SEJ
Published on SEJ (https://www.sej.org)

Home > Chemicals

Florida Debates Where To Build The Nation’s Largest Trash Incinerator [1]

"Residents argue the project will disproportionately impact majority-Black and -Hispanic communities in the Miami-Dade area."

Activism [2]
Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [10]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [13]
Source: KFF Health News [14], 01/02/2025
  • Read more about Florida Debates Where To Build The Nation’s Largest Trash Incinerator [1]

Toxic Benzene Plagued Channelview, Tex. Regulators Never Told Residents. [15]

"The highest levels exceed even Texas’ benzene guideline — the weakest in the nation — but aren’t being recorded by a state monitor. That means the community’s cancer risk could be higher than previously thought."

Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Justice [6]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Source: Public Health Watch [19], 01/02/2025
  • Read more about Toxic Benzene Plagued Channelview, Tex. Regulators Never Told Residents. [15]

"The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago." [20]

"The agency obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that sewage sludge, the raw material for the fertilizer, carried toxic “forever chemicals.”"

Agriculture [21]
Biodiversity [22]
Chemicals [4]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [24]
Pollution [9]
Waste [10]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: NYTimes [26], 01/02/2025
  • Read more about "The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago." [20]

Oil Industry Playbook: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public [27]

"Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry."

Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [28]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Health [5]
Infrastructure [30]
Pollution [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: ProPublica [31], 01/02/2025
  • Read more about Oil Industry Playbook: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public [27]

Maryland Sues GORE-TEX Company For Polluting Water With PFAS Chemicals [32]

"Maryland is suing Cecil County-based manufacturing giant W.L. Gore & Associates for knowingly polluting the air and surrounding water with toxic Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)."

Chemicals [4]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Source: CBS News [34], 12/23/2024
  • Read more about Maryland Sues GORE-TEX Company For Polluting Water With PFAS Chemicals [32]

Senator Urges EPA to Release Report on Formaldehyde Health Risks [35]

"Citing a recent ProPublica investigation, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., urged the Environmental Protection Agency in a letter this week to issue a final report on the health risks of formaldehyde that is “science-based” and “as strong as possible,” adding that “the agency has an obligation to protect the public from the chemical.”"

Chemicals [4]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Science [36]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: ProPublica [37], 12/23/2024
  • Read more about Senator Urges EPA to Release Report on Formaldehyde Health Risks [35]

Group Says New Jersey Toxic Waste Dumping Caused $1B In Harm, Sues [38]

"Years of toxic waste dumping in a Jersey Shore community where childhood cancer rates rose caused at least $1 billion in damage to natural resources, according to an environmental group trying to overturn a settlement between New Jersey and the corporate successor to the firm that did the polluting."

Chemicals [4]
Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Waste [10]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
Source: AP [40], 12/23/2024
  • Read more about Group Says New Jersey Toxic Waste Dumping Caused $1B In Harm, Sues [38]

"Agricultural Poisons Tell a Tale of Two Californias" [41]

"The Golden Rule doesn’t apply in the Golden State when it comes to protecting Latino and Indigenous farmworker communities from toxic pesticides."

Agriculture [21]
Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
California [42]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 12/23/2024
  • Read more about "Agricultural Poisons Tell a Tale of Two Californias" [41]

Petrochemical Plants Send Millions Of Pounds Of Pollutants Into Waterways [44]

"Nearly 70 petrochemical companies across the nation, including 30 in Texas, are sending millions of pounds of pollutants into waterways each year due to weak or nonexistent regulations, according to a report published by the watchdog group Environmental Integrity Project."

Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [12]
Source: EHN [45], 12/20/2024
  • Read more about Petrochemical Plants Send Millions Of Pounds Of Pollutants Into Waterways [44]

Carcinogen From Goodyear Plant Is Invading Niagara Falls Neighborhoods [46]

"Recent computer modeling shows that the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s chemical plant in Niagara Falls, New York, is releasing a bladder carcinogen into nearby neighborhoods at levels up to seven times the state’s safety guideline."

Air [3]
Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Pollution [9]
Public [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
Source: Public Health Watch [47], 12/20/2024
  • Read more about Carcinogen From Goodyear Plant Is Invading Niagara Falls Neighborhoods [46]

Pages

  • « first [4]
  • ‹ previous [48]
  • …
  • 75 [49]
  • 76 [50]
  • 77 [51]
  • 78 [48]
  • 79
  • 80 [52]
  • 81 [53]
  • 82 [54]
  • 83 [55]
  • …
  • next › [52]
  • last » [56]
  • Contact Us  |
  • Donate  |
  • Join  |
  • Members  |
  • Privacy & Security Policies  |
  • Reach SEJ Members  |
  • Renew  |
  • Site Map
The Society of Environmental Journalists
1629 K Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 558-2055
Email: sej@sej.org
© 2026 The Society of Environmental Journalists. All Rights Reserved.
All graphics © SEJ, unless otherwise stated.

Source URL:https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=78

Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/florida-debates-where-build-nation-s-largest-trash-incinerator [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste [11] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [12] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [14] https://grist.org/equity/in-florida-officials-and-communities-clash-over-where-to-build-the-nations-largest-trash-incinerator/ [15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/toxic-benzene-plagued-channelview-tex-regulators-never-told-residents [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [18] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [19] https://publichealthwatch.org/2024/12/12/houston-air-pollution-benzene-cancer/ [20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-promotes-toxic-fertilizer-3m-told-it-risks-years-ago [21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [26] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/climate/epa-pfas-fertilizer-3m-forever-chemicals.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mE4.JtAj.3L5woIt6lwCn&smid=url-share [27] https://www.sej.org/headlines/oil-industry-playbook-how-drillers-offload-costly-cleanup-public [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure [31] https://www.propublica.org/article/oil-orphan-wells-cleanup-playbook-siana-tom-ragsdale [32] https://www.sej.org/headlines/maryland-sues-gore-tex-company-polluting-water-pfas-chemicals [33] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [34] https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-pfas-forever-chemical-cecil-gore-toxic/ [35] https://www.sej.org/headlines/senator-urges-epa-release-report-formaldehyde-health-risks [36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [37] https://www.propublica.org/article/formaldehyde-epa-blumenthal [38] https://www.sej.org/headlines/group-says-new-jersey-toxic-waste-dumping-caused-1b-harm-sues [39] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast [40] https://apnews.com/article/toms-river-toxic-waste-cancer-ciba-geigy-90b270b4c3cec258923fb4bb85c816f0 [41] https://www.sej.org/headlines/agricultural-poisons-tell-tale-two-californias [42] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california [43] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20122024/california-agricultural-toxic-pesticides-disproportionate-impact/ [44] https://www.sej.org/headlines/petrochemical-plants-send-millions-pounds-pollutants-waterways [45] https://www.ehn.org/petrochemical-plants-send-pollutants-into-waterways-2670496106.html [46] https://www.sej.org/headlines/carcinogen-goodyear-plant-invading-niagara-falls-neighborhoods [47] https://publichealthwatch.org/2024/12/18/computer-modeling-shows-carcinogen-from-goodyear-plant-is-invading-niagara-falls-neighborhoods/ [48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=77 [49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=74 [50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=75 [51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=76 [52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=79 [53] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=80 [54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=81 [55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=82 [56] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=522