Toxics | https://ens-newswire.com We Cover the Earth for You! Sat, 18 Mar 2023 23:26:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.7 https://ens-newswire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/favicon.jpg Toxics | https://ens-newswire.com 32 32 Biden Proposes National Standard for PFAS in Drinking Water https://ens-newswire.com/biden-proposes-national-standard-for-pfas-in-drinking-water/ Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:50:28 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98472 WASHINGTON, DC, March 14, 2023 (ENS) – The Biden Administration today proposed the first national drinking water standard for six harmful “forever chemicals” in the latest action under President Joe [...]

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EPA Acts to Keep ‘Inactive’ Forever Chemicals Off the Market https://ens-newswire.com/epa-acts-to-keep-inactive-forever-chemicals-off-the-market/ Sat, 04 Feb 2023 02:21:17 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=98307 WASHINGTON, DC, February 3, 2023 (ENS) – They’re called “forever chemicals” for a reason – because they don’t break down in the environment over time. Toxic per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFAS, [...]

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Biden Signs Burn Pit Law to Protect Veterans from Toxics https://ens-newswire.com/biden-signs-burn-pit-law-to-protect-veterans-from-toxics/ Wed, 10 Aug 2022 23:40:23 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97563 WASHINGTON, DC, August 10, 2022 (ENS) – President Joe Biden today signed the bipartisan Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics, PACT, Act. The PACT Act is the widest expansion of benefits [...]

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Court Orders Toxics Reviewed for Endangered Species Impact https://ens-newswire.com/court-orders-toxics-reviewed-for-endangered-species-impact/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 01:21:28 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97384 SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 18, 2022 (ENS) – In a win for conservationists and wildlife, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ordered new Environmental Protection Agency [...]

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Wastewater Recycling Sends Microplastics Back to Soil, Ocean https://ens-newswire.com/wastewater-recycling-sends-microplastics-back-to-soil-ocean/ Tue, 17 May 2022 00:29:00 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=97232 CARDIFF, Wales, UK, May 16, 2022 (ENS) – Farmlands across Europe are becoming the largest global reservoir of microplastics due to the high concentrations found in fertilizers derived from sewage [...]

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Governments Agree to Draft Global Plastic Pollution Treaty https://ens-newswire.com/governments-agree-to-draft-global-plastic-pollution-treaty/ Fri, 04 Mar 2022 02:58:32 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96788 NAIROBI, Kenya, March 3, 2022 (ENS) – To tackle plastic pollution accumulating across the globe, governments at the UN Environment Assembly here Tuesday approved the start of talks later this [...]

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Alabama Power Plant Risks Catastrophic Coal Ash Spill https://ens-newswire.com/alabama-power-plant-risks-catastrophic-coal-ash-spill/ Sun, 06 Feb 2022 23:23:46 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=96378 By Benjamin Seidman

BUCKS, Alabama, February 6, 2022 (ENS) – A new digital mapping tool shows that a Category 2 hurricane, packing winds up to 110 mph, could create a [...]

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Unregulated Corrosive 9/11 Dust Lands EPA in Court https://ens-newswire.com/unregulated-corrosive-9-11-dust-lands-epa-in-court/ Mon, 17 Jan 2022 18:09:06 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=95828 WASHINGTON, DC, January 16, 2022 (ENS) – A lawsuit seeking justice for 9/11 first responders suffering respiratory injuries has been filed against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by the non-profit, [...]

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U.S. Navy Fuel Tanks Leak Into Oahu Drinking Water https://ens-newswire.com/u-s-navy-fuel-tanks-leak-into-oahu-drinking-water/ Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:46:25 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=95492 HONOLULU, Hawaii, December 9, 2021 (ENS) – Hawaii’s entire Congressional delegation is calling on Governor David Ige to request that President Joe Biden declare an emergency and direct the U.S. [...]

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Pipeline Company Fined $15M for Largest U.S. Inland Oil Spill https://ens-newswire.com/pipeline-company-fined-15m-for-largest-u-s-inland-oil-spill/ Wed, 08 Dec 2021 22:27:00 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=95547 WILLISTON, North Dakota, December 8, 2021 (ENS) – The pipeline company responsible for the discharge of 29 million gallons of oil-contaminated produced water – a waste product of hydraulic fracturing [...]

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Burning Toxic Firefighting Foam Hazardous to Human Health https://ens-newswire.com/burning-toxic-firefighting-foam-hazardous-to-human-health/ Mon, 22 Nov 2021 23:25:39 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=95386 WASHINGTON, DC, November 22, 2021 (ENS) – Just a month after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a new plan to cope with the wide spread of PFAS, a group [...]

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US EPA to Regulate, Clean Up Non-stick ‘Forever Chemicals’ https://ens-newswire.com/us-epa-to-regulate-clean-up-non-stick-forever-chemicals/ Sun, 24 Oct 2021 21:35:11 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=95060 WASHINGTON, DC, October 21, 2021 (ENS) – Toxic when ingested, persistent in the environment, PFAS are manufactured chemicals used in industrial and consumer products worldwide since the 1950s. Now, the [...]

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Groups Petition U.S. EPA to Regulate Toxic Leaded Aviation Gas https://ens-newswire.com/groups-petition-u-s-epa-to-regulate-toxic-leaded-aviation-gas/ Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:00:31 +0000 https://ens-newswire.com/?p=94422 NEW YORK, New York, August 26, 2021 (ENS) – Community groups from across the United States, together with California’s Santa Clara County, have filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental [...]

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Obama Nixes Lead Ammo on National Wildlife Refuges https://ens-newswire.com/obama-nixes-lead-ammo-on-national-wildlife-refuges/ Tue, 24 Jan 2017 01:13:50 +0000 http://ens-newswire.com/?p=88838  

WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2017 (ENS) – On the last full day of the Obama administration, January 19, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued an order phasing [...]

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Ohio Superfund Site to Get $18.75 Million Cleanup https://ens-newswire.com/ohio-superfund-site-to-get-18-75-million-cleanup/ Fri, 09 Sep 2016 07:29:07 +0000 http://ens-newswire.com/?p=88038  

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, September 9, 2016 (ENS) – Faced with state and federal charges, Rutgers Organics Corporation has agreed to complete the cleanup of the Nease Chemical Superfund Site [...]

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Congress Strengthens U.S. Chemical Safety Law https://ens-newswire.com/congress-strengthens-u-s-chemical-safety-law/ Wed, 08 Jun 2016 22:13:09 +0000 http://ens-newswire.com/?p=87654  

WASHINGTON, DC, June 8, 2016 (ENS) – By unanimous consent, the U.S. Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would update federal chemical safety protections for the first time [...]

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Canada, U.S. Warn of Eight Chemicals in Great Lakes https://ens-newswire.com/canada-u-s-warn-of-eight-chemicals-in-great-lakes/ Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:51:12 +0000 http://ens-newswire.com/?p=87628  

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, May 31, 2016 – Canada and the United States have identified eight substances in the water of the Great Lakes as chemicals of mutual concern [...]

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Aerial Pesticide Spraying Linked to Higher Autism Risk https://ens-newswire.com/aerial-pesticide-spraying-linked-to-higher-autism-risk/ Fri, 06 May 2016 08:46:05 +0000 http://ens-newswire.com/?p=87538  

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 6, 2016 (ENS) – The use of airplanes to spray anti-mosquito pesticides may increase the risk of autism spectrum disorder and developmental delays among children, [...]

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Ortho Bans Neonics, Bees Do Their Happy Dance https://ens-newswire.com/ortho-bans-neonics-bees-do-their-happy-dance/ Wed, 13 Apr 2016 05:07:04 +0000 http://ens-newswire.com/?p=87477  

MARYSVILLE, Ohio, April 12, 2016 (ENS) – Insect control giant Ortho today said the company would immediately begin phasing out neonicotinoid-based pesticides for outdoor use because they are [...]

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Toxins Found in 39% of U.S. Southeastern Streams https://ens-newswire.com/toxins-found-in-39-of-u-s-southeastern-streams/ Sun, 21 Feb 2016 17:28:42 +0000 http://ens-newswire.com/?p=87247  

RESTON, Virginia, February 21, 2016 (ENS) – Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey have found toxins produced by algae, known as microcystins, in 39 percent of the small [...]

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