Delray Beach officials didn’t report illness possibly connected to drinking water
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Elizabeth Duan | May 6, 2021
“A new report from the Palm Beach County Office of Inspector General (OIG) revealed the City of Delray Beach failed to disclose to the Florida Department of Health that a resident possibly got sick from drinking water mixed with reclaimed water. A whistleblower report had been ...
Internal EPA memo urges agents to up inspections
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Elizabeth Duan | May 4, 2021
“EPA’s top enforcement official has directed agents to ramp up inspections in communities that have long been afflicted by pollution and called on agents “to step in and take necessary action” in cases where state regulators are falling short on the job. Kyla ...
The obvious truth about Delray’s drinking water
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Elizabeth Duan | May 2, 2021
“It’s probably apocryphal, but German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer supposedly said, “All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as self-evident.” Regardless of whether he said it back in the 19th ...
PFAS in Pesticides Problem Ensnares States, Small Businesses
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Elizabeth Duan | April 30, 2021
“A decision by Maryland to switch mosquito sprays due to “forever chemicals” reveals choices that states and companies are quickly making as they and the EPA tackle a quandary: PFAS in pesticides. Maryland’s Department of Agriculture is pausing plans to use Bayer CropScience LP ...
Group questions Yellowstone’s fiber optic project
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Elizabeth Duan |
“Yellowstone National Park’s proposal to bury fiber optic cable alongside 187 miles of roadway has drawn fire from an environmental group. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility wrote in a recent press release, “Unfortunately, those roads traverse areas that run the ...
Zion National Park’s cell tower secret
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Elizabeth Duan |
“As the weather warms up, many of us are thinking about getting outdoors. For a lot of Utahns, that means enjoying one of our Mighty Five national parks. But the 2News Investigative Team found that one park was operating in secret — at least when it came to adding a cell tower ...