"Texas’ Brazos River, Captive and Contaminated"
"Dow-Freeport, the largest chemical plant complex in the Western Hemisphere, dominates—and pollutes—the Lower Brazos Watershed."
Source: Texas Observer, 08/15/2023
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"Uranium Hunters in US West Face Partial Ban, Pollution Fears"
"Five weeks before President Joe Biden announced a historic new ban on new uranium mining around the Grand Canyon, Sarana Riggs approached the barbed-wire fence surrounding an inactive mine in an Arizona national forest, a Geiger counter in her hand."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/15/2023
‘Circular Economy’ Went From Environmentalist Dream To Marketing Buzzword
"At a conference in Seattle this summer, Coca-Cola set up shop in an exhibition hall to show off one of its most recent sustainability initiatives. A six-foot-tall interactive jukebox invited passersby to listen to “recycled records” — seven audio tracks that, according to Coca-Cola, represent the world’s first album made with recordings of the plastic recycling process."
Source: Grist, 08/14/2023
"Louisiana Created Alleged Conflict Of Interest In ‘Cancer Alley’ Case"
"Facing a pivotal federal investigation into Louisiana’s relationship with petro-chemical companies, the state’s attorney general hired lawyers who were simultaneously representing one of the main corporations at the center of the investigation, documents reveal."
Source: Guardian, 08/14/2023
"Md.’s Largest Water Utility Sues Dupont, 3M Over ‘Forever Chemicals’"
"Maryland’s largest water utility filed a lawsuit against more than a dozen companies Friday, alleging that they knowingly polluted the water supply with “forever chemicals” and saying that they should bear the burden of upgrading systems to remove these toxic substances."
Source: Washington Post, 08/09/2023
"There Might Be Less Plastic in the Sea Than We Thought. But Read On."
"A new study has some good news, but there’s a problem: Ocean pollution appears to be growing fast."
Source: NYTimes, 08/08/2023
"BPA's Evil Cousin"
"Most people have heard of BPA — but researchers say its chemical cousin, BADGE, is leaving scores of workers, artisans and individuals at risk."
Source: EHN, 08/08/2023
In Youngstown, a Downtown Tire Pyrolysis Plant Is a ‘Recipe for Disaster’
"A developer has big ideas to turn tires, plastic and electronic waste into energy at 30 locations, starting with a tire-to-gas plant next to the jail and student housing in the heart of what was once Ohio’s Steel Valley."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/08/2023
‘Halliburton Loophole’ Allows Fracking Firms to Avoid Chemical Regulation
"For almost 20 years, U.S. public-health advocates have worried that toxic chemicals are getting into ground water and harming human health because of an exemption to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act that allows operators of oil and gas fracking operations to use chemicals that would be regulated if used for any other purpose."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/07/2023
ER Visits For Heart Problems Plummeted After Coal Processor Shut Down
"The closure of one of Pittsburgh’s largest coal-processing plants in 2016 led to a lasting reduction in hazardous air pollution and a decrease in heart-related hospital visits, according to a new study."
Source: EHN, 08/07/2023
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