Read the full story in the Chicago Tribune. Brain-damaging lead isn’t the only toxic metal blowing into contaminated neighborhoods in Hammond and Whiting, according to
Category: Environmental health
Fish consumption advisories that work
Read the full story in Environmental Factor. Kathleen Gray discussed how to make fish advisories that sport, subsistence, and recreational fishermen can understand.
Unexpected link between air pollutants from plants and human-made emissions
Read the full story at Science Daily. Scientists are a step closer to understanding what controls fine particulate matter in the Earth’s atmosphere after identifying
Elevated Nitrate Levels Found in Millions of Americans’ Drinking Water
Read the full story at e360 Digest. Public water systems serving more than 5.6 million Americans contain concentrations of nitrate at levels found to cause
Juices have hazardous amounts of heavy metals, study finds
Read the full story in Food Dive. Consumer Reports tested 45 different juices on the market and found elevated levels of heavy metals — cadmium, lead, mercury and inorganic arsenic —
The Energy 202: Senators from both parties press EPA to limit two toxic chemicals
Read the full story in the Washington Post. One-fifth of the Senate is pressing the Environmental Protection Agency to do more to prevent two toxic
