All Stories Tagged With: "epa"
White House, US Courts & EPA Shaft Veterans to Protect Monsanto
American veterans and the entire country of Viet Nam affected by Agent Orange have been shafted beyond imagination due to corruption within the US government and US courts. US courts have protected Monsanto and Dow Chemical from liability and criminal prosecution. The US government has shielded Monsanto and Dow from the massive cost of medical treatment for victims and environmental remediation cleanup costs that would drive these corporations into bankruptcy.
EPA Delays Dioxin Hazard Report Once Again Due to Industry Pressure
The industry-controlled EPA promised to release its dioxin hazard reassessment report, but blew its own deadline. Again. The original dioxin toxicity report was due out in 1985. Dioxin is extremely toxic and can cause cancer, birth defects, liver damage and many other harmful effects. Monsanto and Dow Chemical were the top 2 dioxin producers, a byproduct of the herbicide 2,4,5-T; 300 million pounds of their dioxin-laden herbicide pollutes 400 million acres across the United States.
Carcinogenic Dioxin Set Free: EPA Kneels to Monsanto and Big Agriculture
Dioxin is the most toxic man-made chemical known regarding damage to health and the environment. The EPA has withheld a study about dioxin for decades in order to protect large industries that produce dioxin while manufacturing herbicides and pesticides, plastics, chlorine, bleach, and other chemicals. In addition, industrialized agriculture (Big Ag) has pressured the EPA to withhold the report because dioxin becomes concentrated in animal products like meat, eggs and dairy.
Doctors Urge Fracking Halt Over Health Concerns
Doctors are warning United States government officials and gas producers about the dangers of hydraulic fracking, the controversial act of pumping water and chemicals underground in order to facilitate the flow of oil or gas. As previously admitted by the EPA, reports have revealed that fracking is leading to groundwater pollution that could be endangering your health. Jerome Paulson, a pediatrician at George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, is calling upon gas producers who are heavily involved in fracking to finance studies examining the safety of the process.
EPA Admits Fracking Causing Groundwater Pollution
The EPA has finally admitted that fracking, the controversial act of pumping water and chemicals underground in order to facilitate the flow of oil or gas, is causing groundwater pollution. The chemicals involved in the fracking process are highly toxic, and many activists have been speaking out against fracking due to the threat to public health that the technique poses. Many viral videos have actually included residents of fracking towns lighting their tap water on fire due to the high gas content.
Bottled Water Regulation | Regulated Less than Tap Water
Bottled water regulation operates on a different level than tap water. It is treated as a food in the United States, and is therefore subject to the rules and regulations of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Tap water regulation, on the other hand, is performed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and does not undergo the same rules of regulation.
Flu Shots Contain More than 250 Times the EPA’s Safety Limit for Mercury
Thimerosal is a widely used vaccine preservative that is present in the majority of flu shots and other vaccines. Thimerosal is 49% mercury by volume, an extremely toxic chemical element that wreaks havoc on the nervous system, neurological function, and overall biological function.
EPA Considers Launching BPA Investigation
Following a number of highly-publicized studies and a nationwide ban on bisphenol A (BPA) in Canada, the EPA has announced that it is considering launching an investigation into the effects of BPA.
Your Home May be Making You Sick
According to the EPA, about a dozen common chemical pollutants are two to five times higher inside homes than outside of them. Scientists are beginning to examine the link between indoor pollutants and asthma.
Another Study Finds Mercury in Fluorescent Bulbs a Health Risk
Only months after it was found that energy saving fluorescent bulbs release carcinogenic chemicals into the air, a new study has found that these harmful chemicals are continually released from the bulbs over a period of weeks to months. Furthermore, the study also found that the levels of mercury released exceed those that are considered safe for humans. For owners of new ‘green’ homes that are extremely well sealed with little exposure to outside air, CFLs (compact fluorescent lamp) may pose even more of a threat.
Politicians Knew Agency Hid the Amount of Radiation in Drinking Water
Newly-released e-mails from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality show the agency’s top commissioners directed staff to continue lowering radiation test results, in defiance of federal EPA rules. The e-mails and documents, released under order from the Texas Attorney General to KHOU-TV, also show the agency was attempting to help water systems get out of formally violating federal limits for radiation in drinking water.
Toxic Flame Retardants Found in 80% of Baby Products
Eighty percent of baby products contain toxic or untested chemical flame retardants, according to a new study of products such as car seats, changing pads and portable cribs. One-third of products, which also included nursing pillows, contained a chemical called chlorinated tris, which was removed from children’s pajamas in the 1970s because of cancer concerns, though the chemical was never banned, says a study released Wednesday in Environmental Science & Technology.
EPA: New Radiation Highs in Little Rock Milk, Philadelphia Drinking Water
Milk from Little Rock and drinking water from Philadelphia contained the highest levels of Iodine-131 from Japan yet detected by the Environmental Protection Agency, according to data released by EPA Saturday. The Philadelphia sample is below the EPA’s maximum contaminant level (MCL) for iodine-131 in water, but the Little Rock sample is almost three times higher. However, the Food and Drug Administration observes a much higher standard for milk, and all milk samples collected so far are well below that level.
