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"Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ About To Get Their First US Limits" [1]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable. But experts say removing them will cost billions, a burden that will fall hardest on small communities with few resources."

Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [11], 03/03/2023
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Biden Backs Bipartisan Railway Safety Bill After Ohio Derailment [12]

"President Biden on Thursday threw his support behind a bipartisan bill that would tighten federal oversight of trains carrying hazardous materials in the aftermath of a derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that spilled toxic chemicals."

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Transportation [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [17], 03/03/2023
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"Gas Stoves Are One Step Closer to New Rules" [18]

"The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has voted to seek public input on gas stoves, a potential first step in regulating the appliances."

Climate Change [19]
Consumer [3]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Food [20]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Bloomberg [21], 03/02/2023
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EPA Coal Ash Settlement Raises Hopes For Cleanup Beyond Lake Michigan [22]

"A settlement between environmental groups and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could for the first time impose regulations on hundreds of coal ash sites nationwide that are not covered by 2015 federal coal ash rules."

Chemicals [2]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Waste [23]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Energy News Network [24], 03/02/2023
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"Ohio Senators Introduce Rail Safety Bill After Fiery Crash" [25]

"Railroads including the one whose train derailed and caught fire in Ohio would have to follow new safety rules under bipartisan legislation introduced Wednesday by the state’s two U.S. senators, even as regulators plan to step up inspections on tracks carrying the most hazardous materials."

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Transportation [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [26], 03/02/2023
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"Is LNG By Rail Safe?" [27]

"The train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, is renewing concerns about the safety of moving natural gas by rail and whether existing federal rules governing the industry should be changed."

Climate Change [19]
Disasters [13]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Transportation [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E News [28], 03/01/2023
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"US Sues Chemical Company Over Cancer Risk To Minority Area" [29]

"Federal officials sued a Louisiana chemical maker on Tuesday, alleging that it presents an unacceptable cancer risk to the nearby majority-Black community and demanding cuts in toxic emissions."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [30]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Pollution [7]
Public [9]
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Source: AP [32], 03/01/2023
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Democrats Unveil Bill To Tighten Regulations For Hazmat Trains [33]

"A pair of House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a bill that would tighten regulations for trains with hazardous materials, a direct response to the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month that spilled chemicals into the area."

Chemicals [2]
Disasters [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [4]
Infrastructure [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Transportation [16]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [34], 03/01/2023
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"Extreme Heat Is A Health Crisis, Columbia Experts Say" [35]

"The record-breaking heat Earth endured during the summer of 2022 will be repeated without a robust international effort to address climate change, a panel of scientists warned Monday."

Climate Change [19]
Environmental Health [4]
Public [9]
International [36]
Source: AP [37], 02/28/2023
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Despite 1996 Law, EPA Still Hasn't Tested Pesticides For Hormone Impacts [38]

"New lawsuit aims to make the agency do what Congress ordered more than 25 years ago."

"In 1996, Congress ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to test all pesticides used on food for endocrine disruption by 1999. The EPA still doesn’t do this today.

Nor does it appear close to doing so, argue the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against the agency in December for its ongoing failure to implement the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program.

Agriculture [39]
Chemicals [2]
Consumer [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Food [20]
Science [40]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: EHN [41], 02/27/2023
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