"Environmental Group Files Lawsuit Over Genx Emissions"
"A North Carolina environmental group has filed a lawsuit asking the state to order Chemours to immediately halt all discharges of GenX."
Source: Winston-Salem Journal, 07/16/2018
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"Fishermen Disregard New Bedford Harbor’s Lingering Toxic Past"
"Officials keep dredging up PCBs and posting signs at New Bedford Harbor—but studies suggest anglers are eating too much of their contaminated catch."
Source: EHN, 07/12/2018
"The World’s Worst Industrial Disaster Is Still Unfolding"
"In Bhopal, residents who survived the massive gas leak and those who arrived later continue to deal with the consequences."
Source: Atlantic, 07/12/2018
"Russian Mining Firm Puts Trump's Face On Its Asbestos Products"
"As US officials decide against banning product, producer Uralasbest puts Trump ‘seal of approval’ on pallets".
Source: Guardian, 07/11/2018
"Pesticides: Judges Scold EPA Over Hot-Button Farm Chemical"
"Two federal judges expressed frustration yesterday with EPA's foot-dragging on the regulation of a farm pesticide linked to children's health problems."
Source: Greenwire, 07/11/2018
"$100 Million Settlement Paves Way For Superfund Cleanup"
"PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A $100-million settlement reached with two subsidiaries of Stanley Black & Decker Inc. — Emhart Industries Inc. and Black & Decker Inc. — will speed the cleanup of dioxin-contaminated sediment and soil at the Centredale Manor Restoration Project Superfund Site in North Providence and Johnston, authorities said Monday."
Source: Providence Journal, 07/10/2018
"How the EPA and the Pentagon Downplayed a Growing Toxic Threat"
"A family of chemicals — known as PFAS and responsible for marvels like Teflon and critical to the safety of American military bases — has now emerged as a far greater menace than previously disclosed."
Source: ProPublica, 07/10/2018
"Sources: EPA Blocks Warnings On Cancer-Causing Chemical"
"The Trump administration is suppressing an Environmental Protection Agency report that warns that most Americans inhale enough formaldehyde vapor in the course of daily life to put them at risk of developing leukemia and other ailments, a current and a former agency official told POLITICO."
Source: Politico, 07/09/2018
"DuPont’s Museum of Disastrous Chemistry Continues to Spread Its Poison"
"Covered with storage tanks, smoke stacks, and holding pools, the old Chambers Works manufacturing site in southern New Jersey is an eyesore. From the bridge crossing the Delaware River, the industrial zone looks like a burnt patch, a brown splotch in the otherwise green of the river’s eastern shore. But the real problem with Chambers Works isn’t as visible."
Source: The Intercept, 07/09/2018
"Senate Unanimously Approves Pesticide Registration Bill"
"The Senate last Thursday [June 28] unanimously passed H.R. 1029, the Pesticide Registration Enhancement Act, which would reauthorize the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) that gives the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to collect fees to maintain the registration of pesticides."
Source: Feedstuffs, 07/05/2018
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