21 December 2021 Walmart sued for alleged dumping of hazardous waste in California landfills A lawsuit filed by the California attorney general and a dozen district attorneys alleges Walmart has dumped nearly 80 tons of hazardous waste, plus confidential customer information, in California landfills each year over the last five years. Read the Full Article on www.latimes.com
PFAS widespread in water- and stain-resistant outdoor clothes, home linens “The chemical industry has been arguing that, ‘oh, we’ve been moving away from these substances, we’re no longer using them.’ And that’s not true.”
LISTEN: Lorraine N. Vélez-Torres on respiratory health in Puerto Rico “Since fungal spores are very tiny and microscopic, we cannot see them, so we breathe millions and millions of fungal spores daily.”
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Investigation finds evidence of PFAS in workout and yoga pants Testing finds fluorine—an indicator of PFAS—in women’s sportswear from popular brands like Old Navy and Lululemon.
Misled on lead: The campaign to keep toxic lead in hunting ammo and fishing tackle Hunting and fishing have a science denial problem.
Peter Dykstra: A year into the Biden Administration, environmental hope is sparse As President Biden completes his first year in the White House, hopes for dramatic change on climate and environment blow away.
