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Potentially Explosive Fertilizer Could Be Found in Your Community [1]

Ammonium nitrate, the explosive agricultural fertilizer that blew up in Lebanon this month,  killing dozens and severely damaging Beirut’s center, is stored by the thousands of tons all over the United States. But regulatory blindspots and secretive information policies mean few know exactly where. Backgrounder reviews the chemical’s oversight regime — and its gaps — and has ideas for reporting from your community.

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"The Dreaded Lanternfly, Scourge of Agriculture, Spreads in New Jersey" [14]

"The insect poses a serious threat to American crops, particularly vineyards, and inspires creative backyard methods of eliminating them."

Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [4]
Wildlife [15]
Public [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
Source: NYTimes [17], 08/24/2020
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"EPA Pesticide Panel Latest Test Case for Defeated Adviser Policy" [18]

"When the EPA’s pesticide advisers meet later this month, at issue will be not just the topics they deliberate—but who’s doing the deliberating in the first place."

Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Policy [21]
Science [22]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [23], 08/24/2020
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"Source: Michigan Reaches $600M Deal In Flint Water Crisis" [24]

"Michigan will pay $600 million to compensate Flint residents whose health was damaged by lead-tainted drinking water after the city heeded state regulators’ advice not to treat it properly, an attorney involved in the negotiations told The Associated Press on Wednesday."

Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Source: AP [28], 08/21/2020
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The Trip That Changed Everything For EPA Environmental Justice Pioneer [29]

"EPA's first environmental justice chief was left gasping for breath when she visited an industrial town in Louisiana to tout her office's work in 1997."

Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [25]
Pollution [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [31], 08/14/2020
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"Mexico To Phase Out Use Of Herbicide Glyphosate" [32]

"Mexico will gradually phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate by the time the current administration ends in late 2024, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday, following a ministerial spat over the product."

Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [19]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [13]
Mexico [33]
Source: Reuters [34], 08/13/2020
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"Alarm As Pesticides Spur Rapid Decline Of US Bird Species" [35]

"Popular pesticides are causing bird species to decline at an alarming rate in the US, adding fuel to a 50-year downward trend in bird biodiversity, a new report has found."

Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [36]
Chemicals [4]
Wildlife [15]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Guardian [37], 08/11/2020
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"Public Health: 'Sluggish' Agency Slow To Act On Toxic Baby Products" [38]

"Often described as "nonstick" chemicals, the presence of PFAS in kitchenware has become more widely known as environmental groups have raised alarms about their toxicity. One place consumers might not expect to find the highly toxic class of substances? Baby products."

Chemicals [4]
Consumer [39]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [25]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [40], 08/06/2020
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"EPA Rule Extends Life Of Toxic Coal Ash Ponds" [41]

"The Trump administration is extending the life of giant pits of toxic coal sludge, a move critics say further risks contamination of nearby water sources."

Chemicals [4]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Waste [43]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [44], 07/31/2020
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"Pollution Is Killing Black Americans. This Community Fought Back." [45]

"African-Americans are 75 percent more likely than others to live near facilities that produce hazardous waste. Can a grass-roots environmental-justice movement make a difference?"

Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [25]
Pollution [30]
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National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes Magazine [46], 07/30/2020
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