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GBI Conducting Autopsy After Rockdale Soil and Water Supervisor Collapses at State Capitol, Dies Shortly After
WXIA-TV - Wed Oct 9, 2024
ATLANTA, Ga — The Rockdale County soil and water supervisor died on Tuesday after collapsing while around the Georgia State Capitol for a public meeting about the BioLab chemical plume. More»

Plume From Chemical Plant Fire Reaches Atlanta
New York Times - Tue Oct 1, 2024
Officials said the plume was not a threat to the city, but schools were closed near Conyers, Georgia, where a fire at a chemical plant started on Sunday. More»

What To Do with Closed Nuclear Plant’s Wastewater?
Associated Press - Sun Apr 10, 2022
One million gallons of radioactive water is inside a former nuclear power plant along Cape Cod Bay and it has got to go. More»

6,000 urged to evacuate as North Carolina fertilizer plant fire threatens an ammonium nitrate explosion
CNN - Tue Feb 1, 2022
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina - A fire burning at a Winston-Salem, North Carolina, fertilizer plant Tuesday has forced emergency responders to urge the evacuation of about 6,000 people, including Wake Forest University students and more than 200 inmates from a nearby prison. More»

Six injured in explosion at Westlake Chemical
KPLC-TV - Wed Jan 26, 2022
Westlake, LA - An explosion at Westlake Chemical’s south plant Wednesday morning was felt throughout the area and caused a plume of smoke that stretched across the sky. More»

Explosion Sends Potentially Radioactive Dust Into Air Above LA
NBC News - Fri Nov 12, 2021
The US Department of Energy demolished a building using explosives last month at the highly contaminated Santa Susana Field Lab (SSFL), a former nuclear and rocket test site in the hills above LA. More»

Oklahoma Proposes Letting Gas Utility Charge A $1,400 ‘Exit Fee’ To Go Electric
Huffington Post - Fri Nov 5, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma - Oklahoma’s biggest natural gas utility could soon charge customers who switch to electric stoves and heating systems an “exit fee” of nearly $1,400 to disconnect service, HuffPost has learned, setting a precedent that could help the industry lock millions of Americans into fossil fuel use for decades. More»

Visibility deteriorates as pollution cloaks China's capital
Reuters - Fri Nov 5, 2021
BEIJING, China - Visibility in parts of Beijing was less than 200 metres (219 yards) on Friday as heavy pollution shrouded the Chinese capital, forcing the closure of some highways. More»

US Government Works to 'Cocoon' Old Nuclear Reactors
Associated Press - Thu Nov 4, 2021
RICHLAND, Washington - Costs to clean up a massive nuclear weapons complex in Washington state are usually expressed in the hundreds of billions of dollars and involve decades of work. More»

Half of US cosmetics contain toxic chemicals
Associated Press - Tue Jun 15, 2021
WASHINGTON — More than half the cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada likely contain high levels of a toxic industrial compound linked to serious health conditions, including cancer and reduced birth weight, according to a new study. More»

Up to 25,000 barrels at DDT dump site in Pacific
Associated Press - Tue Apr 27, 2021
SAN DIEGO, California - Marine scientists say they have found what they believe to be as many as 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island, where a massive underwater toxic waste site dating back to World War II has long been suspected. More»

Vulnerable to both terrorists and Mother Nature, Japan's nuclear power plants are accidents waiting to happen
Daily Beast - Mon Apr 19, 2021
The man who predicted the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl sees another one looming. More»

USGS Health Officials Warn of High Levels of Arsenic and Uranium in Some Private Connecticut Wells
NBC New York - Tue Apr 6, 2021
The US Geological Survey and the Connecticut Department of Public Health are warning state residents of the chance for higher than recommended levels of arsenic and uranium in their private well. More»

Leak at wastewater pond prompts evacuations in Florida, governor declares state of emergency
USA Today - Sat Apr 3, 2021
BRADENTON, Florida - Florida Gov. More»

Radiation Fears: Truck carrying radioactive uranium compound crashes in North Carolina
The Sun - Wed Mar 31, 2021
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, North Carolina - A truck carrying a radioactive uranium compound crashed on Wednesday as drivers were evacuated from the area, reports say. More»

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder And 8 Others Criminally Charged In Flint Water Crisis
NPR - Thu Jan 14, 2021
The Michigan Attorney General's Office Thursday announced criminal charges for eight former state officials, including the state's former Governor Rick Snyder, along with one current official, for their alleged roles in the Flint water crisis. More»

Why dangerous 'forever chemicals' are allowed in US drinking water
The Guardian - Thu Sep 24, 2020
In 2014, residents of Horsham Township, near Philadelphia, learned that their water had been contaminated with potentially toxic chemicals linked to an array of health problems, including learning delays in children and cancer. More»

No Danger to the Public! Employees at New Mexico nuclear lab may have been exposed to plutonium
Daily Mail - Wed Jul 8, 2020
LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico - Officials at one of the nation's premier nuclear labs are investigating the potential exposure of employees to plutonium. More»

2019 Seattle radiation leak a 'near miss' to disaster
KING-TV - Thu May 21, 2020
SEATTLE, Washington - A March report from the US Department of Energy (DOE) says a radiation leak at the Harborview Research and Training Building one year ago was “preventable” and “a near miss to a significant event” that could have devastated the Seattle area. More»

Largest maker of pesticide linked to brain damage in kids to stop producing chemical
The Guardian - Fri Feb 7, 2020
The announcement comes after Trump administration reversed plans to ban chlorpyrifos and rejected scientific conclusions of experts. More»

Long Beach Sewage Spill Leads to Closure of Beaches
KABC-TV - Tue Jan 14, 2020
LONG BEACH, California - Swimming areas along coastal beaches in Long Beach are temporarily closed due to a sewage spill, officials said. More»

US atomic waste dump in Marshall Islands to be investigated
BBC - Mon Dec 30, 2019
The US Congress has demanded an investigation into a concrete dome full of nuclear waste, threatened by rising sea levels in the Marshall Islands. More»

Louisiana health officials visit 'cancer valley' town with the 'highest airborne risk' of the disease in the US
Daily Mail - Thu Nov 28, 2019
LAPLACE, Louisiana - Louisiana health officials have agreed to knock on every single door in 'cancer alley' - the area within 2. More»

How dangerous is the gas burning in the refinery explosion in Port Neches?
KRIV-TV - Wed Nov 27, 2019
PORT NECHES, Texas - A fire continues to burn at the TPC chemical plant in Port Neches where an explosion left three workers injured and blew out the windows of nearby homes early Wednesday morning. More»

West Point water alert comes a year after resident's report
WOWT-TV - Tue Sep 3, 2019
WEST POINT, Nebraska - The State of Nebraska has ordered the people of West Point to stop drinking the water, and health officials believe it could take up to two years to fix the problem. More»

Microplastics in drinking water 'don't appear to pose health risk,' WHO says
CNN - Thu Aug 22, 2019
They may be in our oceans, rivers and ice but there's little evidence to suggest that microplastics in the water we drink pose a risk to our health. More»

Indiana Dunes beach closed after steel plant releases cyanide in Little Calumet River
WLS-TV - Tue Aug 20, 2019
PORTAGE, Indiana - Dead fish and toxic chemicals in the water have caused several beaches in Northwest Indiana to close, including parts of the Indiana Dunes National Park. More»

US Geological Survey Finds It's Raining Plastic in The Rocky Mountains
Science Alert - Sat Aug 17, 2019
While a team of researchers from the US Geological Survey (USGS) was analysing rainwater samples for nitrogen pollution, they found something they weren't expecting - plastic. More»

Koch Closes Plant After Huge EPA Fine
CMD - Thu Aug 1, 2019
In December 2018, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fined Koch Industries subsidiary Georgia-Pacific $600,000 and required the company to install $4. More»

Georgia neighborhoods unaware of airborne cancer-causing toxin
Marrietta Daily Journal - Mon Jul 22, 2019
Ann Singley was trying to muscle her lawnmower out of a ditch in front of her home in Covington when she felt a tug in her breast. More»

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