The safe drinking water act is supposed to protect public drinking water supplies throughout the nation. But Flint Michigan’s contaminated water crisis has been a wakeup call, that there’s no guarantee.
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There is a town in the Central Valley where the drinking water is so contaminated, residents haven’t been able to drink it for decades.
New reports spotlight pesticides used in the food system and the harmful effects they are having on the nation’s children, including in the Monterey Bay region…
The Department of Toxic Substances Control is encouraging companies and individuals who settle hazardous waste litigation to direct up to 50 percent of any settlements toward projects in residential areas that are most burdened by environmental factors…
The safe consuming water act should really safeguard public consuming water supplies through the nation. But Flint Michigan’s contaminated water crisis is a wakeup call, that there isn’t any guarantee…
The electrical energy generated by this solar farm near Kettleman City is being purchased by the city of Palo Alto because it’s clean and renewable…
Kids on the Frontline reflects a rigorous assessment of dozens of independent studies documenting links between pesticide exposure and children’s health harms. It builds on our extensive 2012 report, A Generation in Jeopardy…
The air quality in this sun-baked California area known as ‘America’s salad bowl’ has been identified as the worst in the US. Residents are concerned, but low wages mean long hours out in the thick of it…
Today, Governor Jerry Brown released the May Revision to his proposed 2016-17 state budget, which included an increase of $5.5 million to address California’s safe drinking water crisis…
In 2010, after the Democratic-led U.S. Senate failed to pass a federal emissions trading system, the measure was widely diagnosed as politically dead…