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Top 10 Frightening Facts About Lake Erie for 2010

The very real and very scary problems facing Lake Erie are not going anywhere. Agricultural runoff, sloppy development, and invasive species are all contributing to a lake that is filled with toxic...

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Environmental Working Group (EWG) Renews Drinking Water Threat to Ohioans...

These distillates include kerosene, mineral spirits and a number of other petroleum products that often contain high levels of benzene, a known human carcinogen that is toxic in water at even...

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EPA Announces to Disclose Confidential Chemicals: Industry Fears Mimicry in...

The chemical industry’s chief trade association, meanwhile, is urging the EPA to continue considering its wishes to keep information confidential so competitors won't learn about it. The chemical...

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The Benefit of Plastic Bags Enters Environmental Curriculum for California...

Although the curriculum includes the environmental hazards of plastic bags, the consultant also added a five-point question to a workbook asking students to list some advantages. According to the...

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The Clean Air Act Fails Residents Across the Country: NPR and The Center For...

by Emma Schwartz for iwatch news Two decades ago Congress strengthened the Clean Air Act in an attempt to limit emissions of some of the most hazardous chemicals. But an investigation by the Center...

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Price of Plastic: Plastic Factory Workers at Higher Risk for Breast Cancer

Study spotlights high breast cancer risk for plastics workers By Jim Morris for The Center for Public Integrity WINDSOR, Ontario — For more than three decades, workers, most of them women, have...

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Just Say ‘No’ — Locals Ban Frack Waste in Pa.

On January 9, 2013, in otherwise quiet Highland Township in Elk County, Pennsylvania, officials signed a community rights bill into law stopping the deposit of fracking waste within the township....

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