EPA Proposes Banning Cancer-Causing Chemical TCE Used in Automotive Care October 25, 2023 By Michael Casey WOBURN, Mass. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed banning the cancer-causing chemical trichloroethylene, which can be...
North Carolina Native Honors Father With Toxic Exposure News Site May 17, 2021 By Calvin Shomaker CAPE CARTERET, N.C. (AP) — When his father passed away from acute leukemia in 2008, Carteret County native Gavin Smith...
North Carolina Reverses Safety Warning on Well Water Near Duke Ash Dumps March 22, 2016 By EMERY P. DALESIO North Carolina is reversing warnings about water that health officials said was too polluted to drink and now reassuring residents...
New York Factory Village’s Trail of Cancer Leads to Tap Water Probe January 28, 2016 By MARY ESCH After his factory worker father died a painful death from kidney cancer at age 68 in 2013, Michael Hickey made...
EPA Says Fracking Safe, Scientists Disagree January 8, 2016 By Jennifer A. Dlouhy A landmark study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that concluded fracking causes no widespread harm to drinking water is...
EPA Finds Fracking Doesn’t Lead to Widespread Pollution of Drinking Water June 8, 2015 By Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner Fracking for shale oil and gas has not led to widespread pollution of drinking water, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
West Virginia Spill Case Conflict of Interest Arguments Heard January 7, 2015 By JONATHAN MATTISE A judge is mulling whether to recuse federal prosecutors from a criminal case against former executives in a massive West...
Judge Rules Against New York Homeowners in Tainted Well Water Case January 2, 2015 A federal judge has ruled against nine southern New York homeowners who claimed their drinking water was contaminated by a...
Dozens of West Virginia Lawsuits Filed Against DuPont December 29, 2014 Dozens of West Virginia residents have filed lawsuits against chemical company DuPont for contaminating drinking water. Filed in West Virginia...