8 de febrero de 2023
Un tren que arrastraba cinco vagones repletos de millones de libras de cloruro de vinilo se descarriló cerca de la frontera entre Ohio y Pennsylvania, obligando a miles de residentes a evacuar.
February 7, 2023
EAST PALESTINE, OH -- Late Friday evening, a Norfolk Southern Railway train carrying five cars containing millions of pounds of vinyl chloride -- a potent carcinogen used to make PVC pipes, upholstery, plastic kitchenware, and more -- derailed near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border, prompting thousands of residents within a two-mile radius to evacuate. Exposure to vinyl chloride is linked to liver cancer and when burned, vinyl chloride produces acutely toxic gases including hydrochloric acid and phosgene.
1 de febrero de 2023
Tras más de una década de disputas, la Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) emitió una Determinación Final de protección para Bristol Bay de daños potenciales de la Mina Pebble.
20 de enero de 2023
La marca de prendas menstruales Thinx acordó una demanda colectiva de hasta $5 millones que acusó que sus productos contienen los venenosos compuestos PFAS, Per- y Poly-Fluoroalquilos.
January 20, 2023
OAKLAND -- On Wednesday, the menstrual underwear brand Thinx settled an up to $5 million class action lawsuit that claimed its products contain PFAS chemicals, or Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances. PFAS are synthetic chemicals widely used in consumer products like raincoats, food containers, and furniture, because they make paper and fabrics stain and water-resistant. These “forever chemicals” are under intense scrutiny because they build up in people’s bodies, never break down in the environment, and are associated with a variety of health problems including cancer, immune system, and…
December 6, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the National PFAS Contamination Coalition, Sierra Club, Center for Health Environment and Justice, and more than 60 other organizations sent a letter to the Biden Administration calling for the safe and expeditious clean up of PFAS-contaminated federal sites. PFAS, or Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl substances, are synthetic chemicals that are widely used in consumer products and at military and industrial sites. These “forever chemicals” never break down in the environment, and exposure is linked to a variety of health problems including kidney and testicular…
26 de agosto de 2022
La Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) propuso hoy una nueva regla por la cual dos compuestos altamente tóxicos del tipo PFAS—PFOS y PFOA— se considerarían sustancias peligrosas en virtud de la Ley Federal de Superfunds (lugares altamente contaminados).
August 26, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the EPA proposed a new rule to list two PFAS chemicals – PFOS and PFOA – as hazardous substances under the United States’ federal Superfund law, giving EPA the authority to force polluters to efficiently cleanup contaminated sites and recoup costs of cleanup.
15 de junio de 2022
La Agencia de Protección Ambiental (EPA) anunció hoy una dramática revisión de los límites en los niveles en el agua de cuatro venenos químicos llamados PFAS.
June 14, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a dramatic revision to its drinking water limits for four toxic PFAS chemicals. The agency is lowering its lifetime health advisory levels for two PFAS chemicals - PFOS and PFOA - by more than 1000-fold to 20 and 4 parts per quadrillion, respectively. EPA is also setting new health advisories for two common PFAS chemicals that were invented as replacements - known as GenX and PFBS, to 10 and 2000 parts per trillion respectively.