Detroiters testify to Congress that corporate pollution is harming communities
Residents told the Oversight Environmental Subcommittee that federal regulators need to better engage with communities impacted by industry.
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Residents told the Oversight Environmental Subcommittee that federal regulators need to better engage with communities impacted by industry.
Allergists and researchers say warmer temperatures are causing allergy season in Michigan to start sooner and last longer.
Within days, state officials are slated to release the alarming results of a monitoring program of airborne heavy metals, including arsenic, conducted this past October in inner Southeast Portland, the Mercury has learned. The state Department of Environmental Quality and the Oregon Health Authority plan to announce that DEQ data indicate a monthly average of 49 times the state air-safety benchmark level for the neurotoxin and carcinogen cadmium, and 159 times DEQ's air-safety goal for...
SCS said it has kept water fountains closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and has closed sinks that showed a high level of lead in the water.
Environmental exposures, such as pesticides, metals, industrial chemicals, air pollution, and other toxicants found in air, water, furnishings. or food, will receive special scrutiny during the ALS project.