The Environmental Protection Agency’s air quality monitors are disproportionately positioned in whiter neighborhoods in the US, leaving communities of color less protected from dangerous pollutants like particulate matter, ozone, nitrous…
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EPA bans widely used chemicals linked to cancer before Trump takes office
by Tom Perkinsby Tom PerkinsThe US Environmental Protection Agency has banned perc and TCE, toxic chemicals that are widely used in everyday products but strongly linked to cancer and other serious health problems. The…
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‘Forever chemical’ found in mineral water from several European countries
by Tom Perkinsby Tom PerkinsMineral water from several European nations has been found for the first time to be contaminated with TFA, a type of PFAS “forever chemical” that is a reproductive toxicant accumulating…
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Cotton-and-squid-bone sponge can soak up 99.9% of microplastics, scientists say
by Tom Perkinsby Tom PerkinsA sponge made of cotton and squid bone that has absorbed about 99.9% of microplastics in water samples in China could provide an elusive answer to ubiquitous microplastic pollution in…