"Can Fracking Pollute Drinking Water? Don't Ask the EPA"
"The EPA has been unable to collect the data it needs from the multibillion dollar oil and gas sector, which has stymied a five-year federal study."
Source: InsideClimate News, 03/03/2015
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"Appeals Court To Hear Case on EPA Role in Bee Die-Off"
"The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed last week to hear the first case to challenge U.S. EPA's role in the massive loss of bees in the last decade."
Source: Greenwire, 03/03/2015
LAFD Failed To Properly Inspect Hundreds of Hazardous Sites, State Says
"The Los Angeles Fire Department has failed to properly inspect hundreds of hazardous sites scattered across the city, exposing the public to increased risks from potential spills and mishandling of toxic substances, according to a state report released Friday."
Source: LA Times, 03/02/2015
"La Porte Plant Typified DuPont's Ills"
"In the five years before a massive leak of toxic gas killed four workers at DuPont's La Porte property, four plant managers had come and gone."
Source: Houston Chronicle, 02/24/2015
"Chemical in Plastics May Alter Boys' Genitals Before Birth"
"Baby boys who are exposed in the womb to a chemical used in soft plastics may show small signs of altered genital development, according to new research published today."
Source: LiveScience, 02/19/2015
Arsenic, Nitrates Among Pollutants in California Drinking Water: Report
"California’s public drinking water systems violated safety levels for contaminants more than 1,000 times during the 2012-2013 fiscal year says a report that cites high levels in some water systems of arsenic, nitrates and other pollutants."
Source: Reuters, 02/19/2015
"What Are We Doing To Our Children’s Brains?"
"Environmental chemicals are wreaking havoc to last a lifetime"
Source: Ensia, 02/17/2015
"Officials Welcome Superfund Possibility for Hackensack River"
"The federal government’s decision to consider making the Hackensack River a Superfund site is drawing praise from local mayors and other elected officials — but that praise comes with caveats, including a sense that the Hackensack’s pollution is so pervasive and its hydrology so complex that trying to clean it up might be a fool’s errand."
Source: Bergen Record, 02/16/2015
EPA Sets Dioxin Cleanup Plan for Tittabawassee Floodplain
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected a plan to clean up dioxin contaminated properties along the Tittabawassee River floodplain and work is expected to start this year."
Source: Midland Daily News, 02/13/2015
"Heavy Metal Valentine: Is There Lead in Your Chocolate?"
"We’ve begun to expect unusual flavors like chili, salt, and lavender in chocolate. But there might be another surprising addition to your Valentine’s Day sweets: heavy metals."
Source: Civil Eats, 02/12/2015
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