‘Cancer Alley’ Community Fights For Its Life Against A Plastics Plant
"In this Louisiana parish, residents are already surrounded by industrial plants and factories. They’re desperate to stop a new plastic company."
Source: HuffPost, 07/09/2019
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"The Toxic-Gas Catastrophe Hiding Beneath Your Home"
"More than 50,000 Americans unwittingly live within 650 feet of natural gas wells, which are poorly regulated and can leak or explode."
Source: New Republic, 07/09/2019
PFOS: "New York To Set Limits For Industrial Chemicals In Water"
"New York’s health department will set the nation’s lowest allowable level for industrial chemicals that have contaminated some communities’ drinking water."
Source: AP, 07/09/2019
EPA Move to Phase Out Animal Tests Could Thwart Toxics Regulation
"The Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with a plan to sharply reduce and ultimately phase out experimental testing on lab animals. In an undated internal memo sent in late June to assistant administrators, EPA chief Andrew Wheeler explained that the agency will cut its funding for experiments on mammals in half by 2025."
Source: The Intercept, 07/05/2019
"U.S. States Sue EPA For Stricter Asbestos Rules"
"Ten U.S. states and Washington, D.C. sued the Environmental Protection Agency to begin working on rules to tighten oversight of asbestos, and reduce the health risks that the substance poses to the public."
Source: Reuters, 07/02/2019
Texas Judge Finds Formosa 'Serial Offender' As Louisiana Fight Looms
"A Texas federal judge has found a huge Formosa plastics complex northeast of Corpus Christi to be a 'serial offender' with a history of allowing plastic pellets to wash into wetlands and bays along the Gulf of Mexico, and said that the company has committed 'enormous' violations of state law and the U.S. Clean Water Act."
Source: Baton Rouge Advocate, 07/01/2019
"Wisconsin Battles Waste Plants That Spread Hazardous PFAS"
"Wisconsin wastewater plants were built to keep pollutants out of the environment, but state regulators have come to realize the facilities may be spreading hazardous industrial chemicals in ways that increase health risks."
Source: AP, 07/01/2019
PFOA Safety Level Should Be 700 Times Lower Than Current EPA Guideline
"New data suggests that the safety threshold for PFOA in drinking water should be as low as .1 parts per trillion, according to the nation’s top toxicologist."
Source: The Intercept, 06/28/2019
"Frequent Foes Unite to Urge EPA to Boost Chemical Data Gathering"
"The EPA should use its legal powers to get exposure and other data from chemical companies, according to representatives of organizations that normally disagree over how the agency implements the nation’s primary chemicals law."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 06/28/2019
Senate Vote Requires Military, EPA To Deal With Harmful PFAS Chemicals
"The Senate passed a defense bill Thursday that would require an increased response from the government to harmful chemicals that have leached into water in at least 43 states."
Source: The Hill, 06/28/2019
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