Toxic pollution at Wolverine tannery is extensive, new report shows

The study is the first comprehensive account of pollution at the former Wolverine World Wide tannery.

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Texas refineries cut output as petrochemical spill curbs shipping

A petrochemical disaster outside Houston that has disrupted ship traffic for days at a major U.S. oil port led two major refineries on Monday to reduce fuel production, according to people familiar with the matter.

www.reuters.com

Dr. Richard Jackson: When policymakers ignore science, children pay the price

More than a decade ago, I authored a paper warning that the toxic pollutant lead was damaging the brains of our children and costing each year's cohort of American babies hundreds of billions in lifetime income. Today I am writing because there is mounting evidence that failing to protect our children from air pollution will cost far more.

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First-of-its-kind US nuclear waste dump marks 20 years

In a remote stretch of New Mexico desert, the U.S. government put in motion an experiment aimed at proving to the world that radioactive waste could be safely disposed of deep underground.

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Wounded wilderness: The Exxon Valdez oil spill 30 years later

On the surface, Prince William Sound appears to have recovered. But you don't have to dig too deep—into the soil or into memories—to find the spill's lingering effects.

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Valero refinery in Benicia temporarily shut down after air pollution warning

The Valero refinery in Benicia is shut down, probably for several days, after a problem caused coke particles to escape through a stack. The city urged people with respiratory problems to seek shelter immediately.

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Clean drinking water a bigger global threat than climate change, EPA's Wheeler says

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler says that unsafe drinking water -- not climate change -- poses the greatest and most immediate global threat to the environment.

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The Three Mile Island accident and the enduring questions of ties to cancer and deaths

Repeated studies find no conclusive link between the TMI accident and public health. But those conclusions don’t satisfy those who live around the plant and know people who became sick and died at young ages.

www.pennlive.com

Weed killer residues found in 98 percent of Canadian honey samples

As U.S. regulators continue to dance around the issue of testing foods for residues of glyphosate weed killers, government scientists in Canada have found the pesticide in 197 of 200 samples of honey they examined.

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Why Louisianans blame government, not corporations, for pollution problems

UC Berkeley sociologist Arlie Hochschild traveled to Louisiana, the second-poorest state, to explore why its neediest populations simultaneously rely on federal aid and reject the concept of “big government."

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A fracking-driven industrial boom renews pollution concerns in Pittsburgh

Once known as the Steel City, Pittsburgh is shedding its polluted past and embracing a rebirth built on health care, education, and technology. But the region’s surging fracking industry is attracting a $6 billion ethane plant and other petrochemical facilities, raising new pollution fears.

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Study finds that commonly occurring levels of neonicotinoid insecticide harm white-tailed deer

A two-year study, published March 14, finds that field-relevant contamination with the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid causes reduced body weight and metabolism in white-tailed deer, and – in fawns – mortality.

beyondpesticides.org

Tyson recalls over 69,000 pounds of chicken strips due to possible metal contamination

Tyson Foods is recalling about 69,093 pounds of frozen chicken strip products that may be contaminated with pieces of metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service says.

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Dirty lies: how the car industry hid the truth about diesel emissions

Tens of thousands of people died because carmakers felt so free, for so long, to flout the law.

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More chemicals found at Badger Army Ammunition site near Merrimac

While there are health advisories for two types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances for groundwater near the former Badger Army Ammunition site, testing uncovered six.

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Deer Park fire to be investigated by US Chemical Safety Board

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board announced Thursday it would be investigating the ITC Deer Park fire, as some local leaders grow exasperated with the company's handling of the incident.

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Deer Park, Texas residents freed from shelter-in-place order after fire

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality said that at the maximum levels detected, the benzene levels could cause headaches and nausea, but no long-term effects.

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Valero refinery in Benicia temporarily shut down after air pollution warning

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Deer Park, Texas residents freed from shelter-in-place order after fire