The report identified specific examples of hazardous materials used in fracking, including chemicals “associated with leukaemia in humans” and “toxic to sperm production in males”. Just over a year ago, the UK-based CHEM Trust issued a report and briefing paper on how toxic chemicals from fracking could affect wildlife and people. Over the last eighteen months there has been growing concern about fracking chemicals contained within fracking waste-water. There is real reason to be worried by this dumping. In so doing, the industry was also allowed to dump a staggering 76 billion gallons of waste fluid into the sea in 2014 alone. The newly released documents reveal that fracking occurred off the coasts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama with no public involvement and with no site-specific tests undertaken beforehand. The Gulf has already been suffering from decades of conventional oil and gas drilling as well as the aftermath of the devastating Deepwater Horizon blowout in 2010, when millions of gallons of oil were spilt. The Centre for Biological Diversity has released federal documents that reveal that officials approved over 1,200 offshore fracks in 630 different wells in the four years from 2010 to 2014 in the Gulf of Mexico. The first real accounting of pesticide poisoning since 1990.As the US shale industry comes under increasing scrutiny for its environmental and health impact, it has emerged that the US has secretly approved fracking offshore leading to billions of gallons of waste-water to be dumped at sea. Pesticides are harmful to insects and other wildlife - including humans. Pesticides Are Prevalent and Poisonous 03-26-21 Groundbreaking study finds women whose grandmothers had high DDT exposure are more likely to be obese and have early menstruation-both breast cancer risk factors. Pesticide DDT linked to increased breast cancer risk generations after exposure 04-15-21 Monsanto has lost another appeal - this one a $25 million damages award to a San Francisco resident who suffered from cancer after spraying Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide on his property for more than 26 years, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. Monsanto Loses Another Appeal Over Liability for Roundup Pesticide 05-17-21 more than doubled for pollinators and aquatic invertebrates over the past two decades. The toxicity of 381 pesticides in the U.S. Pesticides are becoming increasingly toxic for the world’s most important insects 05-18-21
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Glyphosate Sales as Environmentalists Urge EPA to Enact Full Ban 05-28-21Īfter a federal judge rejected a $2 billion class-action proposal from Bayer to avert future lawsuits alleging its popular Roundup herbicide causes cancer, the pharmaceutical and chemical giant announced Thursday that it would consider ending sales of the glyphosate-based weedkiller for residential use in the United States. How Pesticide Companies Corrupted the EPA and Poisoned America Read moreīayer Considers Ending Some U.S. approvals came despite the agency’s own concerns about toxicity.
The compounds can form PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” which have been linked to cancer and birth defects.
Approved Toxic Chemicals for Fracking a Decade Ago, New Files Show 07-12-21 Organic? Natural? Companies are looking to cash in on consumers’ desire for environmentally friendly options.
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How to avoid greenwashing and harmful pesticides in lawn care 08-26-21 “We already know enough about the harm being caused by these very persistent substances to take action to stop all non-essential uses and to limit exposure from legacy contamination.” Read more Global action on harmful PFAS chemicals is long overdue: Study 09-15-21 People Exposed to PFAs Criticize EPA Action Plan as Too Little, Too Late 10-19-21Ĭommunity advocates and environmental groups pointed out that the EPA has promised action on toxic PFAS pollution for many years. Previous Pesticides & Chemicals News 2021
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