“Anvil 10+10 is a pesticide that has been used for mosquito control in Massachusetts and throughout the U.S. The product purportedly contains only Sumithrin and Piperonyl butoxide. According to the state’s Mosquito Control and Spraying Fact Sheet, the Anvil 10+10 has a half-life of ...

“To reduce the spread of eastern equine encephalitis and other mosquito-borne diseases, the state has sprayed millions of acres in recent years with a pesticide found to contain significant amounts of PFAS. The PFAS leached into the pesticide from its packaging. Under pressure from ...

“Noah Valenstein, secretary of Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection, announced his resignation Thursday, effective on Friday, June 4. “Inasmuch as part of his tenure involved working in the Scott administration, perhaps his biggest accomplishment was preventing the ...

“As Vermont continues to monitor the extent of PFAS contamination across the state, a nonprofit group is calling on state agencies to research whether the toxic chemicals are contaminating pesticides, too. The Conservation Law Foundation pointed to at least three types of mosquito ...

“A pair of environmental groups reported recently that high levels of per– and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, were detected in a sample of a widely used mosquito insecticide that is sprayed every spring and summer in the streets of 2,100 communities across Maryland, as well ...

“Environmental crime prosecutions have continued falling in recent months, a new analysis shows, boosting pressure for the Biden administration to ramp up enforcement. The Justice Department prosecuted 32 criminal cases referred by the Environmental Protection Agency during the first ...

“Wayland is the latest town to discover high levels of PFAS in tap water. Town administrator Louise Miller said two of their four wells detected more than 20 parts per trillion of this dangerous chemical, which surpasses the state’s new safety standard. Dr. Kyla Bennett is the ...

“Since Massachusetts enacted new safety regulations last fall, more communities have found elevated levels of toxic chemicals known as PFAS in their drinking water. Kyla Bennett, a former scientist at the US Environmental Protection Agency, noted that Massachusetts requires testing ...

“On January 27, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order committing his administration “to achieve the goal of conserving at least 30% of our lands and waters by 2030.” That’s an ambitious goal. The U.S. currently conserves around 26% of its coastal waters and about 12% ...

“House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders from both parties are concerned about ongoing controversies at a key federal agency tasked with investigating chemical crises. Questions have emerged around Lemos and the CSB’s spending. Earlier this month, the group Public Employees ...

“Attorneys for state employee whistleblowers are asking EPA administrator Michael Regan to reexamine an emissions permit granted to the Cherokee Generating Station north of Denver. If the Biden administration agrees to the request, Xcel Energy may be forced to obtain a new emissions ...

“The White House on Friday held its first task force meeting to develop strategies for empowering career federal scientists, including through identifying incidents of interference in previous administrations. Tim Whitehouse, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental ...

“EPA’s inspector general today issued another damning report showing the agency’s pursuit of polluters violating federal air, water and toxics laws has plummeted. “Enforcement decline was exacerbated by the Trump administration, but this is not solely a Trump issue ...

“EPA’s inspector general issued a stinging rebuke of the agency’s forensics center, highlighting challenges left for the Biden administration to address. Tim Whitehouse, a former EPA enforcement official, generally found the report “unsurprising,” saying the ...

“A lingering Trump appointee overseeing the struggling federal agency charged with investigating chemical disasters is spending excessive amounts of taxpayer money, according to documents obtained by a watchdog group. Katherine Lemos, chair of the Chemical Safety and Hazard ...

“An environmental whistleblower group claims Katherine Lemos, chair and sole current member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) rewrote the panel’s governing rules to “consolidate” her power at the expense of three pending nominees, and claims she has ...

“In drafting their long-disputed permit renewal for Suncor Energy’s refinery in Commerce City, state air pollution officials used the same 2010 internal guidance memo that they recently “retired” after whistleblowers called the memo illegal and protested it with the ...

“Attorneys for the whistleblowing state air pollution division employees late Friday asked the Colorado Attorney General’s Office to broadly expand the scope of its previously announced investigation into the state health department’s handling of numerous industry permits. The ...

“The controversial SA Dunn landfill will have to apply for what would essentially be a new permit rather than for a renewal of their existing permit to accept construction and demolition debris. That would be a more extensive process, with more scrutiny than a renewal. Additionally, ...

“The former head of EPA’s Office of Children’s Health Protection has filed a whistleblower complaint with the agency asking to be restored to her former post. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which is representing Etzel, said she is working as a ...