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Levels of toxic gas in ‘Cancer Alley’ are ‘substantially’ higher than previously believed: Study
The Hill· 7 hours agoResearchers from Johns Hopkins University measured for a chemical called ethylene oxide (EtO), which increases risks of cancers including breast cancer, ...
Air in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ may be far more toxic than previously thought: Study
Semafor via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThe research finds people in the area are exposed to many times higher levels of the toxic chemical...
Airborne Poison: Johns Hopkins Detects Toxic Gas Swamping Louisiana
SciTechDaily· 7 hours agoA Johns Hopkins study revealed alarmingly high ethylene oxide levels in Louisiana, suggesting...
EPA issues violations of toxic air emissions at Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic
Los Angeles Daily News· 19 hours agoThis marks the first time the EPA has issued a violation against the operators of the Castaic...
Fayetteville PWC water report: ‘forever chemicals’ present but low; more protection coming
The Fayetteville Observer via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoHow much is always the question when it comes to any contamination and that includes PFAS, which...
Investigators collect soil samples from Fifth Ward cancer cluster under EPA oversight
KHOU 11 Houston· 6 days agoInvestigators with Union Pacific railroad and the EPA said they are testing for chemicals that may...
Ethylene oxide exposure worse than previously believed in Louisiana, new study shows
WBRZ 2 Baton Rouge· 18 minutes agoThe study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University raises new health concerns for communities that sit among the chemical plants lining a stretch of the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge ...
Louisiana warned of soaring toxic gas levels that can "directly damage DNA"
Newsweek· 7 hours agoThe discovery was made using an advanced mobile air-testing lab, which detected much higher levels of the gas than previously estimated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA< ...
EPA Engaging in “Administrative Deliberations” Regarding TSCA Section 5 Order Challenged by Cherokee...
JD Supra· 2 days agoCherokee Concerned Citizens watchers will be interested to know that on June 6, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed an unopposed motion in the U.S.
'Cancer Alley' Yields Bad News
newser· 5 hours ago"The instrumentation technology that we have available to us is just much more sensitive and can be put on vans and driven around in ways that you don't...