John S. Quarterman/Flickr Secret files suggest chemical giant feared weedkiller’s link to Parkinson’s disease Cache of documents seen by Guardian detail effort to refute scientific research into paraquat and derail nomination of key EPA adviser.
Federal court rules EPA must ban pesticide linked to harm in children — or prove it is safe “EPA’s egregious delay exposed a generation of American children to unsafe levels of chlorpyrifos,” the decision states.
Causes grist.org An oil well right next to your house? The California Senate says that’s OK Buffer zones between communities and oil wells seem like a no-brainer — but the California Senate just rejected them.
Politics thehill.com EPA's independent science board says agency ignored its advice on mercury rule The EPA's independent board of science advisers took the agency to task Tuesday.
Causes e360.yale.edu The link between marine fog and high levels of mercury in mountain lions Scientists have discovered that marine fog in California carries with it high levels of mercury, which they say is being deposited on land and making its way up the food chain.