Articles tagged as: pollution
December 28, 2022
Franklin advocates have mixed feelings about new cancer cluster guidelines
The new guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recognize that not every person who gets exposed to one cancer-causing chemical or multiple will get the same type of cancer.
Read MoreSeptember 19, 2022
Founder of Franklin group to speak at protest over how EPA prevents, investigates cancer clusters
Kari Rhinehart, co-founder of the Franklin group If It Was Your Child, will speak at the event at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters.
Read MoreOctober 27, 2021
IDEM plans to address pollution, odor at waste oil recycling plant in Indianapolis
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management said proposed changes at the Metalworking Lubricants Co. may reduce pollution. But residents are skeptical anything will change.
Read MoreSeptember 20, 2021
EPA Removes PCB-laced Bloomington Sites From Superfund List
The EPA said monitoring will continue at the three sites, which were contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs.
Read MoreMarch 16, 2021
EPA Announces Cleanup Plan For Polluted Water, Soil In Martinsville
The agency suspects the water pollution at the Martinsville Superfund site mostly came from a local laundry and dry cleaning business in the 1980s.
Read MoreMarch 10, 2021
Indiana Steel Companies Will Have To Get Greener But It Won't Be Easy
Indiana releases the most toxic pollution per square mile and the state's top three emitters are steel companies.
Read MoreFebruary 8, 2021
EPA Proposes Pollution Cleanup Of Delco Plant Site In Kokomo
The EPA's proposal chiefly aims to clean up high levels of trichloroethene, or TCE, a chemical the federal agency has classified as a carcinogen
Read MoreNovember 24, 2020
Why Those Harmed By Coal Pollution Need To Be Heard As Coal Plants Shut Down
When a coal plant shuts down, the loss of jobs and tax revenue can be devastating for the towns that host them. The state is grappling with how to help workers and local governments in Indiana with that transition.
Read MoreNovember 2, 2020
EPA Crews Wrap Cleanup Of Tainted Site Near Gary Airport
The federal agency said it recently finished the cleanup of the Midco II Superfund Site near the Gary/Chicago International Airport, paving the way for the airport's potential reuse of the Gary site.
Read MoreAugust 6, 2020
Report: Government Not Protecting Lower-Income Neighborhoods From Pollution
According to a new report from Earthjustice and the Shriver Center on Poverty Law, 70 percent of the most dangerous hazardous waste sites in the country are located within a mile of federally assisted housing.
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