House Committee Approves Far-Reaching PFAS Package
"The House Energy and Commerce Committee forwarded on Wednesday major legislation that would target a cancer-linked chemical that is leaching into the water supply."
Source: The Hill, 11/21/2019
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"House Panel Advances Bill to Curb Pesticides on Wildlife Refuges"
"A bill that would reinstate a regulation banning certain pesticides from wildlife refuges was approved by the House Committee on Natural Resources on Nov. 20."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/21/2019
"Appeals Court Judges Question Mercury Exemptions in EPA Rule"
"A panel of three appellate judges grilled attorneys for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Natural Resources Defense Council in a suit about the exemptions to the agency’s mercury inventory reporting rule."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/21/2019
"Asbestos Ban Gets House Panel’s OK, But Senate Fate Less Clear"
"A House committee approved legislation Nov. 19 to ban asbestos but allow certain chemical manufacturers to transition away from use of the cancer-causing mineral."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/20/2019
"Illegal Pot Farms On Public Land Create Environmental Hazard"
"Two months after two men were arrested at an illicit marijuana farm on public land deep in the Northern California wilderness, authorities are assessing the environmental impact and cleanup costs at the site where trees were clear-cut, waterways were diverted, and the ground was littered with open containers of fertilizer and rodenticide."
Source: AP, 11/19/2019
AAAS Reverses Suspension Of Award For Glyphosate Research After Review
"Science prevailing over politics: That’s how a researcher who was snubbed for a high-profile award earlier this year has characterized the decision to finally recognize his achievements in highlighting a deadly public health problem in rural Sri Lanka."
Source: Mongabay, 11/19/2019
"House Committee Hits EPA With Subpoenas"
"The House Science Committee has formally issued two subpoenas to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), demanding answers on various scientific rulemakings that lawmakers argue have been unnecessarily delayed."
Source: The Hill, 11/19/2019
"Big Plastic Polluters Accused Of Cynically Backing Us Recycling Day"
"America’s government-backed national recycling awareness day is being used as cover by large corporations that are churning out enormous volumes of plastic that end up strewn across landscapes, rivers and in the ocean, critics have said."
Source: Guardian, 11/18/2019
EPA Proposal Guts Curbs On Toxic Herbicide Linked To Birth Defects
"Environmental and public health advocacy groups expressed alarm Friday after the Trump administration moved to increase the allowable level in U.S. waterways of a common herbicide linked to hermaphroditic amphibians and birth defects, cancer, and other harmful health effects in humans."
Source: Salon, 11/18/2019
"House Chairman Ready to Move New Stand-Alone PFAS Bill"
"A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee chairman says he hopes to move bipartisan legislation next week to address concerns over exposures to potentially hazardous per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/18/2019
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