Companies Leave Some Residents In The Dark After Chemical Emergencies
"Mary Gonzalez wanted to know why there wasn’t an alarm when a tank holding toxic chemicals caught fire in Deer Park in March."
Source: Houston Chronicle, 06/05/2019
Environmental Health
FED Tool Tracks Pollution on Federal Lands
A revamped Reporter’s Toolbox begins today with a new focus on data resources for environmental journalists. The now biweekly column starts with a look at a massive database designed for federal land managers that reporters can use to scan dozens of pollution data sets about air quality and more in parks, forests and other federal lands.
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“Ocean Outbreak: Confronting the Rising Tide of Marine Disease”
Marine ecologist Drew Harvell’s new book makes the case that the world’s oceans are sick and that few are paying enough attention. According to our latest BookShelf review, her “Ocean Outbreak” takes readers on a panoramic journey through the deep, while equipping reporters to better report problems that go well beyond climate change.
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Wheeler Knocks Media For Not Promoting EPA's Achievements
"Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Andrew Wheeler accused the media Monday of misleading the public by not highlighting the agency’s important environmental achievements."
Source: The Hill, 06/04/2019
"Climate Crisis Seriously Damaging Human Health, Report Finds"
"A report by experts from 27 national science academies has set out the widespread damage global heating is already causing to people’s health and the increasingly serious impacts expected in future."
Source: Guardian, 06/04/2019
"U.S. EPA Is Sued For Ousting Scientists From Advisory Committees"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was sued on Monday by a nonprofit over a recent directive banning many scientists from panels that advise the agency on scientific matters."
Source: Reuters, 06/04/2019
"FDA Food Testing Finds Contamination By ‘Forever Chemicals’"
"The Food and Drug Administration’s first broad testing of food for a worrisome class of nonstick, stain-resistant industrial compounds found substantial levels in some grocery store meats and seafood and in off-the-shelf chocolate cake, according to unreleased findings FDA researchers presented at a scientific conference in Europe."
Source: AP, 06/04/2019
"Special Report: Volusia’s Septic Tank Crisis"
"Out-of-sight septic systems — more than 100,000 of them in Volusia County and an estimated 2.7 million in Florida — add to growing concerns about the rising tide of nitrogen and other pollution feeding algae blooms and killing fish and sea grasses."
Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal, 06/03/2019
"Science: EPA Rushes Overhaul Of Cancer Testing"
"EPA plans to quickly revamp its guidelines for evaluating whether environmental contaminants can cause cancer or other ailments, a move Trump administration critics fear is part of a broader effort to weaken the basis for regulating a wide range of pollutants."
Source: Greenwire, 06/03/2019
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