"EPA Launches Civil Rights Inquiry Into Louisiana Agencies"
"EPA will probe alleged racial discrimination by two Louisiana agencies in a predominantly Black area, a senior official confirmed this week."
Source: E&E News, 04/11/2022
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"Pollution Shields for Faulty Plants Need Better Fix, Groups Say"
"The Biden administration proposed last week to scrap an exemption for accidental pollution releases, a step environmentalists insist is only one of many needed to close multiple emission shields for industry."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/08/2022
"Trade Secret Protection Strategy for Chemicals to Get EPA Revamp"
"The EPA will soon propose a rule to clarify what chemical manufacturers must do when they seek to keep details such as the company’s name, location, or identity of a chemical confidential."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/07/2022
A First: Researchers Find Microplastics Deep In Lungs Of Living People
"Researchers say they have found microplastics — tiny pieces of plastic debris that come as a result of the disposal of industrial waste — deep in the lungs of living humans for the first time."
Source: NPR, 04/07/2022
"EPA Rule Would Finally Ban Asbestos, Carcinogen Still In Use"
"The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed a rule to finally ban asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and kills thousands of Americans every year."
Source: AP, 04/06/2022
Sold As A Dream For Black Home Buyers, Development Was A Toxic Nightmare
"Viola Allen’s dream home sits atop a nightmare. The city of New Orleans built 67 ranch-style houses on a sprawling former garbage dump in the late 1970s without saying a word to the Black, mostly first-time home buyers who were encouraged to move there by city officials."
Source: Washington Post, 04/05/2022
"In the Ocean, It’s Snowing Microplastics"
"Tiny bits of plastic have infiltrated the deep sea’s main food source and could alter the ocean’s role in one of Earth’s ancient cooling processes, scientists say."
Source: NYTimes, 04/04/2022
"E.P.A. Decides Against Limiting Perchlorate in Drinking Water"
"The Biden administration on Thursday said it would uphold a Trump-era decision and not impose limits in drinking water of perchlorate, a contaminant that has been linked to brain damage in infants."
Source: NYTimes, 04/01/2022
EPA Report Describes Toxic Work Environment in New Chemicals Division
"A survey commissioned by the EPA describes the New Chemicals Division as a workplace rife with industry influence and abusive mismanagement."
Source: The Intercept, 03/31/2022
"How 2 Industries Stymied Justice for Young Lead Paint Victims"
"The U.S. insurance and real estate industries have waged a decades-long campaign to avoid liability in lead cases, helping to prolong an epidemic. The cost for millions of children has been incalculable."
"When Selena Wiley signed the lease for an older rental home in South Bend, Ind., she asked the property manager about lead paint and was assured the house was safe.
But in November 2018 — almost two years after moving in with her partner and three children — Ms. Wiley noticed that their 2-year-old’s appetite had vanished and his constant chattering had stopped.
Source: NYTimes, 03/30/2022
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