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04/14/2022
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By Mary Villareal
Study finds unsafe levels of uranium in American public water systems
Public water systems serving 290 million people in the United States per year were found to have high concentrations of uranium, a radioactive chemical that occurs naturally in soil, rock and water. Researchers at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that 63.1 percent of community water systems (CWS) compliance monitoring records showed […]
04/01/2022
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By Kevin Hughes
About half of US lakes, rivers are too polluted for swimming, fishing, drinking
The Clean Water Act passed 50 years ago with the goal of guaranteeing “fishable, swimmable” water across the U.S. has fallen far short of that goal. A new report from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) revealed that about half of the nation’s lakes and rivers are too polluted for swimming, fishing or drinking. It was based on reports that states are required to submit under […]
03/10/2022
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By Kevin Hughes
600+ lawsuits linking Syngenta’s weed killer to Parkinson’s set to proceed
After Monsanto Co. suffered its first courtroom loss over charges that its glyphosate weed killer causes cancer and that the company hid the risks, it is now Syngenta’s turn. The mass crime machinery that brought down Monsanto has fixed its view on the Chinese-owned, Switzerland-based agrochemical titan Syngenta and its selling of a weed killer known as paraquat. (Related: Lawsuits piling in against […]
02/16/2022
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By Arsenio Toledo
EPA claims heat waves have gotten worse since the ’60s, but they’ve actually DECREASED in intensity and frequency since the ’30s
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in support of its climate change agenda, is claiming that heat waves in the United States have gotten hotter since the 1960s. This ignores the fact that heat waves have gotten less intense since the 1930s. The EPA released a report titled “Climate Change Indicators: Heat Waves,” which includes information supposedly […]
01/20/2022
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By Nolan Barton
EPA whistleblower Dr. David Lewis: Low-income neighborhoods are targeted with the land application of biosolids
Dr. David Lewis, a former senior research microbiologist with the Environmental Protection Agency‘s (EPA) Office of Research and Development, warned that low-income neighborhoods are being targeted with the land application of sewage sludge, or biosolids. “Economically and educationally disadvantaged communities lacked the political power and the economic capability of fighting it,” said Lewis during a […]
12/20/2021
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By Cassie B.
Environmental groups sue EPA over pesticide-coated seeds
Two major environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop the use of deadly pesticides that are harming bees and other pollinators. Last week, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) of North America filed a suit demanding that the EPA close a loophole […]
11/22/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Forever chemicals found to be significantly more toxic than previously thought
A new study from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that forever chemicals are even more toxic than scientists initially believed. The agency said that it was asking the Scientific Advisory Board to review scientific documents about the health impact of per- and polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) such as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS). […]
11/08/2021
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By Arsenio Toledo
Dozens of new contaminants found in drinking water, including forever chemicals, pesticides and radioactive materials
A new analysis of tap water in the United States found that at least 56 new toxic substances have contaminated the drinking water of Americans over the last two years, including “forever chemicals,” pesticides and radioactive materials. This shocking revelation was made public by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), an environmental advocacy organization, in its November update. This […]
09/03/2021
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By JD Heyes
EPA busted by whistleblowers for falsifying risk assessments regarding dangerous chemicals in yet another blow to agency’s credibility
A growing majority of Americans have figured out that our government doesn’t trust us, lies to us constantly, and is populated by power-mad functionaries who hate liberty and hate the country as founded. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has become the latest example of this. Whistleblowers claim the agency has been lying on risk assessments regarding […]
08/19/2021
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By Mary Villareal
Study finds pesticides kill bees even below recommended doses
A new study from the University of California, Riverside revealed that a common class of insecticides is harmful to bees even below recommended doses. Neonicotinoids are insecticides that protect plants from harmful insects like aphids; however, they can also seriously harm beneficial insects like bees. This insecticide, which is chemically similar to nicotine, is widely used by commercial growers. […]
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