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Toxic gas in Louisiana air far exceeds safe levels, EPA estimates, US study finds
Reuters· 7 days agoThe toxic gas ethylene oxide (EtO) is detectable in southeastern Louisiana at levels a thousand...
Delaware City Refinery 'deviated' from its permit 7 times this year with no violations
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoThe refinery historically has been Delaware’s biggest polluter, and one of the biggest polluters in...
EPA has lowered the screening level for lead in soil – here’s what that could mean for households...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoIn 2001, the EPA found lead concentrations up to 33,100 parts per million in local yard soils. The...
Real-time data show the air in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ is even worse than expected
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe name stems from the fact that the area’s residents have a 95% greater chance of developing...
New York officials testing neighborhoods near the Gowanus Canal for potentially toxic air, soil
ABC7 New York· 2 days agoNew health concerns that affect residents along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn are being...
The EPA Grossly Underestimated How Many Carcinogens are Polluting This Louisiana Region's Air, Study...
Futurism via Yahoo News· 4 days agoA plant-smattered stretch of Louisiana between New Orleans and Baton Rouge is already known as...
NC House proposes spending up to $180 million on renovations to NC State’s Poe Hall
Durham Herald-Sun McClatchy via AOL· 22 hours agoBoth rounds of testing showed that levels of the chemicals in the air, where they pose the greatest...
PFAS Drinking Water Limits Praised but More Regulations Sought
Bloomberg Law· 1 day agoThe EPA’s caps on PFAS in drinking water will decrease the amount of the disease-linked chemicals that many people drink, but regulations on the release of the substances ...
EJ in EPA Rulemaking | JD Supra
JD Supra· 2 days agoIn the first half of 2024, EPA has finalized a host of rules driven, at least in part, by concerns about disparate impacts and environmental justice. For instance, in conjunction ...
Stark Warning: Dangerous Levels Of Toxic Gas Detected In Louisiana's "Cancer Alley"
IFLScience· 4 days agoToxic gas used in petrochemical manufacturing has been detected at levels a thousand times higher...