Consumer

"Drought Emergency Declared for All Southern California"

"As California faces the prospect of a fourth consecutive dry year, officials with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California have declared a regional drought emergency and called on water agencies to immediately reduce their use of all imported supplies."

Source: LA Times, 12/15/2022

"EPA Aims to Cancel Last Food Use Registrations for Chlorpyrifos"

"The last remaining registrations that allow chlorpyrifos to be used on food crops would be canceled under a pair of notices the EPA is proposing, a move that would end food uses of a pesticide the agency says harms children."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 12/14/2022

"Legislators Have Goals For Fixing Florida’s Property Insurance Market"

"Florida’s property insurance market is in free fall. Florida homeowners pay property insurance rates that are three times the national average. Six companies have become insolvent and left the state in the last year."

Source: Miami Herald, 12/13/2022

"Op-ed: What The Pesticide Industry Doesn’t Want You To Know"

"Like Big Oil, pesticide companies spend hundreds of millions every year on deceitful PR strategies to keep their hazardous products on the market, even as evidence mounts that many pesticides still used today are tied to certain cancers, damage to children’s developing brains, biodiversity collapse, and more."

Source: EHN, 12/12/2022

Judge Dismisses Charges Against Rick Snyder Related To Flint Water Crisis

"A district judge in Genesee County tossed a pair of misdemeanor charges levied against former Gov. Rick Snyder for his involvement in the Flint water crisis, citing previous court rulings that state prosecutors incorrectly used a "one-person grand jury" to indict Snyder."

Source: Detroit Free Press, 12/12/2022

Toxic PFAS Chemicals Found In Virtually Every S. Carolina River Tested

"Virtually every river, creek and lake tested recently by South Carolina regulators was found to contain “forever chemicals,’’ materials once used by industry that today are being linked to a variety of toxic effects on people."

Source: The State, 12/09/2022

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