UPDATE: Children Complain Of Burning Skin And Eyes After Visit To Chilliwack Playground
A Chilliwack mom was terrified Friday morning (Aug. 5) when her children came home from a local playground screaming in pain, complaining of burning skin. Deanna Hews owns Pink ‘N’ Blue Kidz, a store at the corner of Mill Street and Wellington Avenue, and her teenage daughter will often take her two younger siblings to […]
Oil processing facility in Indianapolis agrees to $310K penalty, clean emissions
Metalworking Lubricants Co. will pay a $310,000 penalty to federal and state agencies for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act by emitting more than 25 tons of hazardous air pollutants per year at its used oil processing facility in Indianapolis. An announcement Friday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency detailed the terms of a proposed […]
California Family Makes Drinking Water Out Of Thin Air
A California family has discovered an intuitive way to create safe drinking water in abundance. According to The Sacramento Bee, the system is currently being tested by the Valley Water Collaborative and the water is being distributed throughout certain areas of Stanislaus and Merced counties. Within the system, only 10 gallons of water are able […]
Local News: Benton man starts business that disinfects, odorizes, sanitizes trash bins (8/5/22)
Robby Lemonds, owner of SEMO Bin Blasters, poses next to his truck. (David Jenkins/Standard Democrat) SIKESTON For many, the smell of their trash bins can often be unpleasant but a new local business hopes to solve the program. Semo Bin Blasters, owned by Robby Lemonds of Benton, now offers to disinfect, deodorize and sanitize […]
FDA alerts public after pet food sickens kittens and tests positive for Salmonella
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cautioning pet owners not to feed their pets certain lots of Darwin’s Natural Pet Products raw cat food after samples from these lots tested positive for Salmonella. The FDA recommended that Arrow Reliance Inc. voluntarily recall these products and notify the public, but the company has not done […]
EPA Kicks Off Tour of Iconic Waters, Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act
August 5, 2022 WASHINGTON — Today at an event in Seattle, Washington, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox joined EPA Regional Administrator for the Pacific Northwest Casey Sixkiller, Washington Department of Ecology Director Laura Watson and local leaders to kick off the 50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act celebration tour. […]
EPA가 새로운 에틸렌옥사이드 위험 정보에 대한 지역사회 참여 프로그램을 도입합니다
August 3, 2022 워싱턴(2022년 8월 3일) – 오늘 미국 EPA는 지역사회, 주, 부족, 원주민 영토, 이해 관계자를 참여시키고 상업용 살균기에서 배출된 에틸렌옥사이드로 초래된 위험에 대한 최신 정보와 EPA의 이러한 위험을 다루는 노력을 다룬 정보를 제공할 계획을 발표했습니다. EPA는 근처 거주민의 평생 위험도가 제일 높은 특수시설에 대한 새로운 정보를 공개하고 일련의 공청회에 참가하여 자세히 정보를 알아보도록 피해를 입은 […]
Energy Transfer Convicted of Criminal Charges Related To Construction Of Mariner East 2 Pipeline, Revolution Pipeline In Pennsylvania – PA Office of Attorney General
Plea Includes Free Water Supply Testing for Homeowners and Remediation, Company Will Pay Additional $10M To Improve Health and Safety of Water HARRISBURG, PA —Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that Sunoco Pipeline L.P., and ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC (ETC), both subsidiaries of Energy Transfer, L.P. (Energy Transfer), were convicted of criminal charges related to […]
California Politics: Legislators face new threats in familiar vaccine fight
SACRAMENTO — In the waning weeks of the legislative session, state Sen. Scott Wiener is making his case to hesitant Democrats in the Assembly to pass a bill allowing minors to consent to vaccines without a parent’s permission. Outside of the Capitol, the San Francisco Democrat is helping prosecutors make their case against a man accused […]
CA family gets drinking water from air with new device
The drinking water for a family near Keyes comes from an unusual source: It’s extracted from air. Such systems could help parts of the Central Valley with polluted wells, and parts of the world where water is always in short supply. The idea is being tested by the Valley Water Collaborative, which has delivered free […]