"Feds Probe Florida Handling Of Pesticide Case"
"Federal regulators are looking into whether Florida failed to properly investigate if farmworkers sickened in a crop-dusting accident were told not to report it to authorities."
Source: AP, 03/17/2016
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"A Tale of Two Leaks: Fixed in California, Ignored in Alabama"
"Eight years after a mercaptan spill in Eight Mile, its mostly black and working class residents still suffer from respiratory issues, rashes and headaches."
Source: InsideClimate News, 03/17/2016
"Pollutant Is Removed From Water in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., Cuomo Says"
"HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. — More than six weeks after declaring an environmental emergency in this upstate village, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo made his first visit here on Sunday, announcing that a new filter system had successfully cleared a toxic chemical known as PFOA from the municipal water supply."
Source: NY Times, 03/14/2016
"Nation: Military Checks For Water Contamination At 664 Sites"
"The military is beginning to check whether chemicals from its firefighting foam may have contaminated groundwater at hundreds of sites nationwide, according to the Defense Department."
Source: AP, 03/11/2016
Flame Retardants In Lake Erie Smallmouth Bass Threaten Consumers
"Levels of hazardous flame retardants in most Great Lakes fish are declining – or at least researchers thought they were. But a new study shows that this isn’t the case for Lake Erie smallmouth bass, an important game fish. And the contaminated fish threatens the health of some of those who eat them."
Source: Great Lakes Echo, 03/10/2016
"Elevated Lead Levels Found in Newark Schools’ Drinking Water"
"NEWARK — Elevated levels of lead caused officials in New Jersey’s largest school district on Wednesday to shut off water fountains at 30 school buildings until more tests could be conducted, officials said."
Source: NY Times, 03/10/2016
"Clinton Doubles Down Against Fracking In Debate, Raising Alarms"
"Hillary Clinton’s promise during a debate Sunday to aggressively regulate fracking deepens the divide between Republican and Democratic presidential candidates on oil and gas development and signifies her continued shift to the left on environmental issues."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/09/2016
"Vote On Controversial Weedkiller's European Licence Postponed"
"Four EU states force delay of a vote to renew the licence for glyphosate, which has been found to be ‘probably carcinogenic’"
Source: Guardian, 03/09/2016
Cosmetics Key In Teens' Exposure to Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals
"Using cosmetics and personal care products that don’t contain certain hormone-disrupting ingredients for only three days, women can significantly reduce their exposure to these chemicals, according to a study published today in Environmental Health Perspectives."
Source: Earth Island Journal, 03/08/2016
"Toxic Passaic River to Get $1.38 Billion Cleanup Over 10 Years"
State and federal officials Friday announced a plan to clean up more than a century's worth of toxic pollution from the lower eight miles of the Passaic river, in one of the largest and most expensive projects under EPA's 35-year-old Superfund program.
Source: NY Times, 03/07/2016
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