Environmental Health

"PFAS Toxins Found In Drinking Water Throughout Southern California"

"Wells of nearly two dozen Southern California water agencies have reportable levels of PFAS, a chemical family increasingly linked to cancer, liver and kidney damage, thyroid disease, high cholesterol, low fertility, low birth weight and ulcerative colitis."

Source: Orange County Register, 09/03/2019

"Sick And Dying Workers Demand Help After Cleaning Coal Ash"

"The Tennessee Valley Authority, long respected for providing good jobs and cheap electricity, is facing a growing backlash over its handling of a massive coal ash spill a decade ago, with potentially serious consequences for an industry often opposed to environmental regulation."

Source: AP, 08/30/2019

"The Toxic Waste Threat That Climate Change Is Making Worse"

"More than 100 storage sites for coal-burning power plants’ toxic leftovers lie in areas that federal emergency managers have labeled a high risk for flooding, according to POLITICO’s examination of government and industry data."

Source: Politico, 08/27/2019

Newark to Borrow $120M, Speed Replacing Pipes Blamed For Lead In Water

"NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey's biggest city on Monday announced a plan to borrow $120 million to drastically cut the time it will take to replace pipes causing elevated lead levels in drinking water."

Source: AP, 08/27/2019

"Tainted Water, Ignored Warnings and a Boss With a Criminal Past"

"NEWARK — In the year after receiving test results showing alarming levels of lead in this city’s drinking water, Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark made a number of unexpected decisions."

Source: NY Times, 08/26/2019

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