EPA finds toxic chemicals leached into common pesticide
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Elizabeth Duan | January 15, 2021
“Toxins leached from packaging into a pesticide commonly used on mosquitoes, the Environmental Protection Agency has found, but the risks to human health are unclear. The EPA began testing the pesticide in response to findings from an advocacy group, Public Employees for ...
New Chemical Safety Board adviser draws scrutiny
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Elizabeth Duan |
“A federal agency that investigates industrial chemical accidents has a controversial new adviser, drawing an unusual level of scrutiny to an often-overlooked entity in the Trump administration’s waning days. That history isn’t sitting well with some environmental groups ...
EPA probes PFAS leaching into common insecticide
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Elizabeth Duan |
“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 ...