"The Pesticide Ban Movement Gains Momentum"
"Cities and counties are increasingly banning toxic pesticides—and some are taking aim at fertilizers. But industry attempts to buck local efforts remain a significant hurdle."
Source: EHN, 11/17/2021
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Biden Submits Treaty Fighting Climate Super-Pollutants For Senate OK
"The Biden administration submitted a treaty amendment aimed at curbing a set of climate super-pollutants for Senate approval on Tuesday, White House officials confirmed."
Source: Washington Post, 11/17/2021
"Drilling For ‘White Gold’ Is Happening Right Now At The Salton Sea"
"Barely a mile from the southern shore of the Salton Sea — an accidental lake deep in the California desert, a place best known for dust and decay — a massive drill rig stands sentinel over some of the most closely watched ground in American energy."
Source: LA Times, 11/16/2021
Benton Harbor Residents Sue City, State Over Lead In Water
"A group of Benton Harbor residents filed a federal class action lawsuit Wednesday against city and state officials, saying they didn’t do enough to protect them against lead in some of the city’s drinking water."
Source: St. Joseph Herald-Palladium, 11/12/2021
Veterans Exposed To Burn Pits Will Get Expanded Health Care: White House
"The Biden administration on Veterans Day announced a series of new support options for veterans who had been exposed to 'contaminants and environmental hazards,' such as burn pits, while serving."
Source: CNN, 11/12/2021
"Judge OKs $626 Million Settlement In Flint Water Litigation"
"A judge on Wednesday approved a $626 million deal to settle lawsuits filed by Flint residents who found their tap water contaminated by lead following disastrous decisions to switch the city’s water source and a failure to swiftly acknowledge the problem."
Source: AP, 11/11/2021
"Chinese-Owned Steel Mill Coats Serbian Town In Red Dust; Cancer Spreads"
"A few hundred meters from the huge furnaces of the Chinese-owned Smedrevo steel mill in central Serbia, the village of Radinac is covered in thick red dust. Cancer rates have quadrupled in under a decade, and residents want the plant to clean up or shut down."
Source: Reuters, 11/10/2021
"New Database Shows Hundreds Of Contaminants Detected in US Tap Water"
"Since 2019, more than 320 toxic substances have been detected in U.S. drinking water systems, according to a new analysis by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization."
Source: EHN, 11/10/2021
"EPA To Begin Testing Water At 300 Benton Harbor Homes"
"Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will soon start testing the water in 300 homes in a Michigan city where there’s been a lead crisis to check certified filters given area residents by the state to remove lead from the drinking water."
Source: AP, 11/09/2021
Criminal Groups Profit From Trafficking Of Plastic Waste: Report Says
"Americans like to think they are recycling their plastic takeout food containers, cutlery and flimsy grocery bags when they toss them into those green or blue bins. But, too often, that waste is shipped overseas, sometimes with the help of organized crime groups, where it litters cities, clogs waterways or is burned, filling the air with toxic chemicals."
Source: LA Times, 11/09/2021
