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05/27/2022
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By Zoey Sky
Pregnant women are being exposed to more dangerous industrial chemicals, warn researchers
Research suggests that exposure to harmful chemicals can cause many health problems in people of all ages. And according to a recent study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, pregnant women are being exposed to more dangerous industrial chemicals. These harmful chemicals include parabens, pesticides and plastics, along with “replacement chemicals” for substances like […]
04/14/2022
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By Mary Villareal
Study finds unsafe levels of uranium in American public water systems
Public water systems serving 290 million people in the United States per year were found to have high concentrations of uranium, a radioactive chemical that occurs naturally in soil, rock and water. Researchers at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that 63.1 percent of community water systems (CWS) compliance monitoring records showed […]
04/01/2022
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By Kevin Hughes
About half of US lakes, rivers are too polluted for swimming, fishing, drinking
The Clean Water Act passed 50 years ago with the goal of guaranteeing “fishable, swimmable” water across the U.S. has fallen far short of that goal. A new report from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) revealed that about half of the nation’s lakes and rivers are too polluted for swimming, fishing or drinking. It was based on reports that states are required to submit under […]
03/10/2022
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By Kevin Hughes
600+ lawsuits linking Syngenta’s weed killer to Parkinson’s set to proceed
After Monsanto Co. suffered its first courtroom loss over charges that its glyphosate weed killer causes cancer and that the company hid the risks, it is now Syngenta’s turn. The mass crime machinery that brought down Monsanto has fixed its view on the Chinese-owned, Switzerland-based agrochemical titan Syngenta and its selling of a weed killer known as paraquat. (Related: Lawsuits piling in against […]
02/22/2022
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By Lance D Johnson
“Forever chemicals” from biosludge fertilizers threaten existence of farms in Maine
Farmers in Maine are detecting serious problems with the quality of their soil and groundwater. These environmental issues threaten the integrity of their crops and the very existence of their farms. Toxic “forever chemicals” are concentrating in the water and the soil, polluting the crops and poisoning the food supply. Forever chemicals such as perfluorooctanesulfonic […]
02/16/2022
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By Arsenio Toledo
EPA claims heat waves have gotten worse since the ’60s, but they’ve actually DECREASED in intensity and frequency since the ’30s
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in support of its climate change agenda, is claiming that heat waves in the United States have gotten hotter since the 1960s. This ignores the fact that heat waves have gotten less intense since the 1930s. The EPA released a report titled “Climate Change Indicators: Heat Waves,” which includes information supposedly […]
01/20/2022
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By Nolan Barton
EPA whistleblower Dr. David Lewis: Low-income neighborhoods are targeted with the land application of biosolids
Dr. David Lewis, a former senior research microbiologist with the Environmental Protection Agency‘s (EPA) Office of Research and Development, warned that low-income neighborhoods are being targeted with the land application of sewage sludge, or biosolids. “Economically and educationally disadvantaged communities lacked the political power and the economic capability of fighting it,” said Lewis during a […]
12/20/2021
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By Cassie B.
Environmental groups sue EPA over pesticide-coated seeds
Two major environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop the use of deadly pesticides that are harming bees and other pollinators. Last week, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) of North America filed a suit demanding that the EPA close a loophole […]
12/16/2021
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By Ethan Huff
Cost of doing business? Monsanto pleads guilty to 30 environmental crimes, agrees to pay measly $12 million fine
The Monsanto Company agreed to plead guilty to 30 environmental crimes related to the use of a pesticide on cornfields in Hawaii, court documents filed in the state earlier this month show. Monsanto admitted in a plea agreement that it committed 30 misdemeanor crimes related to the use of a glufosinate ammonium-based product sold under […]
11/22/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Forever chemicals found to be significantly more toxic than previously thought
A new study from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that forever chemicals are even more toxic than scientists initially believed. The agency said that it was asking the Scientific Advisory Board to review scientific documents about the health impact of per- and polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) such as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS). […]
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