Straws from plant based materials “are not necessarily a more sustainable alternative to plastic straws.”…
Manufacturer 3M to Pay up to $12.5 Billion to Help 300 Cities from Philadelphia to San Diego Filter Out ‘Forever Chemicals’ from Drinking Water Supplies After Thousands of its Household Items Were Tied to Cancer…
Manufacturing giant 3M has agreed to pay up to $12.5 billion in order to settle hundreds of lawsuits that allege its ‘forever chemicals’ contaminated cities’ drinking water…
EPA Knew Fracking Chemicals Were Toxic, but Approved Them Anyway…
Internal documents obtained by Physicians for Social Responsibility reveal that between 2010 and 2020, fossil fuel corporations injected into the ground potentially carcinogenic chemicals that can degrade into PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” after Obama’s EPA approved their use despite agency scientists’ concerns about toxicity…
Americans Exposed to Toxic Chemicals in Drinking Water ‘Dramatically Underestimated’…
Tap water in the United States is contaminated with toxic fluorinated chemicals at a higher rate than previously thought, according to a new report. “It’s nearly impossible to avoid contaminated drinking water from these chemicals,” David Andrews, a senior scientist at Environmental Working Group and co-author of the report published Wednesday, said. “Forever chemicals,” also […]
For Years, Top U.S. Toxicologist Was Barred from Saying PFAS Cause Disease in Humans. She’s Saying it Now…
The widespread environmental contaminants known as PFAS cause multiple health problems in people, according to Linda Birnbaum, who retired as director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program earlier this month. The statement may come as little surprise to those following the medical literature on the industrial chemicals that […]