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Superfund News May Not Go Away [1]

Somewhere near you is a toxic waste site. And as the EPA brings the Superfund cleanup program back into its sights, TipSheet helps you cover this perpetual problem. Info on cleanup funding and priority-setting, resources to locate nearby sites, questions to ask to dig into your Superfund story and more.

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Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
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"Monsanto Faces Farmer Antitrust Suit on Dicamba, Resistant Seed" [14]

"Monsanto Corp. faces a treble damages class action alleging that its pesticide Dicamba poses such a risk to farmers they are forced to purchase resistant seed — marketed under patent at high prices by Monsanto — to avoid catastrophic damage to their crops from pesticide drift."

Agriculture [15]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg [16], 02/06/2018
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Floods Are Getting Worse, and 2,500 Chemical Sites Lie in Water’s Path [17]

"Anchored in flood-prone areas in every American state are more than 2,500 sites that handle toxic chemicals, a New York Times analysis of federal floodplain and industrial data shows. About 1,400 are located in areas at highest risk of flooding."

Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [18]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NY Times [21], 02/06/2018
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"What’s GenX Still Doing In The Water Downstream Of A Chemours Plant?" [22]

"Despite efforts to prevent the industrial fluoroether from getting into North Carolina drinking water, it’s still present. Scientists are racing to find out why".

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Source: C&EN [24], 02/05/2018
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EPA Program To Study Toxic Chemicals Fights for Its Life — Against EPA [25]

"A small but vitally important program within the Environmental Protection Agency is in a fight for its life. The Integrated Risk Information System, or IRIS, is the only division of the EPA that independently assesses the toxicity of chemicals."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: The Intercept [26], 02/05/2018
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Raising Questions about Unequal Justice in Contamination Case [27]

After an EPA Superfund settlement was rebuffed by a small town, a local environmental advocate goes to jail while executives behind a chemical plant contamination remain free. In the latest Q&A for our Inside Story column, we hear from investigative reporter Sharon Lerner of The Intercept about the complex challenges of telling this award-winning tale.

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Trump to Again Propose Eliminating Chemical Safety Board, Official Says [31]

"President Donald Trump’s 2019 budget proposal will again call for ending the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, an independent agency that investigates major industrial accidents, according to a senior government official familiar with the plan."

Chemicals [3]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: Bloomberg [32], 02/02/2018
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Policy ‘Confrontation’ is Watchword, Say Journalists at Issue Look-Ahead Forum [33]

Top reporters at an event sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists predicted clashes in 2018 over climate, drilling on public lands, environmental laws, infrastructure, national monuments and more. Here's what these journalistic veterans forecast. Plus, check out the accompanying annual issues guide [34].

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Biodiversity [37]
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Climate Change [18]
Energy & Fuel [38]
Environmental Health [4]
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Government [6]
Health [7]
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Policy [39]
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OSHA Drops Fatality Data, Science Suppression Tracker and More [41]

OSHA stops publishing on its website a list of U.S. workers who died on the job, a new "Silencing Science Tracker" tool and a journalists' guide to working with whistleblowers are released, plus a powerful politician pressures a scientist on environmental health policy. All in the latest WatchDog TipSheet.

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WatchDog TipSheet [42]
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Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [43]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Science [40]
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National (U.S.) [12]
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Public [13]
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"Honeybees Help Farmers, But They Don't Help The Environment" [44]

"Honeybees are amazing and adorable, and they suffer when people spray pesticides or mow down wildflowers. We've heard plenty in recent years about collapsing bee colonies."

Agriculture [15]
Chemicals [3]
Wildlife [45]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NPR [46], 01/29/2018
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