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When I learned asbestos was only truly restricted in 2024 when new uses were banned under the reformed TSCA, I was speechless, yet grateful there is now a law keeping it out of new building materials.
Scottish Water is using new technology to disinfect and recycle laboratory plastics previously sent to landfill or incineration.
As the Louisiana town of Roseland recovers, residents wrestle with the increasingly difficult task of shielding children from a polluted future.
Companies such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Mars have regularly sued governments around the world in an effort to prevent public health proposals from being implemented.
A new California law aims to cut plastic packaging 25% by 2032 — but producers say the real cost could be billions more than the state projected.
A new report warns that widely used PFAS treatments only concentrate the chemicals, not destroy them, as E.U. and U.S. limits tighten sharply.
At least a half-dozen federal agencies have taken action against the state that has long led the nation in environmental protections.
More than 40 million depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Yet plastic pollution in the lakes' water isn’t regulated, and manufacturers are moving to dramatically increase the amount of plastics produced.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warns parents about counterfeit squishy toys that may contain hazardous substances such as lead and phthalates, urging caution and vigilance when purchasing these popular children's items.
As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency narrows its definition of PFAS and approves new PFAS-containing pesticides, Minnesota is moving in the opposite direction under Amara’s Law, named for a 20-year-old who died of liver cancer linked to 3M’s “forever chemicals.”
