Links Between Environmental Exposures and Autism Explored
PALO ALTO, California, July 5, 2011 (ENS) – The largest and most rigorous twin study of its kind to date has found that shared environment influences susceptibility...
July 6, 2011 5:21 am / no comments
Autism Experts Urge Reform of U.S. Chemicals Law
WASHINGTON, DC, June 8, 2011 (ENS) – Environmental health and autism experts Tuesday called for reform of the outdated U.S. law regulating chemicals, the Toxic Substances Control...
June 8, 2011 7:51 am / no comments
EPA’s New Boiler Emissions Standards Halve Implementation Costs
WASHINGTON, DC, February 24, 2011 (ENS) – In response to federal court orders, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is issuing final Clean Air Act standards...
February 24, 2011 8:03 pm / no comments
EPA Heeds Industry Protests, Seeks Time to Rewrite Boiler Rules
WASHINGTON, DC, December 9, 2010 (ENS) – The U.S. EPA is seeking an extension in its court-ordered schedule for issuing rules that would reduce air pollution...
December 10, 2010 1:10 am / no comments
Investors: Obsolete Chemicals Law Threatens Business Recovery
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, September 27, 2010 (ENS) – Fifty-one organizations managing more than $35 billion in assets signed a letter sent to Congress today urging...
September 27, 2010 6:39 am / no comments
WASHINGTON, DC, April 5, 2017 (ENS) – Effective today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is denying a petition by two environmental groups who ask that the agency revoke all food residue tolerances for the pesticide chlorpyrifos....
April 5, 2017 4:58 pm / no comments
Pregnant California Women Carry World’s Highest Flame Retardant Levels
SAN FRANCISCO, California, August 10, 2011 (ENS) – The highest levels of banned chemicals used in flame retardants ever reported among pregnant women...
August 10, 2011 10:23 pm / no comments
WASHINGTON, DC, October 26, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to adopt rules reducing air pollution from coal-burning and oil-burning power plants by November 16, 2011, according to a settlement reached...
October 26, 2009 12:00 am / no comments