Artificial turf potentially linked to cancer deaths of six Phillies ball players – report

by The Guardian | March 10, 2023
All artificial turf is made with toxic PFAS compounds and some types are still produced with recycled tires that can contain heavy metals, benzene, volatile organic compounds and other carcinogens, and a growing number of US municipalities and states have banned or proposed banning them ...

Greens ask BLM to enforce sage grouse rules in Wyoming

A coalition of environmental groups this week asked Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning to stop her agency from granting exceptions to protective stipulations for greater sage grouse in Wyoming. The groups, led by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the ...

BLM Oil Exemptions Threaten Sage Grouse in Wyoming

by | March 8, 2023
Groups Ask for Immediate Moratorium on Waiver of Habitat Protections ...

Study reups concern over ‘forever chemicals’ seeping into goods

“This is sort of the nail in the coffin; this is evidence that it’s there and we should be very careful with these containers,” said University of Notre Dame physics professor Graham Peaslee, co-author of the study. The study was championed by two environmental groups, ...

Plan to incinerate soil from Ohio train derailment “horrifying”: The Guardian

by People's Daily | March 7, 2023
Contaminated soil from the site around the train wreck in the U.S. state of Ohio is being sent to a nearby incinerator with a history of clean air violations, raising fears that the chemicals being removed from the ground will be redistributed across the region, British newspaper The ...
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