"What Are We Doing To Our Children’s Brains?"
"Environmental chemicals are wreaking havoc to last a lifetime"
Source: Ensia, 02/17/2015
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"Officials Welcome Superfund Possibility for Hackensack River"
"The federal government’s decision to consider making the Hackensack River a Superfund site is drawing praise from local mayors and other elected officials — but that praise comes with caveats, including a sense that the Hackensack’s pollution is so pervasive and its hydrology so complex that trying to clean it up might be a fool’s errand."
Source: Bergen Record, 02/16/2015
EPA Sets Dioxin Cleanup Plan for Tittabawassee Floodplain
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected a plan to clean up dioxin contaminated properties along the Tittabawassee River floodplain and work is expected to start this year."
Source: Midland Daily News, 02/13/2015
"Heavy Metal Valentine: Is There Lead in Your Chocolate?"
"We’ve begun to expect unusual flavors like chili, salt, and lavender in chocolate. But there might be another surprising addition to your Valentine’s Day sweets: heavy metals."
Source: Civil Eats, 02/12/2015
West Virginia: "Bills Would Weaken Water Protections"
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A year after a toxic leak contaminated drinking water for 300,000 residents, West Virginia lawmakers are considering a series of proposals that would weaken a new chemical tank safety law, remove stronger pollution protections for streams across the state, and protect the coal industry from enforcement actions over violations of water quality standards."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 02/10/2015
"Safety Flaws Led To Deadly Dupont Leak"
"HOUSTON -- It was DuPont's third deadly U.S. accident in five years and the deadliest of them all. On November 15th, a chemical leak in LaPorte took the lives of four workers, including two brothers."
Source: KHOU, 02/06/2015
"Hard To Clean Up Wastewater Spills From Oil Wells Into N.D. Stream"
"Wastewater is arguably worse for the environment than oil, killing vegetation and leaving farmland sterile for generations. Some say the state isn't doing enough to get its spill problem controlled."
Source: NPR, 02/06/2015
"Bill Would Exempt Thousands of Tanks From Post-Spill Safety Law"
"Thousands of chemical storage tanks across West Virginia would be exempt from the law passed in the wake of the Freedom Industries spill, under legislation introduced Tuesday in the House of Delegates."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 02/04/2015
"EPA: Enforcement Officials Up in Arms Over Anti-Gun Push"
"A few years back, U.S. EPA enforcement agents tracked a Utah environmental fugitive to a trailer parked at a marina in the Florida Keys. Larkin Baggett, one of EPA's 'most wanted' criminals at the time, appeared in the trailer doorway sweeping an assault rifle toward the approaching EPA agents and local cops, saying things like, 'I won't go,' according to court documents. The officers opened fire, wounding Baggett and taking him into custody."
Source: Greenwire, 01/30/2015
"British Lawmakers Demand Freeze on Fracking"
"LONDON -- A committee of British lawmakers demanded a national moratorium on fracking due to environmental concerns on Monday, ahead of a crucial vote intended to boost the shale gas industry."
Source: AFP, 01/26/2015
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