Fossil Fuel Giants Claim To Support Science, Yet Still Fund Denial
"Fourteen oil and gas companies are funding a website that attacks scientists and undermines their work."
Source: HuffPost, 12/20/2019
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Denka Lobbied To Undermine Science Behind ‘Likely’ Cancer-Causing Toxic
"Facing public pressure to rein in its pollution, a Japanese chemical manufacturer has instead launched an aggressive, years-long campaign to undermine the science showing that its compounds could cause cancer, according to newly released documents reviewed by the Guardian."
Source: Guardian, 12/20/2019
"Public Health: EPA Proposes Limits On Common Weedkiller"
"EPA today proposed new restrictions on the use of the weedkiller atrazine, a widely used agricultural chemical. But environmentalists say EPA's plan weakens protections and would allow 50% more of the endocrine-disrupting herbicide linked to birth defects and cancer to end up in waterways."
Source: Greenwire, 12/20/2019
"Pesticides: Lawyer Who Fought Monsanto Arrested On Extortion Charges"
"Federal prosecutors yesterday filed a criminal complaint against Timothy Litzenburg, who represented people affected by the herbicide Roundup, on charges that the Virginia attorney attempted to extort $200 million from a global chemical manufacturing company."
Source: Greenwire, 12/19/2019
EPA Watchdog Finds Air Pollution Monitoring Fell Short During Harvey
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Inspector General found that state and federal environmental regulators didn't start monitoring air quality soon enough during the monster storm, which brought a spike in hazardous emissions from industrial facilities."
Source: Texas Tribune, 12/17/2019
Massachusetts Regulators Issue New Standards For Toxic PFAS in Water
"Massachusetts state regulators have issued new standards for toxic compounds in drinking water."
Source: AP, 12/16/2019
"Environmental Group Seeks California Ban On 'Super-Toxic' Rat Poisons"
"An environmental group launched legal action on Thursday seeking to ban commercial use of “super-toxic” rat poisons in California, citing data showing the products pose a grave threat to a dozen endangered species and other wildlife."
Source: Reuters, 12/13/2019
Some Waukegan, Ill., Residents See Spike in Ethylene Oxide Blood Levels
"People living near Medline Industries in north suburban Waukegan had higher levels of the cancer-causing chemical ethylene oxide in their bloodstream than others who live farther away, according to test results from a federally funded study."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 12/13/2019
"Company To Pay $245M Toward Cleanup Of Kalamazoo River PCBs"
"One of the companies responsible for polluting an 80-mile (129-kilometer) stretch of river and floodplains in southwestern Michigan with toxic chemicals will pay at least $245.2 million to advance a cleanup effort that began more than 20 years ago, federal officials said Wednesday."
Source: AP, 12/12/2019
Revealed: Water Company And City Officials Knew About Flint Poison Risk
"Executives at one of the world’s largest utilities companies knew that families in Flint, Michigan, might be at risk of being poisoned by lead in their tap water months before the city publicly admitted the problem, according to internal company emails."
Source: Guardian, 12/12/2019
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