High fluoride levels are not the only reason to avoid drinking Wonder Valley well water. It contains 1,100 parts per million (ppm) of total dissolved solids, which is mostly calcium carbonate. That’s the white stuff that collects in your plumbing fixtures and evaporative cooler. The same thing happens in the body. … When the wife […]
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Court order sought to require refineries to advise public about accidental chemical releases
A coalition of environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Thursday in an effort to win a court order forcing the federal agency that oversees safety in the oil and chemical industries to require the public disclosure of accidental releases of hazardous materials. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, which is probing the February 2015 […]
East San Jose residents to get fluoridated well water within 2 years
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — Hundreds of thousands of residents in San Jose should finally have access to fluoridated drinking water within the next two years after the Santa Clara County board of supervisors took action Tuesday to fund a major project in East San Jose. “When it comes to children, being preventative is just […]
Opinion: Who is telling the truth about the Torrance refinery?
It has been asserted, without any specifics, that warnings on the Torrance Refinery Action Alliance door hangers in its recent 100,000 door-hanger campaign are incorrect and misleading and contain false claims about risks caused by the Torrance refinery. The TRAA Science Advisory Panel of eight local scientists and engineers with extensive experience with highly toxic […]
Environmental groups sue Trump administration over California desert groundwater project
Excerpts: Environmental groups are suing the Trump administration over its decision supporting a company’s plan to pump up to 16.3 billion gallons of groundwater each year from a Mojave Desert aquifer and build a pipeline to sell that water to Southern California cities. Conservationists say the plan proposed by Los Angeles-based Cadiz Inc. would threaten natural springs and wildlife in Mojave Trails National Monument, which […]
Acid fumes hospitalize UC Riverside student
A UC Riverside graduate student was hospitalized after he was exposed to hydrofluoric acid fumes in a science building, the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health said. The incident happened about 11 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, according to a discharge report that the county is required to release under the California Health and Safety Code. […]
California lists PFOA and PFOS as reproductive toxicants under Prop 65
FROM FAN: The Documents from the California Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Safe Drinking Water and Enforcement Act (Proposition 65) • November 2017: Response to Comments on the Notice of Intent to List Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) as Causing Reproductive Toxicity under Proposition 65 • September 16, 2016: […]
Judge’s ruling hamstrings federal probe into Torrance refinery explosion, critics claim
A former official at the U.S. Chemical Safety Board contends a federal judge’s recent ruling could not only hamper the federal agency’s ability to conduct a full investigation into the February 2015 blast at the Torrance refinery, but severely undermine its capacity to conduct future probes. U.S. District Court Judge Consuelo B. Marshall issued the ruling […]
Pasadena Water and Power is Holding A Rain Barrel Distribution Event Saturday
Pasadena Water and Power (PWP) is holding another Rain Barrel Distribution Event on Saturday, November 11. Customers who have pre-ordered can pick up their barrels between 2 and 4 p.m. at the Lake Avenue Church, 393 N. Lake Avenue in Pasadena. PWP said online orders are now being taken through www.rainbarrelsintl.com/events-order.asp?id=295, for pick-up on November […]
Torrance group launches public outreach over refinery dangers
In a weeklong public safety awareness blitz, local activists are distributing 100,000 door hangers to South Bay homes surrounding the Torrance refinery, the same number they say could be affected by a catastrophic leak of a toxic chemical the plant uses to refine gasoline. The $10,000 campaign by grass-roots group the Torrance Refinery Action Alliance […]