"Why the United States Leaves Deadly Chemicals on the Market"
"A six-month investigation finds that the revolving door between government and private industry has led the EPA to rely on potentially skewed research."
"A six-month investigation finds that the revolving door between government and private industry has led the EPA to rely on potentially skewed research."
"Federal regulators on Friday proposed a zero-tolerance policy for food-borne residues of a pesticide widely used on edible crops nationwide, effectively ending its application to more than a dozen crops, including tree nuts, soybeans, corn, wheat, apples and citrus."
"UN weather and climate agency says hole over Antarctica is larger due to colder stratosphere but will shrink again".
"A prominent Agriculture Department scientist is alleging that he was suspended after complaining that the agency was blocking his research into the harmful effects of pesticides on pollinators, such as bees and butterflies."
Administrator Gina McCarthy revealed October 22, 2015, that the U.S. EPA intends to add some natural gas processing facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory, a searchable online database of many of the largest discharges of toxic substances to air, water, and land — and a key tool for environmental journalists.
"In the past five years, lead poisoning has set at least 10,000 Cleveland area children on a potential path to failure before they've even finished kindergarten."
"Why is potassium bromate, a possible human carcinogen, still available in U.S. baked goods, despite being banned around the world?"
"Doctors urged to address environmental exposures, especially with expectant parents."
"A new study by researchers at Duke University and the Environmental Working Group found that a common nail polish chemical and suspected endocrine disruptor called TPHP is leaching into the bodies of polish-wearers."
"Each year a large number of Lake County homeowners get their driveways seal-coated to maintain a smooth, clean look while also protecting the asphalt beneath from winter snow, ice and salt."