Think before you drink. The FDA has recalled 28 beverages so far in 2024, The Daily Mail reported. All but four of the drinks were recalled because they had drugs, bacteria or harmful chemicals in them that the company didn’t disclose. Drinks have been recalled for having harmful or undisclosed ingredients. Rawpixel.com – stock.adobe.com The […]
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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 […]
City Utilities sues 3M for knowingly contaminating James River with ‘forever chemicals’
City Utilities is suing Minnesota-based manufacturer 3M for illegally dumping “forever chemicals” at their Springfield plant that have and continue to contaminate the groundwater and the water at James River, a source of drinking water for the utility. At the core of the lawsuit is the contamination of Springfield’s drinking water supply with PFAS, or […]
Hundreds of US water systems have high levels of ‘forever chemicals.’ Where in Delaware?
Ever think about what might be in your drinking water? Recently published data shows you probably should. Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency released data showing that nearly 300 of the country’s public drinking water systems had levels of PFAS − often known as “forever chemicals” − higher than allowed under recently-established limits. Several Delaware […]
States need to keep PFAS ’forever chemicals’ out of the water. It won’t be cheap.
Jackson Quinn brings PFAS water samples into a temperature-controlled room at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in Cincinnati in April. In the coming years, states will need to enforce new federal rules that require drinking water systems to test for PFAS and clean up their water if contamination is found. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Associated […]
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 […]
New Mexico gets millions to address PFAS, the ‘forever chemicals’, contamination
May 23—New Mexico’s Environment Department is getting $18.9 million in federal dollars to help the state deal with PFAS and other emerging contamination in public water systems, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday. New Mexico is the first state in the region to receive this funding, said EPA Region 6 Administrator Earthea Nance. The funds […]
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 […]
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Tell biting bugs to buzz off with this top-selling $17 indoor fly trap that uses zero chemicals
Summer’s knocking on our collective door. That means lots more sunlight, long hot days, lots of bugs … okay, that last one isn’t exactly something we’re looking forward to. For that matter, you may already be getting tortured by flying, biting insects here in May. But you don’t have to put up with these pesky […]
Prepare with this top-selling $15 indoor fly trap that uses zero chemicals
Spring is here! That means more sunlight, warmer weather, lots of bugs … okay, that last one isn’t exactly something we’re enjoying. But you don’t have to put up with these pesky houseguests if you’ve got the Safer Home Indoor Fly Trap. This top-seller plugs into an outlet and lures insects to its sticky glue […]
PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are getting into ocean ecosystems, where dolphins, fish and manatees dine – we traced their origins
PFAS, the “forever chemicals” that have been raising health concerns across the country, are not just a problem in drinking water. As these chemicals leach out of failing septic systems and landfills and wash off airport runways and farm fields, they can end up in streams that ultimately discharge into ocean ecosystems where fish, dolphins, […]