"EPA: Agency Moves To Disband Environmental Research Operation"
"U.S. EPA is planning to shut down a grant-making center that supports leading-edge research on human exposure to pollution and its effects."
Source: Greenwire, 03/01/2018
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"US Judge Blocks Weed-Killer Warning Label In California"
"A U.S. judge blocked California from requiring that the popular weed-killer Roundup carry a label stating that it is known to cause cancer, saying the warning is misleading because almost all regulators have concluded there is no evidence that the product’s main ingredient is a carcinogen."
Source: AP, 02/28/2018
Federal Watchdog IDs New Workplace Safety Problems at Los Alamos Lab
"Los Alamos National Laboratory has failed to keep track of a toxic metal used in nuclear weapons production, potentially exposing workers to serious health consequences, a federal watchdog has found."
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican, 02/27/2018
"Major EPA Reorganization Will End Science Research Program"
"A federal environmental program that distributes grants to test the effects of chemical exposure on adults and children is being shuttered amidst a major organization consolidation at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."
Source: The Hill, 02/27/2018
"America’s Most Toxic Town Is Not Where You Think"
"A small city in remote Alaska is working to reduce contamination from the nearby Red Dog Mine."
Source: National Geographic, 02/22/2018
"Pruitt’s Lead-Reduction Initiative Met With Caution, Optimism"
"Not everyone is convinced that the EPA’s new initiative to reduce childhood lead exposure will yield significant benefits, despite its big launch Feb. 15 with a meeting of Cabinet-level officials at the agency’s headquarters."
Source: Bloomberg, 02/21/2018
"3M, Minnesota Settle Water Pollution Claims For $850 Million"
"Industrial group 3M Co and Minnesota’s attorney general have agreed to settle a lawsuit over polluted groundwater, with the company agreeing to grant $850 million to the state for groundwater projects, the attorney’s office said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 02/21/2018
Shell Chemical Plant At Norco, La., Polluted Air For Decades
"When Iris Carter heard that the Shell Chemical plant near her childhood home in Norco had been ordered to spend $10 million on pollution control equipment to resolve decades of allegations that the plant was violating the federal Clean Air Act, she felt a variety of emotions."
Source: New Orleans Advocate, 02/20/2018
Minnesota Readies Fight Against 3M In Water Pollution Trial
Minnesota's $5 billion lawsuit against 3M for polluting natural resources is finally going to trial after yers of delay.
Source: MPR News, 02/20/2018
"Chemicals: EPA Flouted Law By Delaying Formaldehyde Rule — Judge"
"Greens notched a court victory Friday as a California judge ruled that U.S. EPA unlawfully delayed an Obama-era rule aiming at limiting formaldehyde emissions from wood products."
Source: Greenwire, 02/20/2018
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