Safe for Swimming?
America's beaches are some of our favorite places to relax ... when the water is safe. Where is water pollution harming our ability to enjoy the beach? And what can we do to stop it?
Toxic threats
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Accidents Waiting to Happen
Accidents Waiting to Happen: Hazardous Materials by Rail
Renewed interest in uranium mining threatens waterways and wildlife
What’s in that Pine-Sol bottle?
More and better testing would protect us from chemical threats
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Accidents Waiting to Happen: Oil Pipelines
Superfund Back on Track
The Threat of “Forever Chemicals”
Who are the top toxic water polluters in your state?
Did You Know?
97% of Americans have toxic "forever chemicals" in their bodies.
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Chocolate cookies with a smidge of “forever chemicals”
PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” are widely used in consumer products that make our lives easier. These products that contain PFAS offer consumers convenience – but with a health risk most of us aren’t aware of and that we likely wouldn’t accept if we did know about it.
Innocent until proven guilty works for people — not chemicals.
Small solutions for a big crisis: The case of microplastics
When dealing with tiny plastic trash, small pieces of legislation can add up to make a big difference.
Superfund Sites, Refineries, Fossil Fuel Infrastructure in Potential Path of Tropical Storm Barry
As Tropical Storm Barry bears down on the Louisiana coast, Environment America, U.S. PIRG and Frontier Group -- all part of the Public Interest Network -- are sharing information that will help your readers and viewers contextualize what's going on with regard to major environmental and health concerns.
Toxic Ten: The Most Toxic Industrial Air Polluters in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
We worked with PennEnvironment to identify Allegheny County’s Toxic Ten – the 10 active facilities emitting the most toxic air pollution in the county. These 10 industrial facilities emitted more than 955,000 pounds of toxic pollutants in 2016 – contributing more than 70 percent of the air pollution from all industrial sources in the county. To find out more about each facility and identify which ones are closest to you, go to ToxicTen.org.