"Tightened EPA Chemical Safety Regs At Risk"
"Industry is pressing Congress to ditch safety upgrades made in wake of deadly West, Texas, plant explosion".
Source: Louisville Courier-Journal, 03/01/2017
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"Firefighters and Cancer: Is A Risky Job Even Riskier?"
"Sitting before the D.C. Council in a crisp blue dress shirt, Lt. Preston L. Williams Jr. recounted the day he was first diagnosed with the cancer that was slowly killing him."
Source: Washington Post, 02/27/2017
Climate-Friendlier Air Conditioning Chemicals Hard to Find, Study Shows
"When nearly 200 countries agreed last October to dramatically reduce their reliance on climate change-polluting chemicals called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in air conditioning and refrigeration, the hunt for alternatives was already underway. Now, a new study in the journal Nature Communications that comprehensively explored pure liquid options found only 27 candidates, and problems with all of them."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/23/2017
Lead Ammunition Poisons Wildlife But Too Expensive To Change: Hunters
"On the day before President Trump's inauguration, the outgoing Obama administration passed a last-minute directive, banning the use of lead ammunition and fishing sinkers on federal land."
Source: NPR, 02/20/2017
"States Pursue Toxics Lawmaking Despite Federal Law Constraints
"Legislation that would require the disclosure of or restriction of chemicals in hydraulic fracturing fluids, cosmetics and other products had been introduced in 16 states as of Feb. 10."
Source: BNA, 02/15/2017
"DuPont Settles Lawsuits Over Leak Of Chemical Used To Make Teflon"
"DuPont and Chemours Co have agreed to pay $671 million in cash to settle thousands of lawsuits involving a leak of a toxic chemical used to make Teflon, the companies said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 02/14/2017
"Hundreds Suffer Poisoning From Bullet Fragments In Their Bodies"
"Hundreds of people with bullet fragments lodged in their bodies have suffered lead poisoning from the slugs, including several people who have extremely elevated levels of the highly toxic metal in their blood, health authorities reported Thursday."
Source: Washington Post, 02/10/2017
"The ExxonMobil Near-Disaster You Probably Haven't Heard Of"
"A 2015 explosion at the company's refinery near Los Angeles came frighteningly close to releasing a lethal gas into a neighborhood; a ban may result".
Source: Ctr for Public Integrity, 02/10/2017
"US Government Fails To Track Toxic Spills In Nation’s Waterways"
The National Response Center, run by the Coast Guard, takes reports of toxic spills and is supposed to keep a database on spill incidents. But a new study shows that it does nothing of the sort -- putting the public at risk by keeping them in the dark.
Source: Reveal, 02/08/2017
"As Trump’s EPA Takes Shape, Here’s Your Pesticide Cheat Sheet"
"In the final weeks and months of the Obama administration, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pesticide Programs issued a flurry of reports on some of the country’s most widely used pesticides. Decisions made on the basis of these environmental and health assessments will likely determine the level of pesticide residue allowed on the food we eat. They will affect children’s neurological health and development, particularly in agricultural communities. They will determine how farmworkers are protected from pesticide exposures. And they will affect the fate of threatened and endangered species across the country."
Source: Civil Eats, 02/06/2017
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