Legionnaires’ Disease in Northern NJ: A Possible Link to Water Treatment Failures?
Newark’s violation history makes clear that its system is not well operated or maintained and needs significant infrastructure updates and upgrades....
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Newark’s Lead Crisis Continues: Even Higher Levels in 2019
The first few months of 2019 have brought disturbing news for Newark residents—skyrocketing levels of lead in drinking water. Since the start of the year, mor...
Michigan Should Set Precedent-Setting PFAS Water Standards
Today the Natural Resources Defense Council filed an extensive scientific report making a detailed case for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MD...
The PFAS Crisis: Will the EPA Act?
The agency has an opportunity to protect the public from this group of highly toxic chemicals found in drinking water, cookware, food packaging, and other every...
Final Farm Bill Blossoms: A Reasonable Bipartisan Compromise
Photo courtesy of USDA Agricultural Research Service Today, President Trump signed the Farm Bill (H.R. 2), after the House and Senate overwhelmingly approved...
The Trump Administration’s Lead Balloon
Today the Trump Administration issued its long-promised and much-ballyhooed “ Lead Action Plan ,” which it said will “identify and reduce lead contamination...