Girl Scout cookies are still safe to eat despite reports of heavy metals and pesticides. Here's why
Claims that the popular snack is full of pesticides and heavy metals like lead and cadmium require critical context.
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Lawsuit leads to increased levels of “likely carcinogen” in drinking water
Tests released February 7 by the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) show that Asheboro has dumped extremely high ...
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North Carolina Chamber asks Sen. Tillis to help prevent 1,4-dioxane regulation
An upstream wastewater facility released record levels of a toxic chemical into the drinking water supply of the tri-county ...
New Haven real estate firm settles with EPA on lead paint exposure
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday says it reached a settlement with a Connecticut firm to implement actions ...
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‘You’re looking over your shoulder.’ Inside New England’s EPA office amid Trump’s layoffs
EPA employees in the New England office told the Globe. Some grant-funded work, including investments in solar energy and lead removal from homes in Massachusetts, is already at a standstill ...
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CRRUA says all 4 arsenic plants in state compliance
The Camino Real Utility Authority says all four of its arsenic treatment facilities are now compliant with the New Mexico ...
As Trump administration reforms the EPA, cleanups of America’s most toxic sites are uncertain
Just over a mile from where Patricia Flores has lived for almost 20 years, a battery smelter plant spewed toxic elements into ...
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As Trump administration reforms the EPA, cleanups of America’s most toxic sites are uncertain
Exide Technologies in southeast Los Angeles polluted thousands of properties with lead and contributed to groundwater ... Last year, the EPA determined the plant qualifies due to TCE in the ...
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As Trump administration reforms the EPA, cleanups of America's most toxic sites are uncertain
Exide Technologies in southeast Los Angeles polluted thousands of properties with lead and contributed to groundwater contamination with trichloroethylene, or TCE, a cancer-causing chemical.