Press release from the Department of Toxic Substances Control: To protect California’s environment and public health, the state Department of...
From the US Tire Manufacturing Association The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA), which represents several of the world’s largest global...
USGS estimates at least 45% of tap water could have one or more PFAS Press release from the USGS At least 45% of the nation’s tap water is estimated to have one or more types of the chemicals known as...
Gas stations caused a $20 billion toxic mess — and it’s not going away. By Kate Yoder, Grist This story...
From the State Water Resources Control Board: Pursuant to California Code of Regulations, title 23, section 3858, the State Water...
Pursuant to California Code of Regulations, title 23, section 3858, the State Water Resources Control Board posted Public Notice for a Clean Water Act 401 water quality certification application for the Merced River Agricultural Diversion and Fish Habitat Enhancement Project (Project). To...
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The Return of Native Zooplankton Aided Tahoe Clarity Efforts in 2022 By Kat Kerlin, UC Davis For the last five...
From the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN): A coalition of environmental groups – the California Water Impact Network, the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, and AquAlliance – have submitted a notice of intent to sue the State Water Resources Control Board unless it rescinds...
The chemical 6PPD, added to tires to prevent degradation, is causing a “complete breakdown of the blood brain barrier” in...
As California’s drought deepens, harmful algal blooms have been on the rise in the San Francisco Estuary. In this episode...
Simple filtration columns along roads can remove toxic substances and save fish. By NOAA Fisheries Stormwater runoff containing a toxic compound from automobile tires that washes into streams is lethal to protected coho salmon, Pacific steelhead, and Chinook salmon, according...
FEATURE: How Wildfire-damaged Plastic Pipes Contaminate Drinking water – and What We Can Do About It
Written for Maven’s Notebook by Robin Meadows The first time a reporter asked public health researcher Gina Solomon if wildfires...
Traditionally, stormwater was viewed as a flood management problem in which the runoff needed to be conveyed as quickly as...
A government advisory lowered acceptable amounts of certain PFAS chemicals to levels so low they can’t be tested by any modern laboratory. Industry reps see exploding costs while environmentalists see a victory — mostly. By Gabriel Tynes, Courthouse News Service...