Articles tagged as: Environmental Protection Agency
June 6, 2019
EPA To Franklin Residents: 'We'll Do Better'
The Environmental Protection Agency is taking steps to improve communication with Franklin residents. People living in Franklin believe that toxic chemicals coming from the old Amphenol industrial site may be causing child cancers in the area.
Read MoreMay 29, 2019
EPA Accepts Grant Proposals For Runoff Prevention Projects
About $14 million will be divided among roughly 30 projects targeting excess nutrients and storm water, which feed harmful algae blooms and otherwise degrade water quality.
Read MoreMay 29, 2019
EPA Encourages Market-Based Approach To Reduce Runoff To Great Lakes
Water quality trading allows someone like a farmer to get credits for reducing runoff on their land that they can then sell to buyers like wastewater treatment plants, developers, and cities.
Read MoreMay 14, 2019
Logansport Drinking Water Pollution Makes EPA's National Priorities List
The citys wellfield is contaminated with PCE, a cancer-causing chemical used to degrease metal and in dry cleaning.
Read MoreMay 1, 2019
EPA Says Roundup Ingredient Is Safe Despite Lawsuits
The World Health Organization lists glyphosate as a probable carcinogen the same classification as the toxic pesticide DDT.
Read MoreApril 22, 2019
East Chicago Mayor Seeks More Protective Cleanup Of Tainted Site
More than 1,000 people were forced from the West Calumet Housing Complex in 2016 after tests found high blood-lead levels in children.
Read MoreApril 18, 2019
EPA Guidance Could Reduce Oversight Of Coal Ash In Indiana Waterways
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a memo this week saying contamination in groundwater that feeds into rivers, streams, and lakes doesnt need to be regulated under the Clean Water Act.
Read MoreApril 7, 2019
EPA Residential Soil Clean Up At East Chicago Superfund May Wrap Up This Year
EPA soil remediation began in 2016. Its cleaned up nearly 600 residential properties. There are 170 additional properties slated for cleanup.
Read MoreFebruary 8, 2019
Whiting Metals Denies Emitting High Levels Of Cadmium, Lead
The Environmental Protection Agency says the company emitted higher than normal levels of cadmium for eight days last year.
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2019
What Trevor's Law May - Or May Not - Do For Franklin
Trevor's Law aims to update the federal guidelines for investigating cancer clusters. But it is unclear if the law will do what the parents hope it will.
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