"No More Slurping Through Plastic Straws In San Francisco"
"Soon to be heard in San Francisco: the last slurp through a plastic straw. That’s because the city’s about to make them illegal."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 07/26/2018
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"A Toxic Town, A Search For Answers"
"Industrial chemicals dumped long ago still haunt Minden, W.Va., a community beset by cancer and fear. Like her father, physician Ayne Amjad is trying to track the links."
Source: Washington Post, 07/24/2018
"Displaced by Pipe Blast Contamination, Residents Seek Answers"
"Three days since an underground steam pipe burst in Manhattan’s Flatiron district, spewing asbestos-laced muck across several blocks, many residents were still barred from their homes on Sunday, coping not only with sudden homelessness, but fear about what the exposure could do to their health."
Source: NY Times, 07/23/2018
"Is BPA Making Us Fat, Anxious And Sick?"
"The way the Food and Drug Administration assesses safety has long favored industry studies over independent science."
Source: HuffPost, 07/23/2018
"EPA Staff Worried About Toxic Chemical Exposure — For Pruitt"
"Then-EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's staff sought to protect him from exposure to toxic formaldehyde from an office desk last year, emails show — just months before his top political aides blocked the release of a report on health dangers from the same chemical."
Source: Politico, 07/23/2018
"Trump Just Nominated A Pesticide Exec To Oversee Science At The USDA"
"On Monday [7/16], while most media were still digesting President Donald Trump’s extraordinary travels abroad, the White House quietly named a long-time pesticide executive as chief scientist for the US Department of Agriculture."
Source: Mother Jones, 07/23/2018
"EPA Proposal To Limit Science Studies Draws Opposition"
"Democratic lawmakers joined scores of scientists, health providers, environmental officials and activists Tuesday in denouncing an industry-backed proposal that could limit dramatically the scientific studies the Environmental Protection Agency considers in shaping protections for human health."
Source: AP, 07/18/2018
"Merrimack Moms Unite Over Lack Of Action On PFOA Contamination"
"A group of water warriors has emerged in Merrimack, claiming not enough is being done to keep residents safe from contamination."
Source: New Hampshire Union Leader, 07/17/2018
"Environmental Group Files Lawsuit Over Genx Emissions"
"A North Carolina environmental group has filed a lawsuit asking the state to order Chemours to immediately halt all discharges of GenX."
Source: Winston-Salem Journal, 07/16/2018
"Fishermen Disregard New Bedford Harbor’s Lingering Toxic Past"
"Officials keep dredging up PCBs and posting signs at New Bedford Harbor—but studies suggest anglers are eating too much of their contaminated catch."
Source: EHN, 07/12/2018
