Living near Coldwater Creek in St. Louis, Missouri, during childhood was found to be associated with an increased risk of overall cancer, according to the findings of a study published in JAMA Network...

Residents raise awareness about soil toxicity and drainage issues affecting local developments.

Selenium is seeping into Montana waterways from Canadian coal mines, and putting local birds and other wildlife in danger.

Nantucket’s environmental contamination administrator announced a new public map showing point PFAS detections (including low‑level 'detects') and said MassDEP sampled several areas in December; the board was urged to encourage regular well testing and to view the map as part of transparency efforts.

At a Herkimer County Local Development Corporation meeting, board members reviewed data showing chlorinated solvents at a Charlestown property and the discovery of an old oil tank; staff said EPA and DDC funds may be available and the board will discuss remediation before deciding whether to take the site for redevelopment.

At the Feb. 20 Washington County Board of Supervisors meeting, resident Ron Atkinson urged the board to reinstate a moratorium on out-of-county biosolids, press for PFAS testing at the county compost facility and send representatives to a March 6 solid-waste meeting. Public commenters also raised immigration enforcement concerns.

Delegation members described a collapsed oyster market, frozen bay conditions and contamination concerns in the Potomac; they agreed to draft a letter to Governor Moore requesting disaster relief for commercial oystermen and to seek federal assistance in processing the request.

Public commenters raised strong complaints about a prior law‑firm investigation, police conduct, and EcoBat; the board debated a proposed formal censure of a trustee and voted to continue the censure discussion to a future meeting to allow more review and due process.

Witnesses told the committee that improper storage, unrecalled loans and potential chemical contamination on remains and items pose practical, health and procedural barriers to respectful repatriation, and urged improved records and testing.

Panelists at the Tom Lantos briefing presented Freedom House rankings (Kazakhstan 23/100; Turkmenistan 1/100), documented enforced disappearances and environmental harms, and recommended maintaining sanctions and tying cooperation to public, measurable human-rights benchmarks.

Dozens of residents and civic groups strongly opposed a sheriff‑led lease of the Douglas warehouse for a proposed federal detention center, citing contamination, water/sewer capacity, potential costs to taxpayers and late posting of lease documents; the sheriff presented a lease proposal but the board did not record a final vote.

Public speakers at the Feb. 24 meeting urged the council to tackle contaminated waste sites, overdevelopment, and lack of enforceable affordable housing measures, and called for a neighborhood bill of rights and independent investigations into alleged conflicts.

Board evaluates environmental risks and negotiations related to $20.77M Williams Reserve property sale.

The Wisconsin DNR opened an environmental contamination case for Area A of Wausau's Thomas Street corridor after Phase 2 testing found lead and dioxins/furans in shallow fill soils and volatile organic compounds in deeper saturated soils; the city must hire a consultant by March 13 and submit a site-investigation work plan by April 12.

The committee authorized county signatures on a mutual release and lease-termination agreement with UW–Stevens Point for the Wausau campus while retaining language that preserves each party’s rights for environmental contamination claims; members requested UW be apprised of county concerns before full board action.

A UNDP official described widespread contamination in Ukraine—about 132,076 square kilometers of land and roughly 14,000 square kilometers of water—and outlined UNDP support including an AI prioritization tool (GRIT), training veterans for mine action, use of technical survey dogs, and support for commercial mine-action and local industry.

(Beyond Pesticides, July 20, 2022) Flood cleanup in Houston after Hurricane Harvey increased resident exposure to a range of pesticides and other industrial chemical compounds, according to a study published recently in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health by scientists at Oregon State University (OSU). The findings are particularly concerning for a community already subject to some of the highest rates of environmental contamination in the country. “Houston is one of our most industrialized cities,” said study co-author Kim Anderson, PhD, of OSU. “When we look a year after the storm, we see that several neighborhoods that are closer to industrial zones — socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods — had higher concentrations of chemicals right from the get-go, and that was only exacerbated when the hurricane came in.” Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Southern Texas as a category 4 hurricane in 2017. Widespread flooding resulted in damage to chemical plants and oil refineries throughout the city, including 13 of the astounding 41 Superfund sites present in the city of Houston. Clean up and remediation efforts brought concern among residents that chemicals from these industrial sites were being mixed with floodwaters, exposing individuals to a range of hazardous compounds. To […]

SYDNEY, Australia - Sydney Water, the utility serving Australia's largest city, faces a critical juncture as it grapples with aging infrastructure and reduced funding, potentially impacting the region

Council discusses prioritizing affordable senior housing amid contamination concerns on potential development sites.

Town public health leaders reported PFAS detections in private wells, rising detection of lone-star ticks and early wastewater surveillance showing intermittent spikes in cocaine markers; the board heard updates on vaccine clinics, short-term-rental registration and human-services grants.

MassDEP sampling in the Fulling Mill/Falling Veil area found one untreated well at 347 parts per trillion for PFAS‑6 (above the state's imminent‑hazard threshold); MassDEP will provide a POET treatment system to that property. The Board’s map shows varied results islandwide and staff reported over 550 properties with test results in the Health Department data set.

Environmental contamination administrator Andrew Shapiro reported a new detection above state PFAS standards in the Nashon/Tripside area and another at Fulling Mill; nearly 500 properties have been sampled to date and the board promoted a Dec. 11 public information session featuring a Harvard TH Chan School presenter.

Health department and Dr. Laurel Shader reviewed municipal and private-well PFAS testing on Nantucket, reported follow-up sampling (~500 wells) with about 10% exceeding the state PFAS6 standard, and outlined testing options, filtration tradeoffs and local resources; town will not reimburse private-well testing.