Tag: chemicals

Scientists Find Tire Chemicals in Leafy Vegetables

Scientists have found in leafy vegetables traces of several chemicals used to prevent the aging and corrosion of car tires. Through normal wear and tear, tires cast off countless tiny bits of rubber, which linger in the atmosphere or are washed down sewage drains and into waterways. In the air, these particles can affect the […]

State to receive $19M to detect cancer-causing chemicals in water

May 23—New Mexico will get about $19 million in federal infrastructure money to expand efforts to detect PFAS in the water systems of the state’s smaller and disadvantaged communities. The grant money will be made available to 500 communities to test their public water systems for PFAS and other emerging toxic chemicals that pose a […]

SLO County road closed, hotel evacuated after chemicals accidentally mixed

Emergency responders shut down a portion of Moonstone Drive and evacuated a hotel in Cambria on Thursday afternoon after a hazmat incident in the area. Someone mixed muriatic acid and chlorine in the rear of Cypress Cove Inn in what appeared to be an accident, according to Cambria Fire Department Chief Michael Burkey. The chemicals […]