"Designing the Death of a Plastic"
"Decades ago, synthetic polymers became popular because they were cheap and durable. Now, scientists are creating material that self-destructs or breaks down for reuse on command."
Source: NY Times, 08/07/2018
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EPA Approved Monsanto Herbicide Label Changes After Consulting Company
"As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency prepared to make label changes for the herbicide dicamba after it caused widespread crop damage, the agency depended on the herbicide’s maker for guidance, documents produced in a federal lawsuit show."
Source: Investigate Midwest, 08/06/2018
"Trump Administration Lifts GMO Crop Ban For U.S. Wildlife Refuges"
"The Trump administration has rescinded an Obama-era ban on the use of pesticides linked to declining bee populations and the cultivation of genetically modified crops in dozens of national wildlife refuges where farming is permitted."
Source: Reuters, 08/06/2018
"Texas Jury Indicts Arkema, Two Executives Over Chemical Releases"
"A Texas grand jury on Friday indicted chemicals manufacturer Arkema North America and two of its executives for releasing emissions that allegedly endangered the public after a 2017 hurricane."
Source: Reuters, 08/06/2018
Toxic Chemicals Found At N Carolina Water Plant
"GREENSBORO — The city stopped pumping water from Mitchell Water Treatment Plant this week after finding high levels of PFOS, a harmful compound that has been linked to firefighting foam and the coating on cookware."
Source: Greensboro News & Record, 08/02/2018
3M Knew About Dangers of PFOA and PFOS Decades Ago: Internal Documents
"Internal studies and other documents show that 3M knew by the 1970s that PFOA and PFOS were toxic and accumulating in people's blood."
Source: The Intercept, 08/01/2018
"Chlorpyrifos Restrictions Could Be In Store In California"
"The California Department of Pesticide Regulation should list chlorpyrifos as a toxic air contaminant (TAC), a state scientific panel has recommended following review of a comprehensive risk assessment of the widely used insecticide."
Source: Agri-Pulse, 07/31/2018
Hidden Studies, Decades-Old, Could Have Curbed PFAS Problem: Scientist
"Studies conducted in the late 1970s and early 1980s were kept under wraps by chemical companies as pollution spread across the US, according to an editorial published today."
Source: EHN, 07/31/2018
Michigan Declares Emergency In Kalamazoo County Over PFAS-Tainted Water
"Lt. Gov. Brian Calley on Sunday declared a state of emergency for Kalamazoo County [Mich.] after high levels of contaminants were found in the drinking water."
Source: Detroit News, 07/31/2018
"From Dow’s ‘Dioxin Lawyer’ to Trump’s Choice to Run Superfund"
"The lawyer nominated to run the Superfund toxic cleanup program is steeped in the complexities of restoring polluted rivers and chemical dumps. He spent more than a decade on one of the nation’s most extensive cleanups, one involving Dow Chemical’s sprawling headquarters in Midland, Mich."
Source: NY Times, 07/30/2018
