Category: Public health
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Veterans on Borrowed Time Fume Over Delays on Toxic Water Claims
Nearly nine months after the government pledged to start compensating thousands of veterans sickened by toxic waters at Camp Lejeune, not a single claim has been settled, and the Navy says it needs to first launch an online portal to better manage the claims.
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EPA Proposes to Establish First-Time Clean Water Act Protections for Over 250 Tribes
EPA’s proposed baseline water quality standards would usher in new Clean Water Act protections for Tribal Nation waterways May 3, 2023 WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced proposed federal baseline water quality standards for waterbodies on Indian reservations that do not have Clean Water Act standards, ensuring protections for over half…
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Red Hill Chemical Leak Caused By Contractor And Navy Failures, Investigation Finds
Photo: Vice Adm. John Wade, commander of Joint Task Force Red Hill, shared findings from the chemical leak investigation on Friday. (Christina Jedra/Civil Beat/2023) The contractor who was found to be at fault is still working at Red Hill. May 5, 2023 — Failures by a defense contractor and lax oversight by the Navy led…
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Report Adds to Evidence of Widespread PFAS Contamination; Calls for Removal of Products
04 May (Beyond Pesticides, May 4, 2023) One of the most widely used insecticides in California, Intrepid 2F, contains harmful levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), or “forever chemicals,” according to a report by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). In fact, 40 percent of pesticide products in the report tested…
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Flint STILL Has a Water Crisis—9 Years Later
Jordan Chariton reports from Flint on the 9th anniversary of the Flint water crisis & cover up. “My water has a sewer smell off and on—and black shiny stuff coming out” —Joelena Freeman Imagine for a moment that you and your children are poisoned. The culprit who attacked you is, unbelievably, your own government. The…
