"EPA Proposes Relaxed Rules For Widely Used Insecticides"
"EPA yesterday [Tuesday] proposed watered-down regulations for a set of widely used insecticides linked to a range of human health and environmental concerns."
Source: Greenwire, 11/14/2019
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EPA Fails To Supply Documents To House Science in Subpoena Showdown
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided "largely non-responsive" documents in response to a final threat by House Democrats, according to committee staff, likely setting the stage for a forthcoming subpoena."
Source: The Hill, 11/08/2019
"Senate Eyes Nixing 'Forever Chemicals' From Major Defense Policy Bill"
"The Senate is prepared to walk away from provisions of a defense policy bill that would compel the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate a cancer-linked chemical that is leaching into the water supply, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) told reporters Tuesday."
Source: The Hill, 11/06/2019
"N.Y. Sues Chemours, DuPont, 3M Over PFAS Contamination"
"New York state’s attorney general is suing The Chemours Co., 3M Co., DuPont de Nemours Inc. and other companies for their alleged role in making and selling persistent chemicals that are environmental contaminants."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/06/2019
"Investigation: Lead In Some Canadian Water Worse Than Flint"
"Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been unwittingly exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water, with contamination in several cities consistently higher than they ever were in Flint, Michigan, according to an investigation that tested drinking water in hundreds of homes and reviewed thousands more previously undisclosed results."
Source: AP, 11/06/2019
"‘Polluter Panel’ Hits Pause On Michigan PFAS Drinking Water Rules"
"Business and industry representatives appointed to a controversial regulatory oversight board by former Republican Gov. Rick Snyder helped temporarily slow down advancing drinking water standards that would limit allowable levels of toxic fluorochemicals called PFAS in Michigan drinking water if enacted."
Source: Grand Rapids Press, 11/04/2019
"E.P.A. to Roll Back Rules to Control Toxic Ash from Coal Plants"
"The Trump administration is expected to roll back an Obama-era regulation meant to limit the leaching of heavy metals like arsenic, lead and mercury into water supplies from the ash of coal-fired power plants, according to two people familiar with the plans."
Source: NY Times, 11/01/2019
Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ Gets Even More Toxic — Residents Fight Back
"One of the most polluted regions of the country is being overrun by a new glut of oil and gas facilities, including one that will emit as much carbon as three coal-fired power plants".
Source: Rolling Stone, 10/31/2019
"Millions of Workers Face Too Much Risk From Solvent: EPA"
"A solvent widely used in industrial settings and found in automotive and other consumer products poses too great a risk of harming both workers and consumers, the EPA said Oct. 29."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 10/30/2019
NIEHS Head Was Barred From Saying PFAS Cause Disease. She’s Saying It Now
"The widespread environmental contaminants known as PFAS cause multiple health problems in people, according to Linda Birnbaum, who retired as director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program earlier this month."
Source: The Intercept, 10/28/2019
