Skeptic Texas Toxicologist Seeks Seat on EPA Air Science Panel
"Texas’ top toxicologist, who has accused the EPA of fear-mongering about toxic chemicals, is vying for a seat on the agency’s clean air committee."
Source: Texas Observer, 08/12/2016
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NC State Epidemiologist Resigns After McCrory "Misleads" on Well Water
"North Carolina’s state epidemiologist resigned Wednesday to protest her employer’s depiction that “deliberately misleads” how screening standards were created to test private wells near Duke Energy’s power plants."
Source: Charlotte Observer, 08/11/2016
Unsafe Levels of Teflon Chemicals In 6 Million Americans' Drinking Water
"Drinking water supplies serving more than six million Americans contain unsafe levels of a widely used class of industrial chemicals linked to potentially serious health problems, according to a new study from Harvard University researchers."
Source: Wash Post, 08/10/2016
"Colorado Activists Submit Petitions for Referendums on Fracking"
"In an effort to halt the advance of the oil industry in Colorado, environmental activists said they submitted enough signatures on Monday to place on November’s ballot two initiatives aimed at severely limiting hydraulic fracturing."
Source: NY Times, 08/09/2016
"How Monsanto And Scofflaw Farmers Hurt Soybeans In Arkansas"
"When Tom Barber, a scientist at the University of Arkansas who studies weeds, drives the country roads of eastern Arkansas this summer, his trained eye can spot the damage: soybean leaves contorted into cup-like shapes."
Source: NPR, 08/02/2016
"Bayer Says Will Halt Future U.S. Sales Of Insecticide"
"The agricultural unit of German chemicals company Bayer AG will halt future U.S. sales of an insecticide that can be used on more than 200 crops after losing a fight with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the company said on Friday."
Source: Reuters, 08/01/2016
"California Adds Atrazine to List of Toxic Chemicals, But No Ban"
"Atrazine has been a dirty word among environmentalists for decades. Now state and federal agencies are coming down on the weed killer, amid troubling evidence that it disrupts hormones and contributes to birth defects."
Source: KQED, 08/01/2016
"Federal Coal Ash Case Could Impact Cleanups Beyond Virginia"
"A federal judge in Virginia could soon decide a potentially landmark case determining whether power plants can be held accountable for contaminating surface waters with toxic chemicals that leached into the ground from coal ash pits."
Source: Bay Journal, 07/29/2016
"Will New Regulations Allow More Toxic Chemicals In Florida’s Water?"
"In the first update to the state’s water quality standards in 24 years, the state moved to allow more toxic substances to enter the water. Environmentalists decry, and businesses support, the proposal."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 07/28/2016
"Pesticides Threaten Golf Courses, Homes, Businesses In NY"
"A mysterious green residue started coating golfers’ shoes last spring at Rye Golf Club. Players joked about wiping the gunk off, but angry questions mounted as the lush course transformed into a field of dustbowls."
Source: Gannett, 07/27/2016
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