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"EV Deal Shows 'Lithium Valley' Could Be For Real" [1]

"If all goes to plan, General Motors Co.'s future electric cars will rely on batteries made from a broiling-hot, brownish fluid that gushes from the California desert."

Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Natural Resources [6]
Transportation [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [11], 07/08/2021
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"Black And Latinx Hairdressers Exposed To High Levels Of Phthalates" [12]

"A pilot study is the latest evidence that women of color are disproportionately impacted by hormone-mimicking chemicals from hair care products."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: EHN [16], 07/07/2021
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Corpus Christi Black Neighbors Feel Like They Are in a ‘Sacrifice Zone’ [17]

"Boxed in by refineries, oil tanks, an interstate highway and a bridge under construction, the people are left in a hollowed-out neighborhood and a broken community."

Air [18]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Infrastructure [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [15]
Transportation [7]
Public [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
Source: Inside Climate News [23], 07/07/2021
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Shrinking For Years, Utah’s Great Salt Lake Now Faces A Drought [24]

"The receding water is affecting wildlife and could send arsenic-laced dust into the air that millions breathe".

Air [18]
Chemicals [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [13]
Natural Resources [6]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Source: AP [26], 07/07/2021
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‘Abnormally High’ Turtle Deaths After Acid-Laden Ship Sinks Off Sri Lanka [27]

"Up to 100 turtles and 20 dolphins have washed up dead on Sri Lanka’s beaches in the past month, as experts fear a link to the leak of toxic chemicals from a sunken freight ship."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
Asia [28]
Source: Mongabay [29], 07/06/2021
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New Day for Long-Suffering Neighbors after Huge Phila. Refinery Fire [30]

"The petroleum smell is gone, the benzene emissions have abated and residents in nearby neighborhoods of color feel they’re finally being heard."

Air [18]
Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [14]
Pollution [15]
Public [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 07/06/2021
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Corporate Studies Asserting Herbicide Safety Show Many Flaws: New Study [33]

"A new analysis of more than 50 previously secret, corporate-backed scientific studies is raising troubling questions about a history of regulatory reliance on such research in assessing the safety of the widely used weedkilling chemical known as glyphosate, the key ingredient in the popular Roundup herbicide."

Agriculture [34]
Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [13]
Journalism & Media [35]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Science [36]
Public [9]
International [37]
Source: Guardian [38], 07/05/2021
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"Whistleblowers Claim EPA Altered Risk Reviews For Toxics" [39]

"Four whistleblowers in EPA's chemicals office allege officials tampered with key risk assessments and processes, according to a complaint filed by an environmental group on behalf of the agency staffers."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [40]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Science [36]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [41], 07/05/2021
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High Levels Of Cancer-Causing Formaldehyde Found In Parts Of Houston [42]

"High levels of a cancer-causing chemical have been detected in air monitors in Houston neighborhoods near the busiest U.S. petrochemical port, according to a report issued on Thursday by Houston health officials and environmental groups."

Air [18]
Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [13]
Pollution [15]
Public [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
Source: Reuters [43], 07/02/2021
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"The Department of Yes" [44]

"How Pesticide Companies Corrupted the EPA and Poisoned America"

Agriculture [34]
Chemicals [2]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [40]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [15]
Science [36]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Intercept [45], 07/01/2021
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ev-deal-shows-lithium-valley-could-be-real [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/transportation [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [9] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [11] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063736577 [12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/black-and-latinx-hairdressers-exposed-high-levels-phthalates [13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [16] https://www.ehn.org/phthalates-hair-care-cosmetics-2653590699.html [17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/corpus-christi-black-neighbors-feel-they-are-sacrifice-zone [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure [20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [22] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [23] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04072021/corpus-christi-texas-highway-infrastructure-justice/ [24] https://www.sej.org/headlines/shrinking-years-utah-s-great-salt-lake-now-faces-drought [25] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west [26] https://apnews.com/article/great-salt-lake-air-quality-lakes-wildlife-lifestyle-1adae582035c7f1b03f2a5cb57c0dda8 [27] https://www.sej.org/headlines/abnormally-high-turtle-deaths-after-acid-laden-ship-sinks-sri-lanka [28] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/asia [29] https://news.mongabay.com/2021/07/abnormally-high-turtle-deaths-after-acid-laden-ship-sinks-off-sri-lanka/ [30] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-day-long-suffering-neighbors-after-huge-phila-refinery-fire [31] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [32] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05072021/two-years-after-a-huge-refinery-fire-in-philadelphia-a-new-day-has-come-for-its-long-suffering-neighbors/ [33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/corporate-studies-asserting-herbicide-safety-show-many-flaws-new-study [34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [37] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [38] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/02/glyphosate-herbicide-roundup-corporate-safety-studies [39] https://www.sej.org/headlines/whistleblowers-claim-epa-altered-risk-reviews-toxics [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [41] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063736433 [42] https://www.sej.org/headlines/high-levels-cancer-causing-formaldehyde-found-parts-houston [43] https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/higher-formaldehyde-levels-found-along-houston-ship-channel-report-2021-07-01/ [44] https://www.sej.org/headlines/department-yes [45] https://theintercept.com/2021/06/30/epa-pesticides-exposure-opp/ [46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=208 [47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=205 [48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=206 [49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=207 [50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=210 [51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=211 [52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=212 [53] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=213 [54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=536