The Environmental Protection Agency cannot ignore “legacy uses” of chemicals when evaluating their impact on public health, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday while upholding most new rules for reviewing toxic substances.
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A 61-year-old white Milwaukee man accused of throwing acid on a Latino U.S. citizen’s face will be charged with a hate crime, increasing the sentence he may receive if convicted, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Read moreThe CEO of Ohio-based chemical giant Lubrizol appeared before both houses of the French Parliament on Tuesday to face questions about a factory fire in Normandy last month that forced locals to stay indoors.
Read morePicking apart flaws in the government’s system of monitoring for bioweapons, a panel of scientists warned House lawmakers Thursday that America is grossly unprepared for a bioterrorist attack.
Read moreThe EU on Monday extended sanctions against four Russian intelligence agents linked to a nerve agent attack in Britain, as part of an attempt to crack down on chemical weapons.
Read moreA union pension fund claims in a shareholder class action that Chemours “concealed the true extent of the massive environmental liabilities the company incurred from decades of producing and releasing a variety of chemicals that have been linked to cancer and other serious health consequences by DuPont, Chemours’ former parent company prior to its spinoff, and by Chemours itself,” in federal court.
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Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers applied renewed pressure on state agencies Tuesday to address the problem human-made chemicals that contaminate the water table and threaten human health.
Read moreWith all the makings of science fiction fantasy come to life, scientists at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society revealed Monday a new polymer to be used in military missions that vaporizes and melts away with the click of a button or from exposure to sunlight.
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Threatening to derail the project, an environmental analysis found arsenic contamination more than double the legal limit at the site of David Beckham’s proposed $1 billion Major League Soccer complex in Miami.
Read moreThe American Chemistry Council filed suit to protest the California Department of Toxic Substances Control’s listing of spray polyurethane insulation systems containing unreacted methylene diphenyl diisocyannates as a “priority product.”
Read moreThe Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition claims in a federal complaint that the chemical plant Eagle Natrium has violated its EPA permits in all but one month since 2014, including polluting waters with mercury.
Read moreIs the nation ready to defend against antibiotic-resistant diseases or bioterrorism? What would the response to a biological attack or disease pandemic look like?
Read moreA Dutch court has fined oil giant Shell 2.5 million euros ($2.8 million) for breaching Dutch labor and environmental laws in a case linked to two explosions and a gas leak at a chemical plant south of Rotterdam.
Read moreWASHINGTON (CN) – The No. 1 provider of petrochemicals to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was hit with sanctions Friday,
Read moreCompostable food packaging seemingly combines convenience with sustainability, but a study published Wednesday found the containers are leaching potentially harmful substances into the ground.
Read moreA Ninth Circuit panel hinted Thursday it might toss parts of Trump administration rules for evaluating 80,000 toxic chemicals, allegedly written to minimize the chemicals’ health risks so they won’t be restricted or banned.
Read moreTexas prosecutors filed criminal charges against the company whose petrochemical storage tanks at its Houston plant caught fire and burned for four days straight last month, emitting toxic runoff that polluted a Galveston Bay tributary.
Read moreA sunny, mild morning in Greater Houston was interrupted by an explosion last week that could be felt for miles around. The area was literally rocked by another chemical plant explosion – this time at the KMCO plant in Crosby, an industrial town just northeast of Houston.
Read moreAn explosion and fire at a Houston-area chemical plant Tuesday killed one worker and seriously injured two others, and as the smoke cleared a spotlight fell on the plant owner, revealing a history of environmental pollution violations.
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