"Lt. Gov. Brian Calley on Sunday declared a state of emergency for Kalamazoo County [Mich.] after high levels of contaminants were found in the drinking water."
"The lawyer nominated to run the Superfund toxic cleanup program is steeped in the complexities of restoring polluted rivers and chemical dumps. He spent more than a decade on one of the nation’s most extensive cleanups, one involving Dow Chemical’s sprawling headquarters in Midland, Mich."
"Soon to be heard in San Francisco: the last slurp through a plastic straw. That’s because the city’s about to make them illegal."
"Industrial chemicals dumped long ago still haunt Minden, W.Va., a community beset by cancer and fear. Like her father, physician Ayne Amjad is trying to track the links."
"Three days since an underground steam pipe burst in Manhattan’s Flatiron district, spewing asbestos-laced muck across several blocks, many residents were still barred from their homes on Sunday, coping not only with sudden homelessness, but fear about what the exposure could do to their health."
"The way the Food and Drug Administration assesses safety has long favored industry studies over independent science."
"Then-EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's staff sought to protect him from exposure to toxic formaldehyde from an office desk last year, emails show — just months before his top political aides blocked the release of a report on health dangers from the same chemical."
"On Monday [7/16], while most media were still digesting President Donald Trump’s extraordinary travels abroad, the White House quietly named a long-time pesticide executive as chief scientist for the US Department of Agriculture."
"Democratic lawmakers joined scores of scientists, health providers, environmental officials and activists Tuesday in denouncing an industry-backed proposal that could limit dramatically the scientific studies the Environmental Protection Agency considers in shaping protections for human health."
"A group of water warriors has emerged in Merrimack, claiming not enough is being done to keep residents safe from contamination."
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