chemicals
Sky-high levels of fracking chemicals detected in children’s bodies
March 2, 2021The research fills a gap in the science between the health harms experienced by those living near fracking and the known harms caused by fracking chemicals.
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Expertos urgen al Congreso a obligar a pagar a los contaminadores
September 13, 2019“DuPont, 3M y Wolverine sabían del devastador daño de los PFAS por décadas, aún así continuaron produciéndolo, vendiéndolo y emitiéndolo en masa".
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Dioxins unearthed at U.S. base in Okinawa stir furor
March 24, 2014"They were 55-gallon and, on occasion, 30-gallon drums. You could smell the chemicals and a few were stenciled with 'Defoliant' in white with 'Property KAB Special Services."
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West Virginia hit by another chemical spill
February 14, 2014About 108,000 gallons of waste from a coal processing facility leaked into a tributary of the Kanawha River on Feb. 11, polluting 6 miles of Fields Creek. The waste includes all manner of toxic chemicals and...
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Today in labor history: Deadly chemical plant explosion in 1971
February 3, 2014On Feb. 3, 1971 there was a major explosion at the Thiokol Chemical Plant located near Woodbine, Georgia.
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