Trump EPA Reverses Decision To Use 'Cyanide Bombs' To Kill Wild Animals
"After sustained public outcry, the Trump administration has voided its decision to reauthorize controversial cyanide traps for killing wildlife."
Source: Guardian, 08/16/2019
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"High Lead Levels Found in Sampling of Vermont Schools’ Water"
"High lead levels have been found in drinking water of all five Vermont schools tested so far in a new state program."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/15/2019
"Heavy Metals Found In Groundwater Near Coal Plants"
"Environmental officials say heavy metals from coal ash have seeped into groundwater at a Duke Energy complex along Florida’s Gulf Coast."
Source: AP, 08/15/2019
Microscopic Plastic Fibers Rain From The Sky In Rocky Mountains
"Plastic was the furthest thing from Gregory Wetherbee’s mind when he began analyzing rainwater samples collected from the Rocky Mountains. “I guess I expected to see mostly soil and mineral particles,” said the US Geological Survey researcher. Instead, he found multicolored microscopic plastic fibers."
Source: Guardian, 08/15/2019
Trump Defended Toxic Chlorpyrifos Pesticide. California Will Ban It.
"California regulators on Wednesday took formal legal steps to ban a widely used pesticide that had been rescued from elimination by the Trump administration."
Source: LA Times, 08/15/2019
"Newark Lead Crisis Expands as N.J. Asks for Federal Help"
"New test results indicate that the extent of the lead contamination crisis in Newark, N.J., may be broader than previously thought and the state now says it needs federal help to respond, according to new court filings."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/14/2019
"A Giant Factory Rises to Make a Product Filling Up the World: Plastic"
The 386-acre property looks like a giant Lego set rising from the banks of the Ohio River. It is one of the largest active construction projects in the United States, employing more than 5,000 people. When completed, the facility will be fed by pipelines stretching hundreds of miles across Appalachia. It will have its own rail system with 3,300 freight cars. And it will produce more than a million tons each year of something that many people argue the world needs less of: plastic."
Source: NY Times, 08/13/2019
"EPA Won’t Approve Warning Labels For Roundup Chemical"
"The Trump administration says it won’t approve warning labels for products that contain glyphosate, a move aimed at California as it fights one of the world’s largest agriculture companies about the potentially cancer-causing chemical."
Source: AP, 08/13/2019
"In Echo of Flint Lead Crisis, Newark Offers Bottled Water"
"For more than a year, Newark officials denied the city had a widespread lead problem with its drinking water. Then, in an abrupt shift last fall, New Jersey’s largest city began giving out water filters to some residents."
Source: NY Times, 08/12/2019
Insect 'Apocalypse' In U.S. Driven By 50X Increase In Toxic Pesticides
"America’s agricultural landscape is now 48 times more toxic to honeybees, and likely other insects, than it was 25 years ago, almost entirely due to widespread use of so-called neonicotinoid pesticides, according to a new study published today in the journal PLOS One."
Source: National Geographic, 08/09/2019
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