Military service confers many benefits, from college tuition assistance and home loan options to the knowledge that you’ve served your country in a way many never get to experience. However, it may also include exposure to dangerous situations and hazardous chemicals.
To help veterans who may have been exposed to toxic chemicals during their service, the Department of Veterans Affairs...
After finding dangerous PFAS chemicals in the drinking water around the 3M factory in Cordova, Illinois, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an administrative order that included the requirement that 3M provide water testing and treatment for the people living in the area.
This order came in November 2022 after the EPA discovered that PFAS contamination was endangering...
With the objective of “a fair, healthy, and environmentally respectful food system,” new rules proposed by the European Commission (EC), the executive branch of the European Union (EU), zero in on reducing the use of pesticides throughout the EU by 2030.
According to the Indian biweekly publication, Down to Earth, the proposed rules – part of the EC’s Farm to Fork...
After years of facing illnesses and deaths that veterans were convinced were linked to toxic water contamination at the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base in North Carolina, they finally can seek justice.
A new law that recently took effect allows victims of the water contamination to seek compensation from the government in federal court, a victory in a years-long battle on the part of...
Brian Lilla, an award-winning filmmaker, moved to the Napa Valley wine region to raise his children in a healthy environment. But as he saw Roundup applied vigorously to the vineyards spread throughout the area, he “learned how toxic wine country is.”
“I didn’t want to leave Napa because I have children,” Lilla said in an interview with the nonprofit publication Capital &...
Camp Lejeune in North Carolina is the largest Marine Corps base on the East Coast. It is also home to one of the worst public water contamination disasters in history.
People suffering from cancer and other serious health conditions who lived or worked at Camp Lejeune from 1953 to 1987 may have been exposed to contaminated water. Here are answers to the five most asked questions about...
On this day in 1918, World War I ended, after the loss of over 100,000 United States veterans and over 300,000 wounded. Today, we honor all veterans across the years of United States history including those who suffered long after their service ended.
Exposure to toxic chemicals, such benzene or contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, and asbestos during years of service can haunt veterans...
Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners, space, and security systems, has been flying loose for decades with birth-defect causing chemical exposure at its facilities, endangering its workforce.
The dangerous chemicals that workers are exposed to at the Boeing plants, including hexavalent chromium, cadmium, and a large number of...
One in three Americans have detectable levels of a toxic herbicide linked to cancer, birth defects and hormonal imbalances, a national study has found.
The herbicide, 2,4-D, was developed in the mid-1940s, and its use by both farmers and homeowners to control weeds has expanded since. As such, human exposure to the chemical has also increased. The chemical kills plants by changing the...
In November 2016, a group of non-profits and individuals petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) of 1976 to end the addition of fluoridation chemicals into drinking water due to fluoride’s neurotoxicity.
The EPA rejected the petition.
Fast-forward to April 2017. The group sued the EPA in federal court.
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