Category: Public health
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Final EPA Study Confirms Fracking Contaminates Drinking Water
Source: Final EPA Study Confirms Fracking Contaminates Drinking Water The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its widely anticipated final report on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, confirming that the controversial drilling process indeed impacts drinking water "under some circumstances." Notably, the report also removes the EPA’s misleading line that fracking has not led to…
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U.S. jury orders DuPont to pay $10.5 mln over leaked chemical
Source: U.S. jury orders DuPont to pay $10.5 mln over leaked chemical A U.S. jury in Ohio ordered DuPont on Thursday to pay $10.5 million in punitive damages to a man who said he developed testicular cancer from exposure to a toxic chemical leaked from a Dupont plant, the plaintiff’s lawyer Robert Bilott said. The…
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Flint Water Investigation Leads to Felony Charges for Michigan State Employees
A driving effort to save the state money was said to be the reasoning behind the Flint, Michigan water crisis, which has been tied to lead poisoning in children, among other issues. On Tuesday the state announced felony charges against former state emergency managers, Darnell Earley and Gerald Ambrose, accused of false pretenses and conspiracy…