11:06 p.m. Update: Officials have lifted the shelter-in-place warning for residences on Ash Tree Court and Fawn Glen Circle. FAIRFIELD (CBS13) — Residences on two streets were put under a shelter-in-place order following a structure fire and hazardous materials incident on Ash Tree Court Saturday evening. The incident began when firefighters responded to a house […]
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State Declares East Hampton Airport Hazardous Waste Site
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has ordered 47 acres of East Hampton Airport added to the “Superfund” hazardous waste site list, in the wake of its investigation of chemical contamination of groundwater in southern Wainscott. After a year-long investigation, the DEC identified a half-dozen sites on the 570-acre airport property that showed […]
Eloise Kailin, M.D.: Numerous battles of Peninsula environmentalist remembered
Eloise Kailin in October 2017 at a forum on fluoridating the city of Port Angeles’ water. SEQUIM — Retired Dr. Eloise Kailin, a Sequim environmentalist whose activism stretched beyond her most recent fight — a successful battle against fluoridation of Port Angeles drinking water — died Saturday of age-related causes at her Sequim-area home, her […]
Chemicals that tainted Bucks, Montco drinking water found in lettuce, beef, even chocolate cake
Ground turkey, chocolate cake, kale — laced with a serving of toxic chemicals. People across the country, including in Bucks and Montgomery Counties, are already grappling with the effects of drinking potentially harmful chemicals known as PFAS. Newly revealed research by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows Americans are eating the substances, too. Tests […]
Vermont Releases PFAS Sampling Plan – public comments solicited
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) The state of Vermont has released a new sampling plan for PFAS chemicals. The sampling plan details how the state will identify and characterize PFAS contamination in soil, groundwater, and surface water. Chuck Schwer, Director of Vermont’s Waste Management and Prevention Division, says the chemicals are pervasive. […]
New Jersey’s Proposed Limits on PFOA & PFOS Must Go Further
New Jersey’s proposed regulation of PFOA and PFOS in drinking water does not go far enough, according to comments submitted by NRDC to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection last week. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) are two chemicals in a group of concerning chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). […]
Elevated fluoride levels found in Newport water treatment plant in May
Corrective action has already been taken. NEWPORT — Elevated fluoride levels were observed at one of the city’s water treatment plants in May, according to a press release from the Department of Public Utilities. Fluoride can help prevent cavities at low levels, but drinking water with fluoride levels above two milligrams per liter (mg/l) can […]
SCV Water shuts down well after testing for suspected carcinogen
SCV [Santa Clara Valley] Water has shut down one of its wells after tests for a non-stick chemical revealed levels that exceeded the response level — a level set by the state calling for the removal of a drinking water source. The chemical is part of a family of manmade chemicals referred to as PFAS […]
Carpet Manufacturers Fight Alabama Venue in Water Pollution Suits
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (CN) – Attorneys for the carpet industry argued before the Alabama Supreme Court Tuesday that two lawsuits alleging Georgia carpet manufacturers allowed contaminants to enter the drinking supply of Alabama cities should not be heard in that state’s courts. Thanks to a previous cottage industry and mechanical innovations, the area around Dalton, Georgia […]
CDC recognizes ADA committee member for fluoridation work
Atlanta — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded a member of the ADA’s National Fluoridation Advisory Committee the CDC Jeffrey P. Koplan Award, the highest honor that the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion can bestow on one of its employees. Honor: Dana Shelton, acting director, National Center for […]