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Louisiana Wildlife Commission sets stage to create hunting season for iconic ‘Teddy’ bear

by Susan Sargent | October 6, 2023
But a 2018 lawsuit led by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) with co-counsel Atchafalaya Basinkeeper said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service used “false assumptions and shoddy science” to make its decision for removal. It contends the bears still need ...

Environmentalists Petition EPA To Set NO2, SO2 NAAQS’ ‘Increments’

The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and allied groups are petitioning EPA to set “increments,” the maximum allowable increases in pollution, for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) under the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for those pollutants, years ...

New concerns raised about toxic chemicals at Santa Susana site

A watchdog group issued a report last month saying that two highly toxic chemicals are not being monitored at the Santa Susana Field lab and potentially can leak into the Los Angeles River. Local water officials, however, say they’ve since responded to the report and are working on ...

Former NASA Lab Accused of Leaking Toxic Chemicals Into LA River

by Susan Sargent | September 29, 2023
An aging research center formerly used by NASA is polluting the Los Angeles River and the farms that draw water from it — and the government is fully aware, but doing nothing about it. As The Guardian reports, the nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) ...

Forever Chemicals Likely Leaching From Former NASA Lab Into Los Angeles River

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) oversees the cleanup of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), an approximately 2,850-acre site near Los Angeles where nuclear and rocket engine research, as well as liquid metal testing, ...

EPA Reverses on Decision to Ban Flea Collars with Toxic Pesticide, Leaving Children at Risk

Beyond Pesticides has long covered a long list of corrupt practices by EPA and the chemical industry, demonstrating that the TCVP saga is nothing new. For example, in 2021 four whistleblower scientists asserted that “risk assessments for both new and existing chemicals were ...
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