- Anti-abortion Christians protest EPA loosening pollution standards, saying they will hurt unborn childrenon April 18, 2019 at 11:29 am
Anti-abortion Christians are among those protesting limits on considering health benefits in regulating mercury and other toxic emissions from in... […]
- Arsenic in some bottled water at unsafe levelson April 18, 2019 at 11:28 am
A Consumer Reports investigation finds that arsenic in some bottled water brands is at unsafe levels. Keurig Dr Pepper suspends production of its... […]
- How green is your lipstick: Beauty brands and the fight against plastic wasteon April 18, 2019 at 11:27 am
Makeup and personal care companies produce a huge amount of packaging – much of which cannot be recycled. But companies such as Lush and Garnie... […]
- EPA moves to ‘close the door’ on asbestos. Consumer groups say loopholes remainon April 18, 2019 at 11:26 am
The new rule will restrict uses of asbestos, a carcinogen, more than initially expected, but health advocates criticized it as falling short of t... […]
- CDC report: more research needed on health risks from weedkiller glyphosateon April 18, 2019 at 11:05 am
A new federal review of the health impacts of glyphosate, a weed-killer known more commonly as RoundUp, acknowledge that while more research was ... […]
- Jerry Heindel: A new hub for the science of hormone disruptorson April 17, 2019 at 11:18 am
When I was a Scientific Program Administrator at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) I saw a lot of scientists doing ... […]
- EPA won't regulate pollution that moves through groundwateron April 16, 2019 at 10:08 pm
EPA won't use the Clean Water Act to regulate any pollution that first moves through groundwater before it reaches surface waters, addressing que... […]
- Winds carry microplastics ‘everywhere' - even on to remote mountaintopson April 16, 2019 at 11:24 am
Study finds even supposedly pristine region of the Pyrenees is polluted, but impact on human health remains unknown. […]
- Mare Island preservationist warns visitors after city of Vallejo sprayed trails with potentially toxic weed killeron April 15, 2019 at 4:04 am
Vallejo city leaders were scrambling to find out if and why a potentially toxic weed killer was used on the Mare Island Preserve after a preserva... […]
- CEO sees Bayer 'massively' affected by herbicide litigationon April 14, 2019 at 10:11 am
Bayer's chief executive has acknowledged the German maker of pharmaceuticals and crop chemicals is facing massive challenges from a wave of lawsu... […]
- Environment watchdogs harness AI to track overflowing factory farm wasteon April 12, 2019 at 11:22 am
Floods dump tons of pathogen-laden manure into U.S. waterways, often from hard-to-identify farms. […]
- Scientists say they have found a viable replacement for petroleum-based plasticon April 12, 2019 at 11:20 am
Scientists at Ohio State University say they have developed a viable alternative to petroleum-based plastic food packaging by using natural tree-... […]
- What’s causing an outbreak of a mysterious fungal infection? America’s farms offer a clue.on April 12, 2019 at 4:43 am
Fungicide use "most likely" played a role in the rise of a deadly drug-resistant germ. […]
- PFAS found at Gordie Howe International Bridge site in Detroiton April 12, 2019 at 4:32 am
Contamination is about 1/2-mile from Detroit River. […]
- US agencies set to study health effects of PFASson April 12, 2019 at 4:17 am
The announcement has come under criticism after it was learned that carcinogenicity would not be assessed. […]
- The most dangerous toxic chemicals found in tap wateron April 12, 2019 at 12:03 am
Some of the most common contaminants found in tap water include lead and PFOA. […]
- New York plans to sue EPA over GE's 'incomplete' Hudson River cleanupon April 11, 2019 at 11:59 pm
New York state officials plan to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for allowing General Electric Co to stop clearing the Hudson River ... […]
- Ikea now grows lettuce in shipping containers at its storeson April 11, 2019 at 11:25 pm
The salad with your meatballs will now be ultra local. […]
- U.S. Steel has been allowed to 'pay to pollute,' PennFuture president sayson April 11, 2019 at 11:26 am
The Christmas Eve fire at Clairton Coke Works should serve as a wake up call for U.S. Steel to do better by residents, according to PennFuture. […]
- Houston neighborhood reckons with railroad yard after decades of contaminationon April 11, 2019 at 11:24 am
A railroad yard asked the state to limit its environmental responsibility to clean up more than 30 years of toxic waste. The community it neighbo... […]