"The E.P.A. Promotes Toxic Fertilizer. 3M Told It of Risks Years Ago."
"The agency obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that sewage sludge, the raw material for the fertilizer, carried toxic “forever chemicals.”"
Source: NYTimes, 01/02/2025
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Oil Industry Playbook: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
"Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry."
Source: ProPublica, 01/02/2025
Maryland Sues GORE-TEX Company For Polluting Water With PFAS Chemicals
"Maryland is suing Cecil County-based manufacturing giant W.L. Gore & Associates for knowingly polluting the air and surrounding water with toxic Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)."
Source: CBS News, 12/23/2024
Senator Urges EPA to Release Report on Formaldehyde Health Risks
"Citing a recent ProPublica investigation, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., urged the Environmental Protection Agency in a letter this week to issue a final report on the health risks of formaldehyde that is “science-based” and “as strong as possible,” adding that “the agency has an obligation to protect the public from the chemical.”"
Source: ProPublica, 12/23/2024
Group Says New Jersey Toxic Waste Dumping Caused $1B In Harm, Sues
"Years of toxic waste dumping in a Jersey Shore community where childhood cancer rates rose caused at least $1 billion in damage to natural resources, according to an environmental group trying to overturn a settlement between New Jersey and the corporate successor to the firm that did the polluting."
Source: AP, 12/23/2024
"Agricultural Poisons Tell a Tale of Two Californias"
"The Golden Rule doesn’t apply in the Golden State when it comes to protecting Latino and Indigenous farmworker communities from toxic pesticides."
Source: Inside Climate News, 12/23/2024
Petrochemical Plants Send Millions Of Pounds Of Pollutants Into Waterways
"Nearly 70 petrochemical companies across the nation, including 30 in Texas, are sending millions of pounds of pollutants into waterways each year due to weak or nonexistent regulations, according to a report published by the watchdog group Environmental Integrity Project."
Source: EHN, 12/20/2024
Carcinogen From Goodyear Plant Is Invading Niagara Falls Neighborhoods
"Recent computer modeling shows that the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s chemical plant in Niagara Falls, New York, is releasing a bladder carcinogen into nearby neighborhoods at levels up to seven times the state’s safety guideline."
Source: Public Health Watch, 12/20/2024
"Why Are Pesticide Companies Fighting State Laws to Address PFAS?"
"In Maine, Maryland, and beyond, the industry is using a well-worn playbook to slow legislators’ attempts to get forever chemicals out of food and water."
Source: Civil Eats, 12/19/2024
Toxic PFAS Taint Rural California Drinking Water, Far From Known Sources
"PFAS chemicals have unexpectedly turned up in well water in rural farmland, far from any industrial areas, airports, or military bases."
Source: KFF Health News, 12/18/2024
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