"DEP Accepts Plan to Curb Toxic Chemical in NJ’s Drinking Water"
"Surveys have shown the presence of PFNA in New Jersey’s public water systems is much higher than the national rate".
Source: NJ Spotlight, 01/11/2017
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"Tighter Beryllium Exposure Limits to Save Worker Lives: OSHA"
"New limits for beryllium will save lives and curb illness among foundry workers and those employed in smelting, fabricating and other industries who may be exposed to the cancer-causing metal, OSHA said in a final rule issued Jan. 6."
Source: BNA, 01/09/2017
"US Workers Making BPA Have Enormous Loads Of It In Them"
"Some workers who make or work with the endocrine-disrupting chemical have levels 1,000 times higher than the general public, a federal study found."
Source: EHN, 01/05/2017
Kasich Signs Law Recognizing Firefighter Cancer As On-The-Job Illness
"Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday signed a law inspired by a Beachwood fire captain, which will make it easier for firefighters to get worker's compensation and pension benefits when they are diagnosed with cancer."
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer, 01/05/2017
"EPA’s New Worker Protection Standard Faces Uncertain Future"
"EPA's revised Worker Protection Standard is scheduled to take effect on Monday (Jan. 2), but the new rules face an uncertain future in the new administration."
Source: Delta Farm Press, 01/04/2017
"Scientists Loved and Loathed by an Agrochemical Giant"
"With corporate funding of research, 'there’s no scientist who comes out of this unscathed.'"
Source: NY Times, 01/03/2017
"4 Children Die When Pesticide, Water Mix Creates Toxic Gas"
"Four children died after someone at their home sprayed water on a previously applied pesticide, causing a reaction that produced toxic phosphine gas, officials in Amarillo, Texas, said."
Source: CNN, 01/03/2017
"Texas Winegrowers Fear New Herbicides Will Wipe Out Industry"
"Competing against millions of acres of cotton, winegrowers fear federal approval of new herbicides to be used on genetically modified cotton seeds will wipe out the wine industry in the Texas High Plains."
Source: Texas Tribune, 01/02/2017
EPA Issues Controversial Rule To Improve Safety At Chemical Facilities
"More than three years after an official prompt from the President, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a long-awaited rule aimed at preventing disasters like the 2010 refinery explosion that killed seven workers in Anacortes, Washington."
Source: Ctr for Public Integrity, 12/23/2016
"Trump EPA Transition Team Lacks Expertise on Chemicals, Water"
"President-elect Donald Trump’s landing team at the Environmental Protection Agency includes some of the Obama administration’s biggest foes on climate and energy policy. But what appears to be absent from the nine members of the EPA transition team is any background in chemicals, pesticides, water pollution, and other policy areas where the agency enforces environmental laws to control contamination and protect public health."
Source: BNA, 12/23/2016
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