Bayer Lobbies Congress to Help Fight Lawsuits Tying Roundup to Cancer 06-20-24
Republicans have repeatedly pushed a provision — drafted with Bayer’s help — that critics say would undo some nationwide pesticide protections. Read more
US Military Bases Teem With PFAS. There’s Still No Firm Plan to Clean Them Up. 04-29-24
Excessive levels of PFAS have been detected at 80 percent of active and decommissioned military bases.
In 2016, Tony Spaniola received a notice informing him that his family shouldn’t drink water drawn from the well at his lake home in Oscoda, Michigan. Read more
10 Times as Much of This Toxic Pesticide Could End Up on Your Tomatoes and Celery Under a New EPA Proposal 04-24-24
Against the guidance of scientific advisory panels, the EPA is relying on industry-backed tests to relax regulations on acephate, which has been linked to neurodevelopmental disorders. “It’s exactly what we recommended against,” one panelist said. Read more
EPA Finalizes the Nation’s First PFAS Limits in Drinking Water 04-10-24
Although there are thousands of forever chemicals, the new regulation targets six of the most pervasive ones. Read more
Accidents Involving Toxic Vinyl Chloride Are Commonplace, a New Report Finds 03-26-24
A year after a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the study found vinyl chloride accidents have happened on average “once every five days since 2010.” An industry group says the chemical is safe and “makes modern life possible.” Read more
Most US Sandwich Baggies Contain Toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’, Analysis Says 03-14-24
Testing commissioned by Mamavation blog found high levels of a marker of PFAS in nine of 11 baggies tested Read more
What Will It Take for the EPA to Ban a Pesticide Linked to Parkinson’s? 02-19-24
Pesticides, Rachel Carson wrote in 1962, have “the power to kill every insect, the ‘good’ and the ‘bad,’ to still the song of birds and the leaping of fish in the streams…”
A Plastic Chemical Caused a Toxic Mess in Ohio Last Year. Now, the EPA is Eyeing Regulation. 01-09-24
Environmental advocates say a phaseout of vinyl chloride is long overdue. Read more