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The U.S. Geological Survey said "forever chemicals" are in private wells in addition to public systems. The agency based its report on samples taken from 716 locations.

The EPA says its proposal will reduce ethylene oxide emissions by roughly 80% by targeting 86 medical sterilization facilities across the United States.

The rules would lower emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants that can harm brain development of young children and contribute to heart attacks and other health problems in adults.

Some 9.2 million lead pipes carry water into homes across the U.S., and Florida has nearly 1.16 million of them. according to a new EPA survey is dictating how billions of dollars to find and replace those pipes are spent.

The long-awaited plan would limit PFAS chemicals to the lowest level that tests can detect. The EPA says it will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses, including cancer.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan, who walked along a creek that still reeks of chemicals, sought to reassure skeptical residents that the water is fit for drinking and the air safe to breathe around East Palestine.

Hundreds of worried people gathered to hear state officials insist yet again that testing shows local air is safe to breathe. Norfolk Southern was a non-show, citing safety concerns.

Hundreds of Florida waters are considered “impaired” for fish consumption. As a result the state Department of Health advises that most fish caught shouldn’t be eaten more than twice a week. But that message does not always get through to subsistence fishers.

Experts say the EPA’s recent declaration that some PFAS chemicals are unsafe at detectable levels in drinking water signals acceleration in efforts to curb exposure to compounds found in nearly every American’s blood.

Parrish, in Manatee County, is included in a list ProPublica compiled that analyzes billions of rows of EPA data to map the spread of cancer-causing industrial air emissions down to the neighborhood level.