Reduction of air tours over Hawaii national parks is proposed
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Susan Sargent | May 16, 2023
Ruling in 2020, the court ordered the FAA and NPS to adopt limits on air tours over 23 national parks, including Haleakala and Hawai ‘i Volcanoes national parks. The order came in response to a lawsuit by Hawaii Island Coalition Malama Pono and Public Employees for Environmental ...
PFAS Chemicals Found in Commonly Used Pesticides, Study Finds
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Susan Sargent | May 12, 2023
A new study warns that many common insecticides used on foods contain potentially toxic and cancer causing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals”, since they are known to build up in the environment and human body, posing a number of health risks ...
US food pesticides contaminated with toxic ‘forever chemicals’ testing finds
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Susan Sargent | May 7, 2023
The fertilizers are also probably polluting water with PFAS. The level of PFOA, one kind of PFAS compound, found in Malathion 5EC was over 100,000 times higher than the level the EPA considers safe in drinking water, though no limit has been set for PFAS in pesticides. “There is no ...
US agency takes unprecedented action to tackle PFAS water pollution
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Susan Sargent | May 6, 2023
The enforcement action is “significant”, said Kyla Bennett, a former EPA scientist now with the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility non-profit. But she said it represented “baby steps” and questioned why the EPA was allowing such high levels of PFAS to be disgorged ...
Shielding science from politics: how Joe Biden’s research integrity drive is faring
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Susan Sargent | May 5, 2023
Their response for most part, my requests and warnings that I had been making so almost for over 11 years were ignored. And then I started officially reporting the infractions to the research centers animal care and biosafety committees and the wastewater spills and breaches to regulate ...
Plastic Burning Pollution Flies Under the Radar
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Susan Sargent |
DOERING: Just 5 percent of plastic waste is recycled in the U.S. each year. Of the other 95 percent, some winds up as pollution in the ocean, most is buried in landfills and roughly 10% is burned, generating harmful air pollutants like dioxins and ash containing heavy metals. But waste ...