As microplastics pollute every corner of the Great Lakes, scientists push governments to combat threat
Plastics just keep getting smaller, and potentially more harmful to humans, fish and wildlife.
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Microplastics linger inside people and animals, multiple studies show. But regulation is still far off.
Scientists are exploring whether microplastics contribute to or cause cancers and other issues.
BP reaches $2.75M deal over Indiana refinery pollution
BP will pay $2.75 million to settle another lawsuit accusing the company of emitting illegal amounts of lung-damaging soot at its Whiting refinery in northwest Indiana, just across the state...
¿Estaría la respuesta contra el covid-19 en los inodoros?
Con las infecciones por covid-19 aumentando nuevamente a un ritmo alarmante, Chicago lucha para ponerse al día con otras ciudades que pronostican brotes mediante el análisis de desechos humanos arrojados...
Every toilet flush reveals a clue in fight to stop COVID-19
With COVID-19 infections spiking again at an alarming rate, Chicago is scrambling to catch up to other cities forecasting outbreaks by analyzing human waste flushed down thousands of toilets. Signs...
Chicago’s Trump Tower sued for violating clean water laws; Trump Organization calls it politics
Trump International Hotel & Tower is endangering fish and other aquatic life in the Chicago River, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan alleges in a new lawsuit targeting the president’s skyscraper...
Will federal safety panel ban toxic flame retardants in household products?
Manufacturers long ago stopped adding a cancer-causing flame retardant to children's pajamas, but federal officials failed to ban the chemical during the late 1970s and as recently as five years...
Asian carp discovered close to Lake Michigan as Trump pushes budget cuts
A commercial fisherman pulled a live Asian carp out of the Calumet River this week about 9 miles from Lake Michigan, prompting a furious dragnet to determine if more of...
EPA employees targeted by Trump defend their role: ‘We’re here to protect public health’
Most employees at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shy away from the public spotlight, focusing instead on the behind-the-scenes work of enforcing laws intended to protect public health and wildlife....
Trump’s EPA cuts threaten programs that clean up Chicago, Great Lakes
State officials in Indiana planned to give BP's Whiting refinery permission to churn more toxic chemicals into the air until the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency overruled them and forced one...