Cancer-causing PCB chemicals still being produced despite 40-year-old ban | Pollution
Industry may be producing more carcinogenic PCB chemicals today than at any point in history, even though their production was banned more than 40 years ago. PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) are man-made substances that were used as coolants and lubricants in electrical equipment until they were banned due to their association with health problems and because […]
After East Palestine train derailment, toxic chemicals did not need to be burned off, NTSB says
The decision to blow up five tank cars and burn toxic chemicals inside them after a freight train derailed in eastern Ohio last year was not justified, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board told Congress Wednesday. Ta. But she said key decision-makers, who feared the tank cars would explode three days after the […]
Kathy Hochul’s ban on refrigerator chemicals will only hurt New Yorkers
As Governor Hochul’s extreme environmental policies gain momentum, they are wreaking more havoc on the lives of New Yorkers than ever before. Now they’re after your refrigerator. The Department of Environmental Protection wants to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in refrigerators and air conditioners, a mandate that would force companies to pass on significant upgrade costs […]
Democrat Wisconsin governor bill to fight forever chemicals legislative session
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers indicated Wednesday that he has no intention of signing a Republican bill that would spend tens of millions of dollars to address pollution from so-called permanent chemicals known as PFAS. That’s because the bill would significantly reduce the enforcement powers of regulators. The Senate passed the bill in November, and the […]
‘Forever chemicals’ in 70M American water systems: study
More than 70 million Americans drink tap water contaminated with “permanent chemicals” linked to cancer and damage to reproductive and immune systems, according to a federal study. These “forever chemicals” (officially known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)) are microscopic, man-made compounds that cannot be broken down by the body. Federal Environmental Protection Agency report […]
Anti-Israel protesters at Columbia claim they were sprayed with chemicals
Anti-Israel student demonstrators who marched on Columbia University's campus on Friday claimed they were sprayed with a chemical that smelled like “raw sewage and dead rats.” Members of the suspended university groups Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace said they were approached by two unidentified men outside the Lower Library and […]