"Environmentalists Target Mountains of Fertilizer Waste"
"The U.S. houses hundreds of millions of tons of phosphogypsum in open-air stacks, but regulation is inconsistent."
Source: Undark, 04/20/2022
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"People Of Color More Likely To Be Harmed By Pesticides, Study Finds"
"People of color and low-income communities are at disproportionate risk of pesticide exposure, a new study has found." "Hispanic and Latino farmworkers at high risk from pesticide use in agriculture, while people in lower-income housing also affected".
Source: Guardian, 04/19/2022
"Companies, Not FDA, Approve Most Chemicals In Food"
"Roughly 99 percent of chemicals added to food since 2000 were approved for use by the chemical and food industry — not federal regulators — according to a new analysis from the Environmental Working Group."
Source: E&E News, 04/18/2022
Fight Brewing Over Calif. Ballot Measure To Reduce Single-Use Plastics
"On any given afternoon, the garbage cans in San Jose’s Westfield Oakridge Mall food court overflow with plastic spoons, forks, soft drink cups and takeout food containers. Paper frozen yogurt containers are mashed in with plastic boba tea cups and soda bottles."
Source: LA Times, 04/18/2022
"EPA: Breathing Formaldehyde Causes Cancer"
"Defying pressure from industry members and Republican lawmakers, EPA has released a long-delayed and highly contentious draft assessment finding formaldehyde is carcinogenic to humans when inhaled."
Source: E&E News, 04/15/2022
"Amid Hopes and Fears, a Plastics Boom in Appalachia Is On Hold"
"The rise of fracking in Appalachia has fed visions of turning the Ohio River Valley into a petrochemical and plastics hub. But overproduction of plastic, opposition to natural gas pipelines, and public concern about rampant plastic waste are upending those plans."
Source: YaleE360, 04/14/2022
"Brightmark, Georgia County Cancel $680 Million Plastic-To-Fuel Project"
"Brightmark Energy and a county in the U.S. state of Georgia scrapped plans to build “the world’s largest” facility to turn plastic waste into fuel, according to a termination agreement published on Monday, a blow to a technology the petrochemical industry has promoted heavily."
Source: Reuters, 04/12/2022
"EPA Launches Civil Rights Inquiry Into Louisiana Agencies"
"EPA will probe alleged racial discrimination by two Louisiana agencies in a predominantly Black area, a senior official confirmed this week."
Source: E&E News, 04/11/2022
"Pollution Shields for Faulty Plants Need Better Fix, Groups Say"
"The Biden administration proposed last week to scrap an exemption for accidental pollution releases, a step environmentalists insist is only one of many needed to close multiple emission shields for industry."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/08/2022
"Trade Secret Protection Strategy for Chemicals to Get EPA Revamp"
"The EPA will soon propose a rule to clarify what chemical manufacturers must do when they seek to keep details such as the company’s name, location, or identity of a chemical confidential."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 04/07/2022
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