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EPA perchlorate decision flawed, say advisers.
The U.S. EPA’s preliminary decision not to regulate perchlorate in drinking water has elicited an outpouring of criticism, including a plea from the agency’s Science Advisory Board for more scientific transparency and a stinging critique from the agency’s Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee. Environmental Science & Technology. 4 December 2008.
Environmental espionage: Inside a chemical company's Louisiana spy op.
After a businessman unknowingly invested in a company involved in corporate espionage against activists working on chemical contamination, he discovered what was happening. And then he released the documents. Mother Jones. 7 June 2008.
EPA official ousted while fighting Dow.
The Bush administration has forced the head of Chicago's EPA office to quit because of her heated dispute with Dow Chemical over delays in a dioxin cleanup in Michigan. Chicago Tribune, Illinois. 2 May 2008.
Judging science.
A Supreme Court ruling and subsequent case history have raised the bar on introducing scientific data into lawsuit hearings. Now some argue the standards have gone too far. Science News. 23 January 2008.
A lethal cover up: Britain's worst water poisoning scandal.
After two decades of stone-walling by the authorities, alarming facts about the Camelford water incident are beginning to emerge, and this week a coroner opened inquests into a possible cover-up. London Daily Mail, United Kingdom. 15 December 2007.
Manufacturing scientific uncertainty.
The most well known (and probably best financed) campaign to manufacture scientific doubt is being waged by the fossil fuel industry in an effort to impugn scientists’ work on issues related to climate change. Journal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey. Opinion, 5 April 2007.
Traditional covert influence of industry on occupational and environmental health policies has turned brazenly overt in the last several years.
More than ever before the OEH community is witnessing the perverse influence and increasing control by industry interests. Government has failed to support independent, public health-oriented practitioners and their organizations, instead joining many corporate endeavors to discourage efforts to protect the health of workers and the community. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health [PDF]. 2 March 2007. More...
Questions about DuPont unsettle town.
Tennessee officials were surprised to learn that DuPont's paint plant in New Johnsonville produces dioxin... the fourth-largest producer in the US. Documents submitted to the state don't mention the carcinogen. Nashville Tennessean, Tennessee. 25 February 2007.
Latest Durham lead data may raise stakes for city.
Durham has submitted about 800 previously undisclosed residential lead tests to state regulators, but omissions in that data, if corrected, would further imperil the city's compliance with federal water standards. Raleigh News & Observer, North Carolina. 6 January 2007.
Durham withheld bad lead-test results.
The city of Durham, NC submitted test results in October indicating its drinking water met federal standards. But the city withheld samples in which lead was detected in dangerous amounts. Raleigh News & Observer, North Carolina. 22 December 2006.
Mis-lead.
Over 2 years of investigation reveals that agencies charged with overseeing the DC water system used flawed science to try to quiet public concerns about lead in drinking water. Environmental Science & Technology. 1 June 2006.
The Weinberg proposal.
A scientific consulting firm says that it aids companies in trouble, but critics say that it manufactures uncertainty and undermines science. From its roots defending the tobacco industry, it now defends Teflon, bisphenol A and phthalates. Environmental Science & Technology. 22 February 2006.
Inside Pentagon's fight to limit regulation of military pollutant.
A high-stakes battle over how much perchlorate is too much takes unusual twists as the Pentagon criticizes its own study when data support stronger standards, and the EPA --under White House pressure--eschews peer review to adopt a weaker standard. Wall Street Journal. 29 December 2005.
State plan angered 3M official, MPCA officials tell panel.
Legislators heard conflicting testimony about whether 3M tried to influence the state's investigation into a chemical the company once made for nonstick cookware. Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnesota. 2 December 2005.
Chinese officials lose credibility with lies on chemical spill.
When a chemical plant leaked poison into a river in northeastern China, sparking a calamity this week, regional officials employed a time-tested strategy to quash the bad news: They lied. Knight Ridder. 26 November 2005.
WASA Whistle-Blower Wins Vindication, Reinstatement.
A water quality manager fired by the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority in 2003 was ordered reinstated by a judge who said she was improperly terminated after warning federal authorities about excessive lead in the District's tap water. Washington Post. 3 November 2005.
DuPont lawyer edited DEP's media releases.
The science advisor to West Virginia's Dept of Environmental Protection insisted that DuPont review, edit and approve all C8-related statements issued by the state. Charleston Gazette-Mail, West Virginia. 3 July 2005.
Key study on safety of chemical disputed.
Five years ago, an industry-funded study concluded that small amounts of perchlorate had no effect on adults. That study became the linchpin of national policy. It is now under fire. Riverside Press-Enterprise, California. 3 June 2005.
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