"Paraquat, the Deadliest Chemical in US Agriculture, Goes on Trial"
"Amid lawsuits filed by thousands of farmers linking the herbicide to Parkinson’s disease, the EPA is reconsidering its analysis of paraquat’s risks."
Source: Civil Eats, 03/27/2023
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Scientists Uncover Startling Amounts of DDT Along Seafloor Off LA Coast
"First it was the eerie images of barrels leaking on the seafloor not far from Catalina Island. Then the shocking realization that the nation's largest manufacturer of DDT had once used the ocean as a huge dumping ground—and that as many as half a million barrels of its acid waste had been poured straight into the water."
Source: LA Times, 03/27/2023
"Canada Pledges Great Lakes Funding After Trudeau-Biden Talks"
"Canada has pledged a significant increase in spending to improve water quality in the Great Lakes following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, whose administration also has boosted funding for the shared waters."
Source: AP, 03/27/2023
"Marines, Toxic Water and Lawyers: A Fight Over Billions in Fees"
"A small South Carolina law firm angling to be the lead litigator in the Camp Lejeune toxic water cases spent $1.9 million lobbying US lawmakers in the last two years, as Congress approved a multibillion-dollar payout to sickened veterans that dropped a provision to limit the fees their lawyers could charge."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/24/2023
"Norfolk Southern CEO Dodges Question On Support For Railway Reform Bill"
"Norfolk Southern Railway CEO Alan Shaw said Wednesday that he supports certain aspects of a bipartisan railroad safety bill introduced after a train operated by the company crashed in East Palestine, Ohio, but declined to endorse the bill as a whole."
Source: The Hill, 03/23/2023
"As Enforcement Lags, Toxic Coal Ash Keeps Polluting U.S. Water"
"Despite rules requiring remediation, only a few of the nearly 300 U.S. power plants storing toxic ash — the residue of burning coal — have started cleanups or have plans to do so. Many of these sites are polluting groundwater, putting the drinking water for millions at risk."
Source: YaleE360, 03/23/2023
"Trump Appointees Interfered To Weaken EPA Assessment Of Toxic Chemical"
"Trump administration appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) meddled in agency science to weaken the toxicity assessment of a dangerous chemical, a new report by the US body’s internal watchdog has found."
Source: Guardian, 03/23/2023
"Brazil Evicts Miners From Yanomami Territory, Prepares For More Removals"
"Brazil has ousted almost all illegal gold miners from the Yanomami territory, its largest indigenous reservation, and will remove miners from six more reserves this year, the head of the federal police's new environmental crimes division said Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 03/22/2023
"Rise Of Deadly Fungus Spotlights Hospital Infection-Control Challenges"
"A deadly fungus spreading at an alarming rate in U.S. health facilities has exposed the broader problem of how patient safety is jeopardized by underfunded and understaffed infection-prevention efforts, experts say."
Source: Washington Post, 03/22/2023
"Falling Lithium Prices Are Making Electric Cars More Affordable"
"Lithium, the common ingredient in almost all electric-car batteries, has become so precious that it is often called white gold. But something surprising has happened recently: The metal’s price has fallen, helping to make electric vehicles more affordable."
Source: NYTimes, 03/22/2023
