Environmental Health

"The Infuriating Story of How the Government Stalled Coronavirus Testing"

"Alex Greninger was watching it all from the start. An epidemiologist and expert in laboratory medicine, Greninger spent the first few weeks of the year paying close attention to China, where a new SARS-like virus was burning through the city of Wuhan at an alarming rate."

Source: GQ, 03/18/2020

Virginia: "For Environmentalists, A ‘Monumental’ Legislative Session"

"RICHMOND, Va. — Environmental advocates notched one win after another this legislative session as the new Democratic majority passed their top-priority legislation, including measures long opposed by Republicans who used to be in charge."

Source: AP, 03/17/2020

Statue of Liberty and Washington Monument Shuttered Due To Coronavirus

"The Trump administration closed the Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island on Monday in response to the coronavirus outbreak. It joined at least 10 other sites that were shuttered within the National Mall and the Golden Gate Recreation Area over the weekend."

Source: Washington Post, 03/17/2020

Chem Plant Cites Study It Funded to Ask Regulators to OK Higher Emissions

"Denka Performance Elastomer, the owner of a LaPlace plant that is the only one in America to produce the presumed carcinogen chloroprene, is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to increase the level of that compound deemed safe for public health."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 03/17/2020

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