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Regulation
EPA to Regulate Two Toxic Chemicals in Drinking Water
The move comes as the chemicals are increasingly turning up in public drinking water systems and food.
February 21, 2020
In this April 2, 2019, file photo, water flows down the Oroville Dam spillway in Oroville, California.
Safety
Life-Threatening Floods from Aging Dams
As many as 1,688 high-hazard dams were rated in poor or unsatisfactory condition as of last year in 44 states and Puerto Rico.
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Dairy farmer Fred Stone walks to his baling machine at his dairy farm in Arundel, Maine.
Food & Beverage
Tainted Sewage Spread on Croplands
While the sludge offers farmers a cheap source of fertilizer, there long have been concerns about contaminants in the material.
September 12, 2019
This Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, file photo shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus in Silver Spring, Md. The Food and Drug Administration’s first broad testing of food for a worrisome class of nonstick, stain-resistant industrial compounds found high levels in some grocery store meats and seafood and in off-the-shelf chocolate cake, according to unreleased findings FDA researchers presented at a scientific conference in Europe.
Regulation
FDA Finds Broad Contamination
The FDA found PFAs in everything from grocery store meats and seafood to an off-the-shelf chocolate cake.
June 3, 2019
In this Monday, April 11, 2016 file photo, New Hampshire state and local officials load boxes of free bottled water in in Litchfield, N.H. New Hampshire is suing eight companies including 3M and Dupont for damage it says has been caused statewide by a class of potentially toxic chemicals found in everything from pizza boxes to fast-food wrappers. The state becomes the second in the nation to go after the makers of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS and the first to target statewide contamination.
Safety
State Sues 3M, DuPont
Because they persist for so long in the environment, PFAS has been dubbed a forever chemical.
May 30, 2019
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Food & Beverage
Bees Critical to Pollination Declining
They pollinate everything from blueberries to apples in New England.
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In this May 16, 2018 file photo the Rogue River flows underneath Algoma Ave. NE in Algoma Township, Mich. The Michigan DEQ is asking Wolverine World Wide to expand perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl compounds, or PFAS, testing in the area. There’s growing evidence that long-term exposure to the perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl compounds, or PFAS, can be dangerous, even in tiny amounts. The Environmental Protection Agency is looking at how to respond to a public push for stricter regulation of the chemicals, in production since the 1940s. A decision is expected soon.
Regulation
EPA Decision Soon on Chemicals Tied to Risks
The EPA is looking at how to respond to a public push for stricter regulation of PFAS, in production since the 1940s.
February 11, 2019
In this Friday, March 23, 2018 photo, a photo of Johnny Cash hangs near a luthier assembling the rosewood sides of a guitar at C. F. Martin and Co., in Nazareth, Pa. The cost and hassle of the new regulations on rosewood have caused some guitar makers to shift away from it. Martin stopped using it on most guitars produced in Mexico and the models made in the U.S. that cost less than $3,000.
Regulation
Guitar Makers Hit by Regulations
Warehouses have filled with unsold instruments due to permitting delays.
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Concerns Over Fumes in Police Ford Explorers
Several departments are inspecting their fleets or have installed carbon monoxide monitors in the vehicles.
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In this combo of images from video provided by Dartmouth College, a climber ascends an outdoor rock face, left, on Dec. 12, 2015 in Rumney, N.H., and another climber ascends a replica indoor climbing wall, right, on Jan. 16, 2016, in Hanover, N.H. Using three-dimensional geometry, the three-dimensional replica of the rock wall was created by tracking a climber's hand and foot positions and by estimating the contact forces.
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Researchers Replicate Mountain Faces
They used hundreds of photos combined with videos of the climber's movements.
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