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    Derailed Train Spills 230,000 Gallons of Crude Into Flooded Iowa River

    Derailed Train Spills 230,000 Gallons of Crude Into Flooded Iowa River

    A train derailment spilled 230,000 gallons of crude oil into an already-flooded Iowa river Friday, endangering downstream drinking water, the Des Moines Register reported Sunday. Thirty-two cars of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train derailed, 14 of which leaked crude oil into the Rock River in Doon, Iowa. The cause of the derailment is […]

    ‘Public Relations Nightmare’ Toxic Chemical Report Finally Released by CDC

    ‘Public Relations Nightmare’ Toxic Chemical Report Finally Released by CDC

    A report with frightening consequences for American drinking water that the Trump administration tried to suppress was finally released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wednesday, ProPublica reported. The report was the most in-depth look to date at the health impacts of perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, chemicals used in a variety of […]

    Senate Committee Moves to Force Public Disclosure of Drinking Water Contamination

    Senate Committee Moves to Force Public Disclosure of Drinking Water Contamination

    The Senate Appropriations Committee passed a spending bill Thursday that includes report language requiring the Trump administration to release a key scientific study it buried. The study proposed safe levels for fluorinated, or PFAS, chemicals in drinking water at levels nearly six times lower than those the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends. The amendment […]

    Growing Number of Bangladeshis Flee Rising Waters

    Growing Number of Bangladeshis Flee Rising Waters

    By Kieran Cooke As another monsoon season begins, huge numbers of homeless Bangladeshis are once again bracing themselves against the onslaught of floods and the sight of large chunks of land being devoured by rising water levels. Bangladesh, on the Bay of Bengal, is low-lying and crisscrossed by a web of rivers: two thirds of […]

    Consumer Product Safety Testing Overlooks Cancer Risk From Exposure to Multiple Chemicals

    Consumer Product Safety Testing Overlooks Cancer Risk From Exposure to Multiple Chemicals

    By Olga Naidenko Mixtures of chemicals commonly found in consumer products are more likely to increase breast cancer risk than the same chemicals individually, according to a new analysis. But safety tests by government regulators don’t routinely evaluate the combined effects of multiple chemical exposures. For a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Toxicological Sciences, […]

    110 Million Americans May Be Drinking PFAS-Contaminated Water

    110 Million Americans May Be Drinking PFAS-Contaminated Water

    More than 1,500 drinking water systems across the country may be contaminated with the nonstick chemicals PFOA and PFOS, and similar fluorine-based chemicals, a new EWG analysis shows. This groundbreaking finding comes the same day the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is convening a summit to address PFAS chemicals—a class of toxic chemicals that includes […]

    Opinion: The 2018 Farm Bill Battle Lines Have Been Drawn: Here’s What You Can Do

    Opinion: The 2018 Farm Bill Battle Lines Have Been Drawn: Here’s What You Can Do

    Last week, the Republican-drafted Farm Bill, called the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018 (H.R. 2), failed spectacularly on the House floor when Republicans tried to leverage the farm bill to placate conservatives’ agenda on immigration. Nevertheless, H.R. 2, which generally benefits large commodity producers while compromising long-term food security, provides a helpful view into […]