The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated two forever chemicals that have been used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, an action…
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US imposes first-ever limits on levels of toxic PFAS in drinking water
The US Environmental Protection Agency has set legally enforceable drinking water limits for a group of the most dangerous PFAS compounds, marking what public health…
View More US imposes first-ever limits on levels of toxic PFAS in drinking waterDrinking water of millions of Americans contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’
Drinking water consumed by millions of Americans from hundreds of communities spread across the United States is contaminated with dangerous levels of toxic chemicals, according…
View More Drinking water of millions of Americans contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’EPA approved fuel ingredient with sky-high lifetime cancer risk, document reveals
The Environmental Protection Agency approved a component of boat fuel made from discarded plastic that the agency’s own risk formula determined was so hazardous, everyone…
View More EPA approved fuel ingredient with sky-high lifetime cancer risk, document revealsUS supreme court shrinks clean water protections in ruling siding with Idaho couple
The scope of a landmark law to protect America’s waterways has been shrunk by the US supreme court, which has sided with an Idaho couple…
View More US supreme court shrinks clean water protections in ruling siding with Idaho coupleNew US rules could stem emissions from coal and gas power plants
The US is set to impose new carbon pollution standards upon its coal- and gas-fired power plants, in a move that the Biden administration has…
View More New US rules could stem emissions from coal and gas power plantsScientists sound alarm at US regulator’s new ‘forever chemicals’ definition
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) department responsible for protecting the public from toxic substances is working under a new definition of PFAS “forever chemicals” that…
View More Scientists sound alarm at US regulator’s new ‘forever chemicals’ definition‘Climate facts are back’: EPA brings science back to website after Trump purge
Sign up for the Guardian’s First Thing newsletter Canceled four years ago by a president who considered global warming a hoax, climate crisis information has…
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