"Everything Isn’t Pura Vida in Costa Rica"
"The country’s banana industry is heavily reliant on chemical pesticides that threaten the environment and public health".
Source: Sierra, 01/18/2024
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Crop-Killing Weeds Advance Across US Farms As Chemicals Lose Effectiveness
"Crop-killing weeds such as kochia are advancing across the U.S. northern plains and Midwest, in the latest sign that weeds are developing resistance to chemicals faster than companies including Bayer and Corteva can develop new ones to fight them."
Source: Reuters, 01/17/2024
"US EPA Plans To Hold Meetings With AT&T, Verizon On Lead Telecom Cables"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Thursday it is seeking meetings this month with AT&T and Verizon as it continues to closely review the potential impact of lead-containing telecommunications cables."
Source: Reuters, 01/12/2024
"EPA Proposes Tougher Air Standards for Waste Burning Facilities"
"The Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal on Thursday targeting tens of thousands of tons of emissions annually for sites that burn solid waste."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/12/2024
"The War Zone In Gaza Will Leave A Legacy Of Hidden Health Risks"
"A toxic mix of dust, ash, and other material from 15 million tons of rubble now blankets the territory and all who live there."
Source: Grist, 01/11/2024
"More Than 900 Widely Used Chemicals May Increase Breast Cancer Risk"
"Ninety percent of the chemicals identified as potential breast carcinogens in a new study are found in everyday products in homes and workplaces."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/10/2024
Liter Bottle of Water Contains Quarter Million Nanoplastic Particles
"The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the first time by a microscope using dual lasers."
Source: AP, 01/09/2024
Where Has All The Honey Gone? Scientists Explain Declining Yields
"It’s a question that has bedeviled beekeepers across the US in recent years: where has all the honey gone? Scientists now say they have some answers as to why yields of honey have declined, pointing to environmental degradation that is affecting all sorts of bees, and insects more generally."
Source: Guardian, 01/09/2024
"Three Of California’s Biggest Climate Polluters Are In The Bay Area"
"California’s largest greenhouse gas polluters, from power plants to oil refineries to chemical manufacturers, produced slightly fewer emissions last year than the previous year, federal data shows. But it’s still too much planet-warming gas to cut significantly into the problem of climate change, environmentalists say."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 01/08/2024
Analysis: "‘Forever Chemicals’ Contaminate America’s Freshwater Fish"
"A recent study from The Environmental Working Group found that just one serving of fish can be equivalent to a month of drinking water contaminated with 48 parts per trillion of the common chemical PFOS."
Source: Washington Post, 01/05/2024
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