Senate Hears Testimony on Regulating PFAS Contaminants Outcry over contaminated drinking water leads to demands for oversight By Alison Cagle September 27, 2018 In this story: PFAS, EPA, environmental justice, toxics
What Do I Do if the Water in My Kid’s School Has Lead in It? How to protect your kid from lead in drinking water By Casey O'Brien September 11, 2018 In this story: health, toxics, children
EPA’s Asbestos Policy Is Toxic New policies place chemical companies above American health By Casey O'Brien August 26, 2018 In this story: EPA, environmental justice, toxics
The Science on Chlorpyrifos Is In, Even if Trump's EPA Doesn't Think So Evidence of chlorpyrifos' negative effects has been mounting for years By Wendy Becktold August 28, 2018 In this story: environmental justice, toxics
A Day of “Reckoning” for Monsanto Jury finds that the popular Roundup weed killer causes cancer By Carey Gillam August 16, 2018 In this story: environmental justice, toxics
Trump’s Interior Department Reverses Ban of Pesticides in Wildlife Refuges Neonics pose a significant threat to bees and biodiversity By Austin Price August 9, 2018 In this story: wildlife, bees, toxics
A Toxin in Every Household PFAS face government roadblocks to EPA regulation, but states are fighting back By Alison Cagle August 12, 2018 In this story: PFAS, toxics, clean water, environmental justice
Flint’s Water Problems Aren’t Over Gina Luster, a Flint Rising organizer, is still living with the effects of lead poisoning By Wendy Becktold June 27, 2018 In this story: environmental justice, clean water, toxics
The Lead Poisoning in Flint Points to a Nationwide Problem Cities carefully monitor lead in the water supply, except when they don't By Sierra Staff July 2, 2018 In this story: environmental justice, clean water, toxics
Study Shows Air Pollution Makes Genetic Changes in the Brain Coarse particles and heavy metals can activate disease-causing genes By Jason Daley June 6, 2018 In this story: science, air, toxics