"Johnson & Johnson Offers $8.9B To Settle Talc Baby Powder Claims"
"Johnson & Johnson said it has agreed to pay $8.9 billion to settle claims that talc in its popular baby powder caused cancer."
Source: Washington Post, 04/05/2023
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CFCs Are Back on the Rise Following an International Ban, New Study Finds
"A U.S. chemical plant in Louisiana that produces a common refrigerant may be partly to blame for increased emissions of CFCs—chemicals thousands of times more potent at warming the planet than carbon dioxide."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/04/2023
"Groups Petition US EPA To Force Reporting Of Waste Incinerator Emissions"
"Environmental groups on Monday petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require companies to disclose the chemicals discharged from waste incinerators and plants that claim to recycle plastic waste into fuel."
Source: Reuters, 04/04/2023
"DOJ Sues Norfolk Southern Over Toxic Train Derailment In Ohio"
"The Justice Department filed a major civil suit Friday against Norfolk Southern Railway after one of its trains carrying toxic chemicals derailed near the Ohio town of East Palestine on Feb. 3 and burst into flames."
Source: Washington Post, 04/03/2023
"New Rules Will Make Many Electric Cars Ineligible for Tax Credits"
"The Biden administration hopes its guidelines for up to $7,500 in tax credits will encourage automakers to reduce their reliance on China for batteries and raw materials."
Source: NYTimes, 04/03/2023
"Cockroach Sex Took a Strange Turn. Now More Mutations Have Emerged."
"Cockroaches are changing up their sex lives, and it’s all our fault. Faced with sweet poisoned bait, roaches first ended up with a mutation that made them hate sweets, hindering their mating strategies. Now, more roach mutations are emerging, showing you can’t keep a good pest down."
Source: NYTimes, 03/30/2023
Homes Evacuated After Train Carrying Ethanol Derails, Burns In Minnesota
"A train hauling ethanol derailed Thursday morning in Raymond, Minnesota, igniting several rail cars and forcing nearby residents to evacuate, officials said."
Source: CNN, 03/30/2023
"EPA Leaves Americans In The Dark On Toxic Air Pollution"
"Across the United States, residents of neighborhoods abutting refineries, chemical plants and other major industrial sources can generally be sure of two facts: Those facilities emits tons of dangerous pollutants and EPA rarely requires monitoring for their presence in local air."
Source: E&E News, 03/30/2023
Plastics Cause Health Issues From Cancer To Birth Defects: Study
"Plastics are responsible for wide-ranging health impacts including cancers, lung disease and birth defects, according to the first analysis of the health hazards of plastics across their entire life cycle – from extraction for manufacturing, through to dumping into landfill and oceans."
Source: Guardian, 03/29/2023
Thousands of Pounds of PFAS Chemicals” Have Been Injected Into Texas Wells
"A new report from a public health watchdog found that more than 40,000 pounds of PFAS has been injected into more than 1,000 wells across Texas — and warned that the chemicals could pose a risk to public health".
Source: Floodlight, 03/28/2023
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