"Arsenic Reductions in Drinking Water Tied to Fewer Cancer Deaths"
"The Environmental Protection Agency’s revised rule on arsenic contamination in drinking water has resulted in fewer lung, bladder and skin cancers."
Source: NY Times, 10/25/2017
Pollution
"EPA Plans To Repeal Emission Standards For Truck Components"
"The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to repeal tighter emissions standards for truck components, a rule adopted in the final months of the Obama administration aimed at controlling traditional air pollutants as well as greenhouse-gas emissions linked to climate change."
Source: Washington Post, 10/24/2017
"Hassan, Shaheen Question EPA Over Findings on Toxic Landfill"
"Senate Democrats from New Hampshire have sent a letter to the regional Environmental Protection Agency office raising questions about its determination that a controversial landfill did not pose an 'unacceptable human health risk.'"
Source: AP, 10/23/2017
"Pollution Kills 9 Million People Each Year, New Study Finds"
"Dirty air in India and China. Tainted water in sub-Saharan Africa. Toxic mining and smelter operations in South America. Pollution around the globe now contributes to an estimated 9 million deaths annually."
Source: Washington Post, 10/20/2017
"Gulf Coast Oil Spill May Be Largest Since 2010 BP Disaster"
"An oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last week may be the largest in the U.S. since the 2010 blowout at BP Plc’s Macondo well that sank the Deepwater Horizon rig and killed 11 people."
Source: Bloomberg, 10/19/2017
SEJ Objects Over EPA Response to AP Story; plus, Suits & Rulings Involving Interior, EPA, NOAA
The SEJ has written the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to object to its criticism of an Associated Press story about Superfund sites following Hurricane Harvey floods. That, plus a judge rules against EPA for withholding records on the pesticide Enlist Duo, and more, in this month's WatchDog.
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"Raw Sewage Contaminating Waters In Puerto Rico After Maria"
"Raw sewage is pouring into the rivers and reservoirs of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. People without running water bathe and wash their clothes in contaminated streams, and some islanders have been drinking water from condemned wells."
Source: AP, 10/17/2017
"EPA Orders Cleanup At Texas Toxic Site Flooded By Harvey"
"The Trump administration has handed a rare victory to environmentalists, ordering two big corporations this week to pay $115 million to clean up a Texas toxic waste site that may have spread dangerous levels of pollution during flooding from Hurricane Harvey."
Source: AP, 10/13/2017
"EPA Tells Puerto Ricans Not To Drink Water From Hazardous Waste Sites"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is warning Puerto Rico residents not to drink from wells at so-called Superfund sites amid reports that some on the island have sought water from the hazardous waste areas."
Source: The Hill, 10/13/2017
"Minnesota Has 2,669 Troubled Bodies Of Water, Draft List Says"
"The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is proposing to add more lakes and streams to the state's list of impaired waters."
Source: Minnesota Public Radio, 10/12/2017
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