"Forever Chemicals From a Forever Fire"
"Alabama residents aim to test blood or urine for PFAS amid underground Moody Landfill fire."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/02/2024
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"Chocolate Prices To Keep Rising As West Africa’s Cocoa Crisis Deepens"
"Surveying the stripped landscape of her farm - dotted with pools of cyanide-tainted, tea coloured waste water left by illegal gold miners - is enough to make Janet Gyamfi break down. Only last year, the 27-hectare plot in western Ghana was covered with nearly 6,000 cocoa trees. Today, less than a dozen remain."
Source: Reuters, 04/01/2024
"Iowa Official Finds Dead Fish In 50 Miles Of Fertilizer-Contaminated River"
"State conservation officials have found no living fish in the East Nishnabotna River south of Red Oak — the result of a massive fertilizer spill at a farmers cooperative."
Source: Iowa Capital Dispatch, 04/01/2024
"Inside Bayer’s State-by-State Efforts to Stop Pesticide Lawsuits"
"As the agrichemical giant lays groundwork to fend off Roundup litigation, its use of a playbook for building influence in farm state legislatures has the potential to benefit pesticide companies nationwide."
Source: Civil Eats, 04/01/2024
"Canoeing in a Superfund Site"
"Paddling in the Gowanus Canal, in Brooklyn, has inspired one recovering lawyer to write poetry about toxic sludge, floating condoms, and gentrification."
Source: New Yorker, 03/29/2024
Calif. Latino Communities Most at Risk From Brain-Damaging Weed Killer
"Growers’ use of the neurotoxic weed killer paraquat is concentrated in just five agricultural counties, leaving low-income Latinos disproportionately exposed to a chemical linked to Parkinson’s disease, a new analysis shows."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/29/2024
"Aerial Surveys Show US Landfills Are Major Source Of Methane Emissions"
"Over half of U.S. landfills observed by aerial surveys are super-emitting sources of methane, according to a new study in the journal Science published on Thursday.
The study is the largest assessment to date of methane from landfills, the third-largest source of U.S. methane emissions, and suggests an opportunity to tackle climate change by targeting a prevalent and potent greenhouse gas."
Source: Reuters, 03/29/2024
"Chevron Owns This City’s News Site. Many Stories Aren’t Told."
"The oil and gas company-owned Richmond Standard tells mostly positive stories about the major industry that dominates this California city and its skyline."
Source: Floodlight/NPR, 03/29/2024
Accidents Involving Toxic Vinyl Chloride Are Commonplace, New Report Finds
"A year after a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the study found vinyl chloride accidents have happened on average “once every five days since 2010.” An industry group says the chemical is safe and “makes modern life possible.”"
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/27/2024
Paused Ohio "Chemical Recycling" Plant Puts Spotlight On Appalachia
"On a bright, cold day in February, Akim Lattermore stood in front of her house gesturing toward the site of a proposed facility that would convert old tires, electronic waste and plastic into fuel."
Source: EHN, 03/27/2024
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