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Records: EPA Coordinated Effort To Slow Herbicide Review With Monsanto

"Newly released government email communications show a persistent effort by multiple officials within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to slow a separate federal agency’s safety review of Monsanto’s top-selling herbicide. Notably, the records demonstrate that the EPA efforts came at the behest of Monsanto, and that EPA officials were helpful enough to keep the chemical giant updated on their progress."

Source: U.S. Right To Know, 08/18/2017

"Minamata Convention on Mercury Enters into Force"

"The world’s first treaty to protect the environment and human health in nearly a decade, the Minamata Convention on Mercury, enters into force today, committing its 74 Parties, including the United States, to reducing the risks to human health and the environment from the harmful release of mercury and mercury compounds."

Source: ENS, 08/17/2017

"Washington State Officials Troubled By Oilpatch Secrets"

"Washington State officials have privately complained about a lack of information — vital for an oil spill response — on the ingredients of the diluent used to help Alberta bitumen flow through Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline."

Source: National Observer, 08/16/2017

"Popular Pesticides Keep Bumblebees From Laying Eggs"

"A group of scientists in the United Kingdom decided to look at how bumblebee queens are affected by some widely used and highly controversial pesticides known as neonicotinoids. What they found isn't pretty."

Source: NPR, 08/15/2017

"Chemicals: Greens Launch Legal War On EPA's TSCA Rules"

"Several green groups launched a legal campaign last week against the Trump administration over a pair of rules issued by U.S. EPA under the nation's new chemicals law."

Source: E&E News PM, 08/15/2017

"A Legacy of Environmental Racism"

"Exxon Mobil Is Still Pumping Toxins into Black Community in Texas 17 Years After Civil Rights Complaint"

Source: The Intercept, 08/14/2017

Monsanto Sold Banned Chemicals For Years Despite Known Health Risks

"Monsanto continued to produce and sell toxic industrial chemicals known as PCBs for eight years after learning that they posed hazards to public health and the environment, according to legal analysis of documents put online in a vast searchable archive."

Source: Guardian, 08/11/2017

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Records: EPA Coordinated Effort To Slow Herbicide Review With Monsanto

"Minamata Convention on Mercury Enters into Force"

"Washington State Officials Troubled By Oilpatch Secrets"

"Popular Pesticides Keep Bumblebees From Laying Eggs"

"Chemicals: Greens Launch Legal War On EPA's TSCA Rules"

"A Legacy of Environmental Racism"

Monsanto Sold Banned Chemicals For Years Despite Known Health Risks

"Ottawa Ignoring Hazards Of Top Pesticides Sold In Canada"

"Scant Oversight, Corporate Secrecy Preceded U.S. Weed Killer Crisis"

"California’s Plan to Tackle a Carcinogen Widespread in Water"

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