Southwest Pennsylvania Kids Breathe Carcinogenic Coke Oven Emissions
"Six-year-old Madelina DeLuca was diagnosed with leukemia when she was just 23 months old."
Source: EHN, 04/22/2019
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Court Orders EPA To Make Final Decision On Banning Chlorpyrifos
"A U.S. appeals court is forcing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make a final decision on whether it will ban the use of a common pesticide linked to developmental disorders in children."
Source: The Hill, 04/22/2019
"Duke Energy To Contest N Carolina Coal Ash Excavation Order"
"The country’s largest electric company says it’s challenging an order by North Carolina’s environmental agency to excavate coal ash from all of its power plant sites in the state."
Source: AP, 04/15/2019
As Weeds Outsmart Latest Weedkillers, Farmers Running Out Of Easy Options
"There was a moment, about 20 years ago, when farmers thought that they'd finally defeated weeds forever."
Source: NPR, 04/12/2019
Chemicals: EPA's Confidentiality Proposal Lacks Key Details, Greens Say
"EPA's new plan for verifying chemicals that companies claim as trade secrets has some of the same shortcomings as a previous regulation currently tangled in litigation, according to critics."
Source: Greenwire, 04/12/2019
"New York Plans To Sue EPA Over GE's 'Incomplete' Hudson River Cleanup"
"New York state officials plan to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for allowing General Electric Co to stop clearing the Hudson River of PCB contamination before the cleanup work was finished."
Source: Reuters, 04/12/2019
EPA IG Issues Rare 'Alert' That Data On Toxics Releases Is Inaccurate
"The top watchdog overseeing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a rare 'management alert' Monday warning that the agency’s public data on toxic substance releases are not accurate."
Source: The Hill, 04/09/2019
"Michigan Sets New Health Screening Limits For 5 Types of PFAS"
"Michigan’s response to PFAS contamination now includes screening levels for five forms of the chemicals, a move that sets a significantly lower base-line for considering potential health effects for people exposed to them."
Source: Ann Arbor News, 04/05/2019
Dems Want Probe Of Bernhardt Role In Suppressed Endangered Species Report
"Senate Democrats are requesting the Interior Department’s watchdog investigate what role President Trump’s pick to lead the agency played in preventing the release of a government report on toxic pesticides and endangered species."
Source: The Hill, 04/05/2019
Dem Asks For Probe Into Bernhardt's Role In Halting Species Report
"A Democratic lawmaker has asked the Interior Department's watchdog to look into reports that President Trump's nominee to lead the agency directly intervened to stop the release of a study linking the effects of two chemicals on endangered species."
Source: The Hill, 04/01/2019
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