Environmental Health

Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water Sicken Military Families

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When Army Staff Sgt. Samuel Fortune returned from Iraq, his body battered by war, he assumed he’d be safe. Then the people around him began to get sick. His neighbors, all living near five military bases, complained of tumors, thyroid problems and debilitating fatigue. Soon, the Colorado health department announced an unusually high number of kidney cancers in the region. Then Mr. Fortune’s wife fell ill."

Source: NY Times, 02/25/2019

Public Health: EPA Stalls Review Of 'Erin Brockovich' Chemical: Emails

"Last July, career EPA officials were set to unveil their plan to complete a long-awaited health review of the toxic metal hexavalent chromium, but more than half a year later, the plan is still under wraps — the latest delay for the human health assessment of the anti-corrosion chemical made infamous by the 2000 film 'Erin Brockovich.'"

Source: Greenwire, 02/25/2019

How Wehrum’s Law Firm Profited From The Fight To Roll Back Air Rules

"The nation’s biggest coal-burning power companies paid a top lobbying firm millions of dollars to fight a wide range of Obama-era environmental rules, documents obtained by POLITICO reveal — shortly before one of the firm’s partners became President Donald Trump’s top air pollution regulator."

Source: Politico, 02/21/2019

"Pollution Casts Shadow Over New Mexico’s Booming Dairy Industry"

"For months, Clovis, New Mexico, dairy farmer Art Schaap has been watching his life go down the drain. Instead of selling milk, he is dumping 15,000 gallons a day – enough to provide a carton at lunch to 240,000 children. Instead of working 24/7 to keep his animals healthy, he’s planning to exterminate all 4,000 of his cows, one of the best herds in his county’s booming dairy industry."

Source: Guardian, 02/20/2019

"13 Michigan Water Systems Flunk Federal Test For Excessive Lead"

"Thirteen Michigan water systems failed to meet federal standards for lead in drinking water in the last half of 2018, and seven of those systems had lead levels at least twice as high as the state will allow starting in 2025."

Source: Flint Journal, 02/18/2019

Illinois Governor Orders Closing of Sterigenics Plant Over Toxic Gas

"Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration on Friday banned Sterigenics from using ethylene oxide at its Willowbrook sterilization plant, responding to an intense public outcry about toxic air pollution that left surrounding neighborhoods with some of the highest cancer risks in the nation."

Source: Chicago Tribune, 02/18/2019

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