Landlords must disclose lead paint, and EPA is fining owners who don’t
A Connecticut landlord paid $359,069 after failing to disclose possible lead paint in 11 apartments where children lived. The rule…
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Sugar companies pushed fluoride while sugar kept causing cavities
A new report argues that emphasizing fluoride took pressure off the food and drink that cause tooth decay in the…
“BPA-free” plastic may not be any safer than BPA
Companies replaced BPA with BPS and BPF, chemicals so similar that the body handles them in much the same way…
Pesticide exposure at work was linked to a 60% higher ALS risk
ALS destroys the nerve cells that control muscle movement, and most people diagnosed with it die within 3 to 5…
Radioactive waste beside a Tampa-area school keeps growing
The pile holds radium, which breaks down into radon gas, and both can cause cancer. Its owner wants to keep…
A new federal rule removed the habitat shield that helped save bald eagles
The rule drops habitat destruction from the Endangered Species Act's definition of harm, letting developers degrade nesting and feeding grounds…
Heat waves are cutting people off from each other, and homes are part of why
People cancel plans and stay indoors during extreme heat, losing the everyday contact that helps protect health. The Surgeon General…
Oil prices surged after the Strait of Hormuz closed
The price spike sent money to very different places depending on who owned the well, from shareholder payouts in West…
PFAS in drinking water was linked to a sharp rise in infant deaths
A study linked PFAS in drinking water to a nearly 200% rise in infant mortality, turning background contamination into an…
Floods still push arsenic through yards near a long-closed pesticide plant
Arsenic and lead from the former Kil-Tone pesticide plant are still washing through Vineland yards during floods. EPA's July plan…
Ohio is dredging toxic sediment out of the Maumee
More than $34 million will fund dredging along a one-mile stretch where decades of industrial discharge left PAH contamination in…
EPA let a trade group decide whether your car parts meet emissions rules
SEMA, the aftermarket trade association, can now certify that emissions parts meet federal rules in place of EPA's own review…
Free-ranging cats are killing species already at risk
Hundreds of the species cats have been documented eating are already listed as threatened or worse on the international Red…
Climate data used to guide where Americans build is now run by a climate critic
The federal program behind the National Climate Assessment now answers to an appointee who has publicly criticized climate science. That…
This $66.8 billion utility merger is really about data centers
NextEra's bid for Dominion would create the largest U.S. utility, and the math behind the deal depends on electricity demand…
EPA plans to dig mercury-laced sediment out of a New York creek
The interim cleanup would remove contaminated sediment from Wappinger Creek before it spreads farther downstream. The work targets the most…
A Texas tribe got help to stop the trash burning making people sick
When a community has no reliable way to handle trash, it gets burned in piles or dumped, creating two health…
An aluminum smelter buried toxic waste, and now a $57 million wall must hold it
The former smelter buried spent potliner, a hazardous waste from aluminum production, and a new cleanup deal will fund a…
Cardiologists now name pollution, metals, and plastics as heart disease risks
Leading cardiology groups now say environmental toxins help drive the nation's leading cause of death. Air pollution, metals, and plastics…
Most new U.S. homes now sit under HOAs, and many limit solar
2 of every 3 new U.S. homes are built inside a homeowners association, and some of those associations restrict rooftop…
Backyard chicken eggs near e-waste sites carried flame retardants
Eggs from backyard chickens living on or beside e-waste recycling ground carried especially high levels of PBDE flame retardants. The…
PFAS in drinking water was linked to higher rates of 2 childhood cancers
The association appeared in 2 childhood cancers and not in the others the study examined, which sharpens what the finding…
Dead coral decided which reefs recovered and which collapsed
Across 10 ecosystems hit by extreme events, dead coral skeletons either sheltered the next generation or helped seaweed take over…
Federal cuts could take far more Colorado River water than states offered
Federal regulators want Arizona, California, and Nevada to give up nearly twice the water the states proposed cutting themselves. The…
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