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EPA Lists Union Carbide South Charleston Landfill As Superfund Site
01 May 2024 16:53 GMT
… Carbide, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical, will pay civil penalties.
… resulting from the dumping of toxic material. Courtland also has … this litigation,” Callaghan wrote.
The Superfund program was created by Congress … one of the most famous toxic sites in U.S. …
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Op-ed: After decades of disinformation, the US finally begins regulating PFAS chemicals
01 May 2024 09:42 GMT
… under Superfund laws reserved for “the nation’s worst hazardous waste sites … manufacturers long knew that PFAS chemicals were toxic. Internal documents uncovered over … place two forms under Superfund jurisdiction. The Superfund designation gives the …
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EPA bans most uses of toxic solvent tied to dozens of deaths
30 Apr 2024 13:58 GMT
… flurry of other regulations on toxic chemicals. Earlier this month, the agency … chemicals,” designating them as hazardous substances under the nation’s Superfund law … to restrict the use of toxic chemicals in an overhaul of the …
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Well contaminated by ‘forever chemicals’ idled in Waterloo
30 Apr 2024 13:52 GMT
… of PFAS, a toxic group of chemicals that are newly regulated … adds Des Moines site to Superfund priorities list to protect … known as PFAS or “forever chemicals.”
They persist indefinitely in … illnesses and cancers. The chemicals repel water and oil and …
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What a Superfund designation for PFAS means for Mainers fighting polluters
29 Apr 2024 05:06 GMT
… forever chemicals as hazardous substances under the federal Superfund law … EPA for approving the toxic chemicals.
The two Fairfield lawsuits … include two waste-handling facilities, Pine Tree Waste Inc. and … said the new hazardous waste designations by the EPA …
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Concerns grow as builder 'desperate' for apartments at toxic site while NYC neighborhood grows skyward
28 Apr 2024 17:33 GMT
… for more apartments at a toxic, long-shuttered industrial site. … the developer mixes the toxic soil beneat with concrete … , a state Superfund fact sheet said.
The chemicals worked their way … the soil, particularly knowing the toxic legacy of the neighborhood — …
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The Blindness of Elites
03 May 2024 12:29 GMT
… just turning into fucking toxic Superfund sites, socially and chemically … and we’re …
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Montana’s Congressional delegation and governor dead wrong on Colstrip
03 May 2024 10:50 GMT
… impacts, but emitting highly toxic pollutants with exceedingly harmful … .
Then there’s the toxic emissions of nickel, arsenic, … the top ten chemicals or groups of chemicals of major public … extremely expensive and complex Superfund site that will likely …
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DNR: Initial new well installations look to be successful in treating PFAS contamination in Stella
03 May 2024 11:52 GMT
… often referred to as “forever chemicals” because they break down very … previously reported, testing of current waste from the Rhinelander papermill does … us where you put your waste’.
“There's more … of making the area a superfund site.
Sieger says they’ve …
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EPA takes over cleanup at C6-Zero | The Gazette
02 May 2024 20:37 GMT
… facility was treated for PFAS chemicals before being released into … by Michael Sullivan, Solid Waste and Contaminated Sites supervisor for … the site as part of Superfund, a program that allows … process to use a proprietary chemical solution to dissolve spent …