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Chemicals

"Final Federal MCHM Study Leaves Same Questions Unanswered"

"Federal government scientists on Friday released the final update of their study of Crude MCHM, without answering several important questions about the potential health effects of the January 2014 chemical spill that contaminated the drinking water supply for hundreds of thousands of residents in Charleston and surrounding communities of the Kanawha Valley."

Source: Charleston Gazette-Mail, 07/11/2016
July 22, 2016

Learning From Flint: Telling the Stories That Need to be Told

You're invited to join a community conversation about important regional and national environmental and health issues, and a potential conference and reporting project. Organized by SEJ with the University of Michigan — Flint.

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"First Ever Biosafety Report Details 199 Mishaps With Toxic Agents"

"The Federal Select Agent Program, which oversees dangerous substances such as anthrax and bird flu in federal, academic and private labs, reported 199 incidents in which lab workers were potentially exposed to infectious or toxic agents in 2015, though there were no losses of select agents."

Source: Reuters, 07/06/2016

"California's Struggle Over The Chemical BPA Continues"

"Californians this summer are starting to see a new warning at checkout lines of grocery stores, pharmacies and convenience markets that the products on their shelves may include a dangerous chemical. But there's one problem: The signs don't tell them which products."

Source: San Jose Mercury News, 07/04/2016

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