"Car Tire Chemicals Are Killing Salmon And Steelhead"
"The chemical 6PPD, added to tires to prevent degradation, is causing a “complete breakdown of the blood brain barrier” in fish, a new study found."
Source: EHN, 11/22/2022
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Investigations Of Chemical Incidents Hampered By Board's Staff Shortages: IG
"Staffing shortages and infighting among a dwindling number of decision-makers are hampering investigations of chemical fires, explosions and other petrochemical industry accidents in Louisiana and across the country, according to a new federal inspector’s report."
Source: Nola.com, 11/21/2022
Black Communities In Louisiana Far More Exposed To Industrial Pollution
"Louisiana communities containing industrial plants and high percentages of Black residents experienced seven to 21 times more toxic air emissions than similar locations with higher percentages of White residents, according to a new study by researchers with the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic."
Source: Nola.com, 11/21/2022
"Cleanup Liability Among Concerns About EPA’s Hazardous PFAS Plan"
"The EPA is vowing to move quickly to designate two “forever chemicals” as hazardous substances under the Superfund law, but has to balance the Biden administration’s desire to better protect disadvantaged communities with public and private sector fears they’ll be held liable for a problem not of their own making."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/18/2022
"A New Analysis Shows A 'Crisis' Of Male Reproductive Health"
"Global average sperm count is declining at a quicker pace than previously known, chemical exposure is a suspected culprit."
Source: EHN, 11/17/2022
Enviros Challenge Proposed Plastics ‘Advanced Recycling’ Plant in Pa.
"A Philadelphia environmental group has filed an appeal to block a proposed $1.1 billion “advanced” plastics recycling plant in rural Pennsylvania after the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, exempted the facility from having to obtain a solid waste permit."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/09/2022
"Park Service Begs Visitors: Please Stop Licking These Psychedelic Toads"
"The National Park Service dropped an unusual warning recently, urging visitors to stop licking toads."
Source: HuffPost, 11/08/2022
Over 130 Power Plants Won't Clean Up Leaking Toxic Coal Ash Pits and Ponds
"EPA coal ash regulations issued in 2015 allow polluting utilities to self-regulate. And a giant loophole exempts coal ash piles that stopped receiving coal plant waste before that year."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/03/2022
"‘Hubris’: LNG Plant Officials Saw Trouble Days Before Blast"
"For at least two days before a pipe exploded at its Texas gas export terminal, Freeport LNG had been trying to figure out what was wrong, records show. The June 8 blast forced the plant to close and took almost a fifth of U.S. liquefied natural gas exports offline."
Source: E&E News, 11/01/2022
"Climate-Warming Methane Emissions Rising Faster Than Ever, Study Says"
"The amount of methane in the atmosphere is racing ahead at an accelerating pace, according to a study by the World Meteorological Organization, threatening to undermine efforts to slow climate change."
Source: Washington Post, 10/27/2022
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