Tag: Cancer
Fact check: What Abdul El-Sayed said about breast cancer research, advocates
New attack ad takes US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s comments about breast cancer research out of context. Here are the facts….
Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging our waters
More than 40 million people in the United States and Canada depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Treated lake water is laden with microplastics, which are toxic chemicals […]
Groups Sue TVA Over Clean Air Act Violations at Kingston Site
Harriman, Tennessee — On Thursday, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for violating the Clean Air Act and putting public health at risk by building its new Kingston Gas Plant, which TVA plans to operate alongside its … [continued]
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State officials call for more funding to address chemical plume in Antrim County
State and local leaders have monitored the contamination from industrial chemicals for more than 20 years. More funding is needed, officials said last week, to provide connections to public drinking water.
Six hospitalized after toxic chemical released from Grawn military plane crash
Six of 33 people treated for contamination have been hospitalized at Munson Medical Center after the plane crash landed in Grand Traverse County Thursday.
