Saturday, April 19, 2025

Tag: PCBs

Poison papers: Monsanto knew PCBs were toxic for years but sold...

Monsanto's vice president of global strategy did not contest the authenticity of the documents.

Major victory for California cities vs. Monsanto over PCB contamination

PCBs are harmful to humans, wildlife and the environment.

Washington becomes first state to sue Monsanto over PCBs, accused of...

Washington’s lawsuit comes just days before shareholders decide on Bayer AG’s $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto that would create the world’s largest seed and pesticide company.

Monsanto’s Toxic Chemicals Lurking in 26,000 U.S. Public Schools

“Supporters are calling on the EPA to survey school systems nationwide and update its records to better assess the scope of potential PCB hazards in schools.”

A Toxic Threat Is Killing Off Europe’s Killer Whales and Dolphins

Researchers find high exposure to PCBs could drive some marine mammal to extinction.

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‘No nonprofit is safe’: Trump escalates federal crackdown on civil society organizations

From Ivy League universities to climate and justice nonprofits, the Trump administration is deploying tax threats, federal takeovers, and embedded agents to suppress ideological dissent and dismantle nonprofit independence.

Sick and unsafe: Trump attacks on workers’ rights is an attack on public health

This power shift hasn't just changed paychecks—it has fundamentally altered the physical and mental health landscape for millions of Americans.

Facing Trump’s America

As we experience Donald Trump’s twenty-first-century version of White nationalism, how we dealt with that difficult past should help us remember that we lived through terrible times by confronting them and that we can do so again.

‘Zero care left’: UN says Israel has destroyed Gaza’s last hospital amid mass graves...

Mass graves, targeted killings of medics, and relentless hospital bombings mark the collapse of Gaza’s health system under Israeli siege, UN and forensic reports confirm.

Trump fast-tracks Great Lakes oil tunnel, triggering outcry over water and climate risks

Environmental groups and tribal nations warn the Line 5 tunnel project could endanger drinking water for 40 million people after Trump administration classifies it as an emergency.