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House Science Panel Calls For Probe Of Govt Scientist For Doing Science

"Republicans on the House Science Committee are accusing Linda Birnbaum, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, of lobbying. In letters sent to the Inspector General and acting secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Reps. Lamar Smith and Andy Biggs wrote that they were “conducting oversight” of Birnbaum’s activity in response to a editorial she wrote in a scientific journal."

Source: The Intercept, 01/23/2018

"EPA Official Speaks On Risk Of Climate Change To Toxic Sites"

"A top manager who supervises the Environmental Protection Agency program responsible for cleaning up the nation’s most contaminated properties and waterways told Congress on Thursday that the government needs to plan for the ongoing threat posed to Superfund sites from climate change."

Source: AP, 01/19/2018

"Leaky Sewers May Foster Antibiotic Resistance In Urban Streams"

"Microbial activity in a Baltimore stream is unaffected by exposure to the antibiotic ciprofloxacin, evidence that sewage contamination of urban waterways may be fomenting pockets of antibiotic resistance, researchers reported last week in the journal Ecosphere."

Source: Anthropocene, 01/18/2018

Harvey: ZIP Code & Race Determine Who Will Bear Climate Change Burden

"Concern continues to grow over the environmental impact of Hurricane Harvey on the Houston area, home to more than a dozen oil refineries."

Source: Democracy Now!, 01/15/2018

"Toxic Thaw Syndrome"

"Melting permafrost carries unknown dangers for Arctic marine life."

Source: Hakai, 01/12/2018

Govt Scientists Say Controversial Pesticide Killing Endangered Salmon

"The federal government's top fisheries experts say that three widely used pesticides — including the controversial insecticide chlorpyrifos — are jeopardizing the survival of many species of salmon, as well as orcas that feed on those salmon."

Source: NPR, 01/12/2018

"Chemicals: In Reversal, EPA Limits Information On Safety Reviews"

"U.S. EPA appears to no longer be releasing preliminary assessments of potentially hazardous new chemicals or new uses of existing chemicals, according to documents reviewed by E&E News."

Source: Greenwire, 01/11/2018

Trump’s EPA Could Allow Teenage Workers To Handle Dangerous Pesticides

"If the Environmental Protection Agency follows through with a reform now under consideration, teenage farmworkers and other working minors would once again be allowed to handle dangerous pesticides while on the job."

Source: HuffPost, 01/11/2018

"The Nation’s Rivers And Streams Are Getting Dangerously Saltier"

"Nearly everywhere you turn during this frigid stretch of winter, much of the world seems covered in a layer of salt aimed at keeping our roads drivable and sidewalks free of ice. All that salt is one reason — although not the only one — that many of the nation’s rivers and streams are becoming saltier, according to new research published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."

Source: Washington Post, 01/09/2018

17 Ways Trump Administration Assaulted the Environment Over the Holidays

"While visions of sugarplums danced in some of our heads, the Trump administration had a different vision—of a country unbound by rules that protect people, places, wildlife and the climate. Over the past two weeks, the administration has proposed or finalized changes to how the government and the industries it regulates respond to climate change, migratory birds, clean energy, pesticides and toxic chemicals."

Source: EcoWatch, 01/04/2018

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