"U.N. Body Alarmed Over Mining Waste Disasters"
"Some of the worst mining disasters do not happen in mines. They take place at dams."
Source: NPR, 12/04/2017
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"Bombs in Your Backyard"
"The military spends more than a billion dollars a year to clean up sites its operations have contaminated with toxic waste and explosives. These sites exist in every state in the country. Some are located near schools, residential neighborhoods, rivers and lakes."
Source: ProPublica, 12/01/2017
"National Parks: Experiment Puts Mall Rats On Birth Control"
"The National Mall will soon have something new: rats on birth control."
Source: Greenwire, 11/29/2017
"Monsanto Fails To Shake City Of San Diego In Water Pollution Lawsuit"
"The city of San Diego recently cleared a major legal hurdle in its effort to force chemical giant Monsanto to pay tens of millions to clean up local waterways polluted with a class of cancer-linked chemicals, known as polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs."
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune, 11/29/2017
"Agency Says US, Canada Fall Short On Protecting Great Lakes"
"Despite recent improvements, the U.S. and Canada have a long way to go toward ridding the Great Lakes of pollution that endangers human health and the environment, an advisory agency said Tuesday."
Source: AP, 11/29/2017
EPA Curb on PFOA May Have Reduced Number Of Babies With Low Birth Weight
"Efforts to phase out a chemical used in nonstick coatings have resulted in fewer U.S. babies being born underweight in recent years, according to findings published in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health."
Source: Washington Post, 11/29/2017
"Glyphosate, Top-Selling Weed Killer, Wins E.U. Approval for 5 Years"
"The European Union voted on Monday to extend its authorization for the world’s best-selling herbicide for an abbreviated period of five years, with France and Germany splitting over the move."
Source: NY Times, 11/28/2017
"The Monsanto Papers, Part 1 — Operation: Intoxication"
"In order to save glyphosate, the Monsanto corporation has undertaken an effort to destroy the United Nations' cancer agency by any means possible."
Source: EHN, 11/22/2017
"API Disputes African-American Health Study, Cites Genetics"
"The American Petroleum Institute, the nation's largest oil and gas trade organization, is dismissing the findings of a study on the risks facing African Americans who live near oil and gas facilities, saying that health disparities may be caused by other factors instead, including 'genetics.'"
Source: InsideClimate News, 11/21/2017
New Analysis: EPA Is Ignoring A Lot Of Toxics in US Drinking Water
The law and regulations make it hard for the U.S. EPA to regulate new chemicals in drinking water. A lot of testing is required to show the chemical is harmful and found widely in water. New analysis of existing data shows a family of chemicals that includes perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, may be doing much more harm than EPA admits.
Source: Quartz, 11/21/2017
