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DOJ Sues ‘Cancer Alley’ Chemical Company Over High Cancer Risks
Federal authorities are cracking down on chemical manufacturers along Louisiana’s notorious “Cancer Alley” in an effort to reduce hazardous...
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Pre-pregnancy exposure to toxins linked to infant heart defects
Maternal exposure to air pollution — even before a woman becomes pregnant — may raise the risk of heart defects in an unborn child, according to...
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Consumers exposed to toxic chemicals in everyday products
Many common consumer products, including nail polish, dish soap and shampoo, contain dangerous chemicals linked to cancer, reproductive or...
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Deadly Secrets: When Companies Hide, Alter Safety Findings
Two recent reports highlight the lengths that corporations will go to suppress details about the safety of their products. In Europe, pesticide...
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Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Farmland and Water Supplies
Forever chemicals are seemingly everywhere, and contamination from these dangerous compounds is showing up everywhere from our drinking water to the...
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Heavy Equipment Manufacturers Expose Workers to Toxic Chemicals
A Seattle-based heavy equipment manufacturer has been fined $2 million for 175 safety workplace violations, including toxic airborne chemicals and...
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Secretive Fracking Processes Expose Texans to Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’
Oil and gas drilling techniques known as fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, have been credited with extracting far more oil and natural gas than...
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Fracking Increases Birth Defect Risks for Pregnant Mothers
Babies born to mothers living near oil and gas production fracking sites are at greater risk of birth defects due to toxic exposure, according to the...
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‘Cancer Alley’ polluters in EPA crosshairs
The federal government has reached a settlement with a German-based chemical company as part of a crackdown on toxic emissions along an 85-mile...
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Pentagon Health Study Undercounts Toxic Exposure
The government has severely underestimated — potentially by hundreds of thousands — the number of people at military bases across the country...
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