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“Toxins leached from packaging into a pesticide commonly used on mosquitoes, the Environmental Protection Agency has found, but the risks to human health are unclear. The EPA began testing the pesticide in response to findings from an advocacy group, Public Employees for ...

“President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to address so-called forever chemicals that have been found in Americans’ drinking water and linked to many adverse health effects. But the scope of the contamination may be larger than previously understood given the EPA finding this week ...

“Toxins leached from packaging into a pesticide commonly used on mosquitoes, the Environmental Protection Agency has found, but the risks to human health are unclear. The EPA began testing the pesticide in response to findings from an advocacy group, Public Employees for ...

“A federal agency that investigates industrial chemical accidents has a controversial new adviser, drawing an unusual level of scrutiny to an often-overlooked entity in the Trump administration’s waning days. That history isn’t sitting well with some environmental groups ...

“EPA has issued a request for information after an investigation into traces of “forever chemicals” linked to a common insecticide revealed contamination in certain containers, believed to be the source of the toxic substances. Discovery of the contamination came as part ...

“The Environmental Protection Agency has acknowledged that a controversial pesticide used to kill mosquitoes in Massachusetts contains toxic chemicals that leach into the product from its container, and the manufacturer has agreed to change its packaging, officials said Thursday. ...