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No Inspection: "States Ignore Lead-Contaminated Meat In Food Banks" [1]

"Hunter-donated meat provides crucial protein to US food banks. But an EHN investigation found a lack of oversight that could result in potentially hundreds of thousands of lead-contaminated meals this year."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Justice [3]
Food [4]
Wildlife [5]
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National (U.S.) [7]
Source: EHN [8], 10/15/2020
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"EPA Hired Consultants To Counter Staff Experts On Fluoride" [9]

"At a trial over fluoride regulations this summer, EPA eschewed its own experts, hiring an outside company often deployed by corporations to deny and downplay chemicals' health impacts."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [13], 10/13/2020
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Could Dems Borrow GOP Playbook To Roll Back Trump Rules? [14]

If oddsmakers are right and the Dems sweep the White House and both houses of Congress next month, one significant outcome could be the rollback of prominent Trump administration deregulatory moves. The latest TipSheet explains how an arcane law might make such reversals possible, and then spotlights half-a-dozen potentially vulnerable Trump regulatory actions.

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CA Exide Battery Recycling Plant Left Big Toxic Mess. Could It Walk Away? [26]

"For decades, families across a swath of southeast Los Angeles County have lived in an environmental disaster zone, their kids playing in yards polluted with brain-damaging lead while they wait on a state agency to remove contaminated soil from thousands of homes. Now, the cleanup faces even greater uncertainty."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [3]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [24]
Public [6]
California [27]
Source: LA Times [28], 10/12/2020
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"Forests: Concerns Grow About Herbicide Use In Wildfires' Wake" [29]

"First, the wildfires came to California and Oregon, scorching hundreds of thousands of acres of national forests. Next, weeds will sprout on those blackened lands. They'll be followed quickly by chemical weedkillers like glyphosate, as the Forest Service tries to make trees grow again."

Biodiversity [30]
Chemicals [2]
Disasters [31]
Forests [32]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: E&E News [33], 10/09/2020
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Bees Face ‘Perfect Storm’ — Parasites, Air Pollution and Other Threats [34]

"A collection of threats — habitat loss, pathogens, pesticides, pollution and poor nutrition — have led to widespread decline in bee health and pollinator populations."

Agriculture [35]
Biodiversity [30]
Chemicals [2]
Disasters [31]
Wildlife [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Revelator [36], 10/06/2020
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"EPA Faces Decision On Chemical Linked To Brain Damage In Children" [37]

"When Claudia Angulo was pregnant with her son, she often felt nauseated and experienced vomiting and headaches."

Agriculture [35]
Chemicals [2]
Consumer [38]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [3]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [39], 10/05/2020
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"Asbestos Ban Stalls In Congress Amid Partisan Fight" [40]

"Democrats and Republicans are each accusing the other of holding up a bill to ban asbestos that had been expected to pass with little controversy this week."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [41], 10/02/2020
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EPA Finalizes Rule Letting Some Big Polluters Follow Weaker Standards [42]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday finalized a rule that could reclassify many “major” sources of pollution as minor ones, allowing facilities to abide by less-stringent emissions standards for dangerous substances such as mercury, lead and arsenic."

Air [16]
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Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [24]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: The Hill [43], 10/02/2020
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"EPA Lets Two Toxic Chemicals Fall Into Regulatory ‘Black Hole’" [44]

"The EPA has failed to regulate or review two fragrance ingredients considered to be among the most hazardous chemicals in production—and among those Congress directed the agency to address faster than any others."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Politics [20]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [45], 10/01/2020
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