"New Hampshire Suspects Chemical Emissions Tainted Wells"
"New Hampshire says emissions of a chemical used to make Teflon coatings may be the source behind the contamination of more than 40 wells in several towns."
Source: AP, 04/15/2016
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If You Eat Fast Food You’re Getting a Big Helping of Toxic Chemicals
"New study shows that consumption of fast food is linked to higher levels of phthalates, the chemicals used to produce many plastics."
Source: Civil Eats, 04/14/2016
"European Parliament Backs Glyphosate But With Conditions"
"European politicians advised on Wednesday that the herbicide glyphosate should only be approved for another seven years, rather than the 15 proposed by the EU executive, and should not be used by the general public."
Source: Reuters, 04/14/2016
"Researchers: Lag In Water Use Slows Flint Recovery"
"Flint residents aren’t using enough water to pull necessary chemical treatments through the city’s system, hindering efforts to get water up to safety standards in a community where residents are afraid to use their taps and loathe to pay for what comes out of them.
Although the past six months have produced improvements, recent testing by Virginia Tech researchers, including expert Marc Edwards, shows contamination still at problem levels.
Source: Detroit Free Press, 04/13/2016
"Investor Group Launches Campaign To Curb Antibiotic Use In Food"
"Fifty four large investors managing 1 trillion pounds in assets have launched a campaign to curb the use of antibiotics in the meat and poultry used by ten large U.S. and British restaurant groups."
Source: Reuters, 04/13/2016
"Home And Garden Giant Ditches Class Of Pesticides That May Harm Bees"
"A leading brand of home and garden pest-control products says it will stop using a class of pesticides linked to the decline of bees."
Source: NPR, 04/13/2016
"Lawsuits Charge that 3M Knew About the Dangers of Its Chemicals"
As legal actions against the chemical company 3M go forward, lawyers are charging that 3M "knew about the health hazards posed by the perfluorinated chemicals it was manufacturing and using to make carpet coating, Scotchgard, firefighting foam, and other products — and that the company knew the chemicals were spreading beyond its sites."
Source: The Intercept, 04/12/2016
EPA Can't Tell Public Which Chem Plants Violate Safety Rules
"U.S. EPA knows which chemical facilities aren't following federal safety protocols, but it can't tell the public where they are."
Source: Greenwire, 04/12/2016
PFOA Testing Expanded To Include 11 More Vermont Sites
"Gov. Peter Shumlin has announced that the state will test additional manufacturing sites around Vermont for PFOA, a suspected carcinogen that's been found in North Bennington and Pownal."
Source: Vermont Public Radio, 04/07/2016
"Before It Was Dangerous, Lead Was The Miracle Metal That We Loved"
"Residents of Flint, Mich., may tell you lead is a serious menace, but for most of the last 5,000 years, people saw lead as a miracle metal at the forefront of technology."
Source: NPR, 04/07/2016
