Salon: Why the EPA Won’t Get the Lead Out of Our Water
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Susan Sargent | November 19, 2018
From: Salon “After the Flint crisis, the EPA asked states in 2016 to collect information about where lead pipes were and publish that information online on local or state websites. Nine states, including Kansas and North Carolina, told the EPA they wouldn’t or didn’t intend to ...
This Silicon Valley Space Startup Could Lace the Atmosphere With Mercury
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Susan Sargent |
From: Bloomberg “Environmental scientists who’ve been working for years to curtail mercury pollution are frustrated by the potential emergence of a market for mercury propulsion, says Dan Jaffe, a professor of environmental chemistry at the University of Washington at Bothell. “Using ...
CSB’s Focus On Employee Dispute Harms Investigations, PEER Says
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Susan Sargent |
From: Inside OSHA “Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) is faulting the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s (CSB) spending on legal fees in a dispute with the board’s former managing director, saying that CSB’s continued focus on ...
CSB Faces Continued Uncertainty Despite Democrats’ House Control
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Susan Sargent |
From: Inside OSHA “Despite Democrats’ control of the House next year, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) faces continued uncertainty about its future as its supporters fear the Trump administration may deprive it of a quorum to operate by not nominating ...
Mercury May Reach Orbit Through Regulatory Blindspot
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Susan Sargent |
Mercury Satellite Thruster Propellant Threatens Eco-Catastrophe Back on Earth ...
