Press, 06/24/2019
"Blast Rips Through South Philadelphia Refinery, Triggering Major Fire"
"An explosion ripped through a refinery in South Philadelphia early Friday, lighting up the night sky and triggering a massive fire. No injuries were reported and it appears firefighters have contained the blaze."
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 06/21/2019
Recovery Begins On Agent Orange Barrels In Wallowa Lake
"After a 10-month wait, preliminary work began Thursday on the delicate task of removing barrels sitting in Wallowa Lake marked as containing defoliants used in Agent Orange."
Source: Portland Oregonian, 06/14/2019
"3M Knew About PFAS Food Contamination in 2001"
"Last week, we learned that the Food and Drug Administration had detected PFAS compounds in pineapple, sweet potato, meat, and chocolate cake. ... [I]t has become clear that 3M, the company that originally developed PFOS and PFOA, had known for a very long time that these toxic and persistent chemicals were in our food."
Source: The Intercept, 06/14/2019
"As Legal Cannabis Spreads, Growers Go Organic — And Beyond"
"Pot prohibition is gradually lifting, but state and federal growing guidance is lacking. EHN visited West Coast growers committed to nudging the fledgling industry in a chemical-free, Earth-friendly direction."
Source: EHN, 06/13/2019
"Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Ease Approval of New GMO Crops"
"President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday directing federal agencies to ease rules for approving genetically modified crops and other agricultural biotechnology."
Source: Bloomberg, 06/12/2019
"Warning of ‘Pig Zero’: One Drugmaker’s Push to Sell More Antibiotics"
"Overuse of antibiotics in livestock has given rise to drug-resistant germs. Drugmakers say they want to be part of the solution. But a recent campaign urged farmers to administer the drugs to healthy animals daily."
Source: NY Times, 06/10/2019
Towing an Iceberg: One Captain’s Plan to Bring Water to 4 Million
"Nicholas Sloane doesn’t mind discomfort. The 56-year-old South African marine-salvage master has survived two helicopter crashes and spent thousands of hours aboard ships that are burning, sinking, breaking apart, or leaking oil, chemicals, or cargo into the ocean. Often, he gets calls in the middle of the night asking him to pack his bags and fly immediately to a disaster zone across the world, anywhere from Yemen to Papua New Guinea. Twice, he’s fought off armed pirates using water cannons, sound cannons, and strobe lights."
Source: Bloomberg, 06/07/2019
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