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Healthy or high risk? New analysis warns of pesticide residues on some fruits and veggies
By Carey Gillam
Several types of fruits and vegetables generally considered to be healthy can contain levels of pesticide residues potentially unsafe for consumption, according to an analysis conducted by Consumer Reports (CR) released on Thursday.
EPA called to address “long-ignored health crisis” in Iowa drinking water
By Carey Gillam
US regulators must take immediate action to address a “long-ignored health crisis” stemming from dangerously contaminated drinking water in Iowa, according to a legal petition filed by environmental and health advocacy groups this week.
Dire threats seen for America’s ‘most endangered’ rivers
By Johnathan Hettinger
Rivers from Arizona to Alaska, Mississippi to Connecticut, and California to the Carolinas face dire threats from climate change, overdevelopment, pollution and water scarcity, according to a new report released by American Rivers this week.
“It’s getting worse” – US failing to stem tide of harmful farm pollutants
By Keith Schneider
VENICE, LA. Kindra Arnesen is a 46-year-old commercial fishing boat operator who has spent most of her life among the pelicans and bayous of southern Louisiana, near the juncture where the 2,350-mile-long Mississippi River ends at the Gulf of Mexico.
Firefighting foam company reaches $750 million PFAS settlement
By Shannon Kelleher
The company Tyco Fire Products today reached a $750 million settlement to help resolve claims related to its firefighting foam, which allegedly contaminated drinking water systems with harmful PFAS chemicals for decades.
“A huge victory for public health”: EPA set limits on PFAS toxins in drinking water
By Shannon Kelleher
US regulators on Wednesday put in place the nation’s first legally enforceable limits for levels of six toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water, saying the moves should prevent thousands of deaths and reduce serious illnesses in people across the country.
Unsafe levels of PFAS contaminate global water sources, study finds
By Shannon Kelleher
A large part of the world’s surface waters and groundwater contains toxic PFAS chemicals at levels higher than regulators consider safe for drinking water, according to a new analysis of data from more than 45,000 water samples collected from around the world.
In “crucial step”, EPA finalizes rule to reduce cancerous chemical plant emissions
By Carey Gillam
More than 200 US chemical plants face new requirements that should slash toxic air pollution and reduce cancer risks for hundreds of thousands of people living near the facilities, officials said on Tuesday.
An herbicide so hazardous that courts have banned it twice
By Bill Freese
In early February, something rather extraordinary happened in the world of American farming. For the second time, a federal court banned the hazardous herbicide dicamba, which has been wreaking havoc on farmers, rural communities and the natural world for seven long years. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) re-approved dicamba after the first court action. Will it do so once again?
Vermont advances bill targeting oil and gas companies for climate cleanup
By Dana Drugmand
In the aftermath of costly flooding that swept the US Northeast last year, lawmakers in Vermont on Tuesday advanced a proposed new law that aims to make fossil fuel companies liable for the costs of cleaning up communities battered by climate change-related events.