Tag: Environmental Protection Agency
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Water Quality and Protection
Photo: A harmful algal bloom in Milford Lake, Kansas, made the water appear bright green. Kansas Department ofHealth and Environment Safe and clean water is necessary for human and environmental health and the nation’s economic well-being. Over the past 50 years, the nation’s water quality and drinking water have improved, but threats to water quality…
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EPA Issues Emergency Order to Stop Use of Pesticide Dacthal to Address Serious Health Risk
WASHINGTON – Today, Aug. 6, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the emergency suspension of all registrations of the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA or Dacthal) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This is the first time in almost 40 years EPA has taken this type of emergency action, following several years of unprecedented efforts…
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EPA To Disband Red Hill Oversight Group Amid Navy Complaints
Navy leaders and the EPA, including regional enforcement chief Amy Miller, in blue, have been meeting with community members since last year to discuss the defueling and closure of Red Hill. (U.S. Navy photo/2024) A community-led group formed to provide public oversight of the Navy’s Red Hill fuel facility will be shut down after the…
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Well Data Explorer: Visualizing Contaminated Groundwater in 3D
Map: A 3D view with basemap transparency adjusted to show underground wells, with filtering by chemical and the category of well. A whopping 191 billion gallons of water are provided annually by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to meet the needs of Los Angeles County’s approximately 10 million residents—with more than one-third of that…
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EPA limits six ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water — but there are 15,000
‘Forever chemicals’ are linked to cancer, birth defects and other serious health problems. Photograph: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Rules celebrated for reducing exposures, but experts say it’s not enough and will lead to ‘an endless game of Whac-A-Mole’ Strong new limits for some PFAS compounds in drinking water set by the US Environmental Protection Agency this week are being…
