Water Contamination From Ag Is a Top Issue in Iowa Midterms
"With polluted waterways and rising cancer rates, many Iowa voters will be choosing candidates based on their plans to address the problem."
"With polluted waterways and rising cancer rates, many Iowa voters will be choosing candidates based on their plans to address the problem."
"A South Carolina federal judge this week ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to resume distributing funds designed to address environmental and health challenges in underserved communities."
"Hundreds of military bases have been putting off cleanup of toxic PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, for years, according to a new USA TODAY analysis of military records. "
"In San Francisco Bay, new AI-powered technology aims to help ships dodge whales whose long-haul migration is being disrupted by climate change."
"The Forest Service remains stretched on the Sawtooth National Recreation Area in Idaho — a place with ties to key agency leaders — and is leaning on volunteer groups for help."
"Syngenta says it will stop selling paraquat in Australia after new regulations on chemical linked to Parkinson’s disease"
"Pregnant women who are exposed to glyphosate, a widely used herbicide, may face an increased risk of preterm births, according to one of the largest studies to date examining the link."
"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years minimized the radiation people in the United States are exposed to and that has been adopted around the world."
"The pesticide industry has spent decades building a highly effective influence operation in Washington D.C., shaping how pesticides are regulated and how American agriculture operates."
"Internal emails obtained by POLITICO through a public records request paint a portrait of an agency that moved quickly to defend the only data center in Virginia that is powering itself — in what former officials and environmental health advocates described as an unusual effort to shape the debate around an industry whose global epicenter is in the state."