As Weeds Outsmart Latest Weedkillers, Farmers Running Out Of Easy Options
"There was a moment, about 20 years ago, when farmers thought that they'd finally defeated weeds forever."
Source: NPR, 04/12/2019
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Chemicals: EPA's Confidentiality Proposal Lacks Key Details, Greens Say
"EPA's new plan for verifying chemicals that companies claim as trade secrets has some of the same shortcomings as a previous regulation currently tangled in litigation, according to critics."
Source: Greenwire, 04/12/2019
"New York Plans To Sue EPA Over GE's 'Incomplete' Hudson River Cleanup"
"New York state officials plan to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for allowing General Electric Co to stop clearing the Hudson River of PCB contamination before the cleanup work was finished."
Source: Reuters, 04/12/2019
EPA IG Issues Rare 'Alert' That Data On Toxics Releases Is Inaccurate
"The top watchdog overseeing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a rare 'management alert' Monday warning that the agency’s public data on toxic substance releases are not accurate."
Source: The Hill, 04/09/2019
"Michigan Sets New Health Screening Limits For 5 Types of PFAS"
"Michigan’s response to PFAS contamination now includes screening levels for five forms of the chemicals, a move that sets a significantly lower base-line for considering potential health effects for people exposed to them."
Source: Ann Arbor News, 04/05/2019
Dems Want Probe Of Bernhardt Role In Suppressed Endangered Species Report
"Senate Democrats are requesting the Interior Department’s watchdog investigate what role President Trump’s pick to lead the agency played in preventing the release of a government report on toxic pesticides and endangered species."
Source: The Hill, 04/05/2019
Dem Asks For Probe Into Bernhardt's Role In Halting Species Report
"A Democratic lawmaker has asked the Interior Department's watchdog to look into reports that President Trump's nominee to lead the agency directly intervened to stop the release of a study linking the effects of two chemicals on endangered species."
Source: The Hill, 04/01/2019
"EPA: No Toxic Releases At Superfund Sites In Flooded Midwest"
"Flooding in the Midwest temporarily cut off a Superfund site in Nebraska that stores radioactive waste and explosives, inundated another one storing toxic chemical waste in Missouri, and limited access to others, federal regulators said Wednesday. The Environmental Protection Agency reported no releases of hazardous contaminants at any of eight toxic waste sites in flooded parts of Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa."
Source: AP, 03/28/2019
Full Appeals Court Hears Arguments on EPA Chlorpyrifos Decision
"Eleven federal judges were at times puzzled, perturbed and bemused during high-stakes oral arguments yesterday involving the pesticide chlorpyrifos."
Source: Greenwire, 03/28/2019
New Jersey Sues Chemical Companies To Pay for Pollution Damages
"New Jersey sued chemical giant DuPont on Wednesday seeking financial damages for widespread pollution that contaminated air, soil and water at four sites across the state and endangered the health of thousands, including residents of a Pompton Lakes neighborhood who have had to endure cancer-causing solvents beneath their homes for decades."
Source: North Jersey Record, 03/28/2019
