EPA probes PFAS leaching into common insecticide
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Elizabeth Duan | January 15, 2021
“EPA has issued a request for information after an investigation into traces of “forever chemicals” linked to a common insecticide revealed contamination in certain containers, believed to be the source of the toxic substances. Discovery of the contamination came as part ...
EPA finds toxic compounds in mosquito spray used in Mass.; maker will change packaging
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Elizabeth Duan | January 14, 2021
“The Environmental Protection Agency has acknowledged that a controversial pesticide used to kill mosquitoes in Massachusetts contains toxic chemicals that leach into the product from its container, and the manufacturer has agreed to change its packaging, officials said Thursday. ...
Guest Opinion: Environmental group cautions against fertilizer waste in roads
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Elizabeth Duan | January 10, 2021
“One of the final gifts of the Trump administration to industrial polluters was to give the green light for fertilizer manufacturers to sell their toxic waste for government road construction. This decision overturned a 31-year U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ban of such use of ...
Foreign visitors could face higher entry fees
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Elizabeth Duan | January 8, 2021
“Foreign tourists could pay more to enter the country’s national parks under a new plan floated by the head of the National Park System Advisory Board. Jeff Ruch, Pacific director of the advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said raising rates for ...
The Washington, D.C., siege has Western roots and consequences
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Elizabeth Duan |
“Five years and four days after armed militiamen took over the Malheur Wildlife Refuge, a remote federal wildlife preserve in eastern Oregon, for 41 days, supporters of President Donald Trump stormed and briefly occupied the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. While ...