Category: chemical contamination

Coal Seam Gas Waste Plan Worries Farmers and Activists

Farmers and activists have slammed a decision allowing waste salt from coal seam gas extraction to be buried at lined landfill sites in Queensland, saying it risks contaminating the Murray-Darling river system. The state’s action plan to manage highly salty waste brine was released last week, 26 years after the first CSG project began in…


Toxic Chemical Threat to Western Australia’s Drinking Water Supply

A pipeline built without approval by alumina giant Alcoa is at risk of leaking toxic chemicals into a dam which supplies drinking water in Western Australia’s (WA’s) southwest. The state’s environmental regulator has ordered Alcoa to urgently flush out the pipeline which crosses the Samson Dam, about 100km south of Perth. It says the pipeline…


San Diego City Attorney Sues 20-Plus Companies to Force Cleanup of Toxic Chemicals

SAN DIEGO—The San Diego City Attorney’s Office filed suit on May 11 against more than 20 chemical companies for allegedly manufacturing toxic chemicals that have been detected in San Diego area water sources. The lawsuit seeks to force the companies, which include Dupont, 3M, and others, to pay for the costs of cleanup, which the…


Hydroponic Australian Native Plants Found to Pull ‘Indestructible’ Chemical Contaminants From Water

Research led by the University of South Australia (UniSA) has found that the “indestructible” per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) may actually be removed from water by native hydroponic plants and may serve as a strategy to remediate PFAS water. “PFASs are often referred to as ‘forever chemicals’ because they don’t break down, instead of accumulating in…


The 12 Worst Endocrine Disruptors in Your Body

Endocrine disruptors are scary. These synthetic chemicals are absorbed into the body and either mimic or block hormones and disrupt the body’s normal function. Unfortunately, endocrine disruptors are in many products, as the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) Dirty Dozen List of Endocrine Disruptors reveals. The list includes the worst endocrine disruptors. Since these 12 are…