Delray Beach opts not to oust planning board member for comments about city water
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Elizabeth Duan | December 1, 2020
“The expected effort to remove Rob Long from the Planning and Zoning Board for criticizing Delray Beach’s water quality never occurred Tuesday. Long enraged Casale and Petrolia after he wrote an op-ed column in The Post commenting on a press release issued by Public Employees for ...
EPA pitches PFAS strategy. Could it help Biden?
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Elizabeth Duan |
“EPA yesterday unveiled a nonenforceable strategy for addressing contamination from so-called forever chemicals in wastewater — a proposal that is drawing everything from harsh criticism to cautious optimism. Kyla Bennett, a director with Public Employees for Environmental ...
A wake up call for all of us: PFAS in mosquito spray
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Elizabeth Duan |
“It’s outrageous — the pesticide the state uses in its mosquito spraying program has been found to contain PFAS, a group of highly toxic chemicals. Recently, tests done on the pesticide Anvil 10+10 by the advocacy group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, and ...
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in pesticide used on millions of Mass. acres when spraying for mosquitoes
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Elizabeth Duan |
“For two decades, state environmental officials have used a controversial pesticide to kill mosquitoes in Massachusetts, spraying millions of acres from the air and ground to reduce the spread of Eastern equine encephalitis. Now, after years of criticism from environmental advocates ...
Tests Reveal Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Aerial Pesticide Showered Over Millions of Acres in US
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Elizabeth Duan |
“A national nonprofit revealed Tuesday that testing commissioned by the group as well as separate analysis conducted by Massachusetts officials show samples of an aerially sprayed pesticide used by the commonwealth and at least 25 other states to control mosquito-borne illnesses ...