Category: Public health
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Teflon Pollutes The World: Deadly Chemical Spreads Into Global Water Supplies
Originally published at MintPress News. WILMINGTON, Delaware — Earlier this month, climate and health activists from West Virginia and Ohio met with their Dutch counterparts to discuss the pollution caused by a chemical that was once a key ingredient in the non-stick coating Teflon. Members of Keep Your Promises, DuPont, a group targeting contamination caused…
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Iowa environmentalists scored a victory for water quality as 2017 ended
photo: Lake MacBride Last year saw many setbacks for environmentalists as President Trump and Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), took charge of the federal government’s environmental policy. But in Iowa, 2017 ended with a win for those concerned about the state’s water quality. At its December meeting, the Environmental Protection…
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Former Wilmington mayor: ‘I think we shouldn’t be drinking the water.’
State lawmakers tackling pollution issues heard a shocking claim Thursday from the man who used to lead one of North Carolina’s largest cities. “People ask me constantly, ‘Is the water safe to drink?’” former Wilmington Mayor Harper Peterson told lawmakers during a hearing on water pollution . “And I can’t answer that. I take a…
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Can PM Trudeau keep drinkable water promise to First Nations?
Since forming government, the Liberals have lifted 32 drinking water advisories. However, 22 new advisories have been added in that time. OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged to eradicate all drinking water advisories in First Nations communities by March 2021. With three years left and more than 60 communities still turning to alternative…
