Teflon Toxin Safety Level Should be 700 Times Lower Than Current EPA Guideline
New data suggests that the safety threshold for PFOA in drinking water should be as low as .1 parts per trillion, according to the nation’s top toxicologist.
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3M Knew About PFAS Food Contamination in 2001
3M, the company that originally developed PFOS and PFOA, has known for a very long time that these toxic and persistent chemicals were in our food.
Toxic PFAS Chemicals Found in Maine Farms Fertilized with Sewage Sludge
The evidence of widespread sludge contamination comes just days after a Food and Drug Administration study revealed that PFAS chemicals were also found in food.
Air Pollution Crisis Exposes More Environmental Racism in Illinois
In an uncomfortable turn of events, Wendy Abrams finds herself on the other side of an environmental crisis — affiliated with the polluter, rather than fighting on behalf of the polluted.
High Levels of Toxic PFAS Chemicals Pollute Breast Milk Around the World
Decades after Dupont and 3M first discovered that the perfluorinated chemicals making them fortunes could be transmitted from mothers to babies, millions of women around the world are passing dangerous amounts of these toxic compounds to their children, according to a reportpublished on Monday.
Brazil’s Pesticide Industry is Creating Massive PFOS Contamination
While much of the world struggles to clean up contamination from the toxic industrial compound PFOS, Brazil is still adding to the massive environmental mess with its large-scale production, use, and export of sulfluramid, a pesticide that degrades into PFOS.
Starbucks Promised a Recyclable Drink Lid. Don’t Believe the Hype.
As the waste piles up and the myth of recycling breaks down, PR about the sustainability of plastics has helped keep sales strong.
A Former Oil-Industry Lobbyist Is Now In Charge of America’s Public Lands
Questions about conflicts of interest and transparency shadow newly confirmed Interior Secretary David Bernhardt.
How the Media Launders Fossil Fuel Industry Propaganda Through Branded Content
Native advertising, as it’s called, has spread misinformation on everything from the “superfood” moringa to Thai seafood slavery, and has raised serious questions about journalistic ethics.
New Jersey is Making Companies Pay for Toxic Contamination — Shining a New Light on a Little-Known Offender
New Jersey laid financial responsibility for dealing with PFAS contamination squarely at the feet of the chemical companies responsible for it.
