"The EPA Will Likely Gut Team That Studies Health Risks From Chemicals"
"Reorganizations at the EPA may get rid of the agency’s fundamental program for research around the risks of toxic chemicals."
Source: WIRED, 05/13/2025
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"First US Trial Over PFAS Injuries to Focus on Kidney Cancer"
"The first bellwether personal injury trial in a nationwide proceeding over damages from PFAS in specialized firefighting foam will focus on kidney cancer, the court managing the multidistrict case litigation ordered Friday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/12/2025
Congress OKs Bill Ending Biden-Era Rule Targeting Rubber Tire Emissions
"Congress has voted to kill a Biden-era rule requiring rubber tire makers to clean up planet-warming emissions from their manufacturing processes in the U.S."
Source: AP, 05/12/2025
"5 Things To Know About EPA’s Overhaul"
"The plans laid out May 2 included new organizational charts that suggest the elimination of — or, at the very least, the relocation of — key programs tackling climate change, “forever chemicals” and pollution prevention."
Source: E&E News, 05/12/2025
Trump To Stop US Research On Space Pollution, In Boon To Elon Musk
"The Trump administration is poised to kill federal research into pollution from satellites and rockets, including some caused by Elon Musk’s space companies, raising new conflict-of-interest questions about the billionaire SpaceX and Starlink owner."
Source: Guardian, 05/12/2025
RFK Jr. Says DARPA Is Spraying "Chemtrails" — With No Basis In Fact
"The white streaks behind planes are condensation trails made of ice, not chemicals sprayed by the Defense Department"
Source: Poynter, 05/09/2025
Asbestos Clinic Forced To Close In Montana Town Where Thousands Sickened
"BILLINGS, Mont. — An asbestos screening clinic in a small Montana town where thousands have been sickened by toxic dust from a nearby mine has been abruptly shuttered by authorities following a court order to seize the clinic’s assets to pay off a judgment to the railroad BNSF."
Source: AP, 05/09/2025
"NAACP Joins Fight For Chemours To Disclose Documents"
"An area branch of the NAACP has joined the fight to keep Chemours and its predecessor company DuPont from shielding thousands of pages of documents from the public eye."
Source: Coastal Review, 05/07/2025
Many Houston Oil And Gas Pollution Violators Are Seeking Permit Renewals
"Multiple Houston-area oil and gas facilities that have previously violated the pollution limits in their permits have recently applied for new federal operating permits or renewals."
Source: EHN, 05/07/2025
Millions Depend on Great Lakes’ Water. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.
"The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals and sicken people. "
"Just one year ago, JD Vance was a leading advocate of the Great Lakes and the efforts to restore the largest system of freshwater on the face of the planet.
Source: ProPublica, 05/07/2025
