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"EPA To Review Rules For Largest Source Of Lead In Air" [1]

"EPA today [Wednesday] announced plans to “review and evaluate” whether emissions from piston-engine aircraft operating on leaded fuel — the largest source of atmospheric lead pollution — endanger public health and welfare."

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [11], 01/13/2022
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Fashion Industry May Finally Face Accountability for Its Toxic Footprint [12]

"A bill before the New York State Assembly could finally impose some standards on an incredibly polluting but little-regulated industry: fashion."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [13]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [14]
Source: Earther [15], 01/12/2022
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"Stirring Up Lead Dust In NYC Housing" [16]

"“You can have the best law on the books. But if it's not enforced, it's meaningless.”"

Activism [17]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [18]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: EHN [19], 01/12/2022
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EPA To Assess Impact On Endangered Species Before Approving Pesticides [20]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will evaluate the potential impact of new pesticide active ingredients on endangered species before registering them, reversing a decades-long policy."

Agriculture [21]
Biodiversity [22]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Fish & Fisheries [23]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Wildlife [24]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [25], 01/12/2022
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"EPA Moves To Crack Down On Dangerous Coal Ash Storage Ponds" [26]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first major action to address toxic wastewater from coal-burning power plants, ordering utilities to stop dumping waste into unlined storage ponds and speed up plans to close leaking or otherwise dangerous coal ash sites."

Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [28], 01/12/2022
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"Road Salt Works. But It’s Also Bad for the Environment." [29]

"The chemical is effective at keeping roads free of snow and ice, but it also has damaging consequences, according to a growing body of research."

Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [30]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [8]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [31], 01/10/2022
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"Groups File Complaint Against Water Utility Over Lead Pipes" [32]

"Five environmental and community groups have filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleging the Providence Water Supply Board’s infrastructure and lead pipe replacement work disproportionately increases the risk of lead exposure for residents of color."

Activism [17]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [18]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [27]
Public [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [14]
Source: AP [33], 01/07/2022
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"Health Risks of Smoke and Ozone Rise in the West as Wildfires Worsen" [34]

"Simultaneous high levels of the two pollutants, which harm human health, are occurring with increasing frequency, researchers say."

"Dangerous levels of two air pollutants, ozone and smoke, are occurring in tandem with increasing frequency over widespread parts of the Western United States where millions of people live, researchers said Wednesday.

The two harmful pollutants are a result of worsening wildfires and extreme heat, and researchers suggest the increase is linked to climate change.

Air [2]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [30]
Disasters [35]
Forests [36]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NYTimes [37], 01/07/2022
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EPA Prevented Staff From Warning Public About Widely Used Carcinogen [38]

"PCBTF is on a list of “green” compounds preferred by the EPA, even though there is ample evidence that it causes cancer."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Journalism & Media [39]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Intercept [40], 01/06/2022
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"EPA's Failure To Disclose Chemical Health Risk Draws Ire" [41]

"EPA is failing in its obligation to share critical information about the hazards of more than 1,200 chemicals on the market, according to a watchdog group."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [42]
Journalism & Media [39]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [43], 01/06/2022
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