Chemicals

"Federal monitoring data has revealed where two extensively studied PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” have been found in drinking water across the U.S."

"Brazil’s Supreme Court has suspended an environmental permit for a major gold mining project in the Amazon rainforest, dealing a setback to a Canadian company’s plans to develop an open-pit mine along a river already affected by one of the country’s largest hydroelectric dams."

"In both terms, Trump has rolled back or blocked attempts to reduce highly warming methane emissions from the oil and gas industry."

"A new report by Gas Leaks Project and Earthworks tallied 166 major methane leaks at 121 New Mexico oil and gas facilities between January 1, 2025, and April 30, 2026. According to the report, few of the leaks appear to have been reported to the state as required by New Mexico rules and operator permits."

"Some dental floss manufacturers have indeed been quietly moving away from the synthetic material PTFE, which helped their product slip smoothly between teeth."

"Across hundreds of miles of the northern Gulf of Mexico, a deep-water ecosystem collapsed after the massive 2011 Deepwater Horizon oil and gas spill, and recovery is uncertain, new research concludes."

"Plenty of storms have hit Pensacola, Florida’s westernmost city, in the 450 years since its founding, but among the worst has been the storm over the toxic waste site nicknamed “Mount Dioxin.”

"The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly backtracked on a claim that the US has phased out two of the most dangerous Pfas compounds – Pfoa and Pfos."

"A study of Maui survivors found high amounts of toxic metals in their bodies for as long as 18 months after the fire. Another study found the Eaton Fire’s smoke had lead concentrations up to 250 times higher than normal."

"If you swam, fished or paddled a lake or river in the US over the past couple of years, there’s a more than 80% chance the water contained toxic “forever chemicals,” according to a new report."