chemical pollution

Good News: Scientists Are Using Bacteria to Remove Harmful Contaminants From Our Water

Community Rights/Rights of Nature, Health, News, Resources / January 28, 2019

“Bacteria make enzymes, and it’s these enzymes that do the dirty work of actually breaking down pollutants. So, Scott and his team are experimenting with bacterial enzymes to decontaminate water systems polluted with pesticides and herbicides. Enzymes aren’t alive, so they don’t need nutrients, which means they can be used in places that bacteria won’t …

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Chemicals on our food: When “safe” may not really be safe

Climate, Food, Health, News, Uncategorized / January 20, 2019

The EPA is so confident that traces of pesticides in food are safe that the agency has granted multiple chemical company requests for increases in the allowed tolerances, effectively providing a legal basis for higher levels of pesticide residues to be allowed in American food. Chemicals on our food: When “safe” may not really be …

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Trump’s EPA Is Undermining New Law to Regulate Chemicals

Community Rights, Food, Health, News, Resources / January 7, 2019

“Nevertheless, the rules outlining these prioritization and risk evaluation processes have been “significantly narrowed” under the Trump administration, excluding important “pathways of exposure” that leave vulnerable populations like pregnant women and children especially susceptible to harm, according to Eve Gartner, a litigator in the Healthy Communities Program at Earthjustice, an environmental organization currently litigating the …

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NAFTA 2.0 Signed: A Deal for ‘The Corporate One Percent’

Climate, Community Rights/Rights of Nature, Health, News, Resources / December 2, 2018

““But in the closed door negotiations of the USMCA, corporations came up with new rights: powers for corporations to monitor and change regulations before they see the light of day in areas that could affect food safety, chemicals, environmental regulations and other matters of public safety,” Dey explained. “The agreement also supports higher drug prices …

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Superfund Research Program (SRP) Progress in Research webinar series this Monday, October 1 from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT!

Climate, Community Rights, News, Resources / September 26, 2018

Superfund Research Program (SRP) Progress in Research webinar  series this   Monday, October 1 from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT! There is still time to register for the final session of the  Superfund Research Program (SRP) Progress in Research webinar  series this   Monday, October 1 from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT!   The webinar series highlights …

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Pesticide Studies Won E.P.A.’s Trust, Until Trump’s Team Scorned ‘Secret Science’

Climate, Food, Groundwater, Health, News, Resources / August 25, 2018

SWAMP WATCH: NYT reader comments say it best Barry Fogel Lexington, MAAug. 24 The industry representatives and their families should all volunteer to be non-confidential test subjects in a definitive evaluation of the poisons they are so eager to foist on the public. They have no compunction about adding to the misery of agricultural workers and their families . Hey, …

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