More Than 59 #Trains Derailed In The 6 Months Following The #EastPalestine Disaster
At least 15 of those trains were hauling #hazardous chemicals when they jumped track.
Six months after East Palestine, it's back to business for America's freight #railroads. Vice only looked at #derailments bad enough to generate local news attention, which cut the derailment rate from the 106 reported to regulatory bodies down to 59 derailments covered in the press. https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7edkw/dozens-of-freight-trains-including-at-least-15-carrying-hazardous-materials-have-derailed-since-east-palestine

"While effective in eliminating dangerous #mosquitoes that carry #malaria, #DDT also has a variety of #hazardous effects: Especially among young children, the chemical has been shown to damage the nervous, immune, endocrine, and neurological systems, not to mention its devastating influence on the natural #environment. The spread of DDT across mid-century America is mirrored today by the success of #Monsanto (one of the companies that originally manufactured DDT) in placing its #GeneticallyModified products on store shelves before researchers have a full understanding of their larger ecological impacts."

Two months after a #railroad bridge collapse sent carloads of #hazardous oil products plunging into #Montana’s #YellowstoneRiver, the cleanup workers are gone and a mess remains.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fArCiZvMnI

#RecyclingPlant Fire Could be Burning #Hazardous #Plastic Material for Days, Officials Warn

by Yelena Dzhanova, August 7, 2023

"Fire crews are battling a large fire at a recycling plant in #NewMexico, and are warning that hot spots could be burning plastic long after the fire is put out.

"Officials with the Albuquerque Fire Rescue and #Bernalillo County Fire Rescue said the fire, which started Sunday afternoon, could burn for “potentially days,” KOAT Channel 7 reported.

"City officials said the plastic that’s getting burned in the fire might contain hazardous #pollutants and issued a health alert for #Albuquerque. Fire crews said the winds are pushing the smoke and flames toward areas that are less densely populated."

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/recycling-plant-fire-could-be-burning-hazardous-plastic-material-for-days-officials-warn/ar-AA1eUxvd?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=5946e58e63904915c30f6431a707b856&ei=6

#AirQuality

#Farmers Deceived About #Sewage #Sludge Safety

April 2, 2010

"On March 27th [2010] Citizens for Sludge-Free Land sent a letter to the #Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and US #EPA Region 3 that information provided to Virginia landowners about using sewage sludges as #fertilizer is deceptive. Land application permits are being granted in several Virginia counties without informing farmers of the serious risks associated with this practice. The VA code specifies, that to be valid, these permits can only be granted with the #InformedConsent of the landowner.

"The Federal #CleanWater Act defines sewage sludge as a #pollutant. Most of the pollutants that sewage treatment plants remove from wastewater concentrate in the resulting sludge. Exempt from #hazardous and solid waste laws, sludge is being spread on #agricultural land, despite mounting scientific evidence and field reports that using this contaminated waste as a cheap fertilizer is neither safe, beneficial, nor sustainable.

"The Virginia Cooperative Extension Service as well as Nutri-Blend Inc., the company that needs permits to spread sludge, are failing to provide landowners with the necessary facts, so they can make an informed decision whether or not to treat their land with sludge. The widely distributed Extension Service biosolids fact sheets-- although deceptively dated May 9, 2009-- provide out-dated, inaccurate, incomplete, and in some cases, misleading information. They overstate the alleged benefits and totally ignore the known risks and recent documented evidence of adverse health and #environmental impacts linked to sludge use. The fact sheets and brochures give the illusion that land applying sewage sludge, a complex and variable mixture of #HumanWaste and thousands of industrial #chemicals, many of which are #toxic and persistent, is a safe and normal agricultural practice.

"The information provided to landowners deceptively downplays the health risks of exposure to odors, odorant compounds, endotoxins, bacteria-laden dusts, and toxic gases at land application sites that can cause severe and permanent #lung damage. Nor are farmers told that typical sludges generated in industrialized urban areas contain not only pathogens, but also #PCBs, #dioxins, #carcinogens, #pharmaceuticals, flame retardants [#PFAS], and hormone disrupting chemicals that can damage developing organisms in parts per trillion. Many of these pollutants do not break down once they are applied to land. Worse, partial breakdown products are often more toxic than the parent material. Yet federal regulations require testing and standards for only nine toxic metals. Perhaps most important, the information provided to farmers fails to disclose that the National Academies of Science has indicated that while there are serious health concerns associated with many of the constituents of sewage sludge, there is too much uncertainty to scientifically predict the true health and environmental risks, when this complex waste mixture is applied to land.

"Finally, farmers are not told that sludge-exposure has been linked to illnesses, human deaths, livestock mortalities, groundwater pollution, and permanently degraded land. Unless there is a true and accurate disclosure of all the risks associated with this practice, there can be no true consent.

"Without informed consent, the state should not be issuing permits."

Link to archived web page (TY @internetarchive!):
https://web.archive.org/web/20221227022631/https://organicconsumers.org/press/farmers-deceived-about-sewage-sludge-safety

#PFOS #ChemicalIndustries #ToxicWaste #WaterIsLife #ForeverChemicals

Charleston gets early win in climate change lawsuit vs. ‘Big Oil’

By Clare Fieseler cfieseler@postandcourier.com

Jul 8, 2023

"A federal judge has given the city of Charleston an early win in its climate change lawsuit against '#BigOil' by ruling the case will stay in #SouthCarolina, where the city wants the issue fought.

"U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel agreed on July 5 that Charleston’s bid seeking to make #FossilFuel companies pay for #climate damages could proceed in state court, where it was initially filed.

"City officials welcomed the decision, which some legal experts say creates a more favorable stage in arguing that the multiple #oil and #gas companies which have operated in the U.S. for decades knew of the #environmentally #hazardous affects of their products.

"'We agree wholeheartedly with him,' said Chloe Field, a city spokeswoman. 'It is time to move towards trial in the Court of Common Pleas where we filed this case nearly three years ago.'

"In 2020, the city of Charleston filed the lawsuit against two dozen major #oil and #pipeline companies, alleging their products and the spread of misinformation about #FossilFuels have caused #ClimateChange leading to repetitive and disastrous #flooding in the city.

"Nationwide, almost two dozen state and local governments are pursuing similar litigation against oil companies seeking climate-related damages. The only government in the South to file such a case is the city of Charleston."

https://www.postandcourier.com/environment/charleston-gets-early-win-in-climate-change-lawsuit-vs-big-oil/article_0d3088b0-1c50-11ee-80c2-4326bd224f41.html

#PetroStates #HexonExxon #ExxonKnew #ShellKnew #BPKnew #LockUpTheRealCriminals #Corporations

#hazardous #waste #tasmania #auspol

https://pulsehobart.com.au/news/hundreds-of-tonnes-of-hazardous-materials-allegedly-dumped-in-tasmanias-north/

The European Commission is poised to break a promise to outlaw all but the most essential of #Europe's #hazardous #chemicals
Leaked documents show that as little as 1% of products containing hazardous substances could be prohibited. It was expected that between 7,000-12,000 substances would be prohibited, including “forever chemicals” (#PFAS) – which accumulate in nature and human bodies, and have been linked to various hormonal, reproductive and carcinogenic illnesses. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/11/eu-to-drop-ban-of-hazardous-chemicals-after-industry-pressure

Friends: Why so depressed? Typical, real headline: "Florida Bill Allowing Radioactive Roads Made of Potentially Cancer-Causing Mining Waste Signed by DeSantis"
#radon #gas #emitting #roads in #Florida #phosphogypsum #stack #toxic #construction #material #hazardous #mining #waste #DeathSantis #deadly #governor #presidential #candidate #culture #war #king #wants #cancerous #radioactive #streets https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-radioactive-roads-phosphogypsum-potentially-cancer-causing-mining-waste-bill-signed-ron-desantis/

#Astronomers Have Mapped The Paths of #Hazardous #Asteroids For The Next 1,000 Years

https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-have-mapped-the-paths-of-hazardous-asteroids-for-the-next-1000-years

Why is it that impregnated wood is so much cheaper than untreated wood, as in the difference in price can be as much as 5€ for the otherwise exact same piece of wood...
#Chemicals #Hazardous #Environment #Wood #Timber

☣️ A train derailment in #Ohio caused panic when a #railroad firm decided to burn off #hazardous chemicals to prevent leakage.

What can we learn from the The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's response?

🔎 Click here to find out:
https://loom.ly/qMcgjgE

#environment #pollution #airquality #chemicals #health #solutions #derail #EPA

Northern Star (Pogo) LLC penalized $600,000 for hazardous waste management violations
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Pogo Mine in Interior Alaska. Image-DEC

SEATTLE– The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that Northern Star (Pogo) L.L.C. was fined $600,000 for improper storage, treatment, and disposal of...
https://alaska-native-news.com/northern-star-pogo-llc-penalized-600000-for-hazardous-waste-management-violations/67294/
#pogo #mine #fine #hazardous waste #epa #violations

The #Arctic permafrost region contains 4,500 industrial sites with #hazardous substances, causing 13,000 to 20,000 contaminated sites. Around 3,500 to 5,200 of these sites, will start thawing before the end of the century due to #climatechange . The #permafrost regions are warming up 2 to 4 times faster than the rest of the world, making them a significant threat. The "sleeping giant" of the Arctic permafrost region poses a potential danger that cannot be ignored.⚠️

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-history-industrial-contamination-arctic-permafrost.html

St. Helena curtails use of emergency sirens. #StHelena #California

Sirens will be used for life threatening situations, e.g. #wildfire, #hazardous spills, etc.

The city will issue a Nixle/Everbridge alert explaining what's going on. Sign up for #alerts at https://www.nixle.com/

Another #Train Carrying #Hazardous Materials #Derails

https://flip.it/GlFHLW

They don't have a choice! #railroads #hazardous #chemicals

https://newstarget.com/2023-03-03-government-forces-railroads-carry-toxic-chemicals.html

They don't have a choice!

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-03-03-government-forces-railroads-carry-toxic-chemicals.html

#railroads #hazardous #chemicals

https://www.brighteon.com/2d6ded1a-e7f4-4863-b8f5-3c3cca1f9a8e RED ALERT: Toxic hazardous waste water from Ohio being INJECTED into wells in Texas. #water #texas #ohio #chemicals #hazardous

Protecting #BlueCorridors: The #BeringStrait : WWF Arctic

'Potentially #Hazardous' #Asteroid that recently zipped past Earth is an elongated weirdo with an odd rotation : Live Sci

The world’s top 1% of #Emitters produce over 1 000 times more #CO2 than the bottom 1% : IEA

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