New Rules Could Prevent Thousands of Deaths and Reduce Tens of Thousands of Serious PFAS-attributable Illnesses The Biden-Harris Administration announced Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking unprecedented measures to protect the American public from toxic PFAS chemicals that are pervasive in its drinking water. In a statement by EPA Administrator, Michael S. Regan, it was revealed that the agency is proposing to establish legally enforceable levels for six PFAS chemicals known to occur in drinking water. If passed, it would regulate PFOA and PFOS as individual contaminants, and will regulate four other PFAS – PFNA, PFHxS, PFBS,…
Author: Tod Hardin
Tod Hardin
Tod Hardin was a founding staff member of DCReport and now serves as our managing editor. For the past decade he has also written for and served as the special features editor over at our sister publication, Cultural Daily. His writing has also appeared in various publications around the country, and through hundreds of blog articles written for such organizations as Plastic Oceans International, California North Coast Tourism Council, Social Forestry Foundation and others. In addition, he is also an award-winning filmmaker, with credits that include producing and writing a variety of short documentary films, in addition to directing the highly acclaimed feature-length documentary AGAINST THE CURRENT.
At Least 99% of Americans Have PFAS Chemicals In Their Blood Although it’s been a well-known issue to activists and researchers for more than several years, awareness of the negative impact of PFAS chemicals on human health, wildlife and the environment is just now starting to permeate the general public. In fact, I’ll predict here – just as “climate change” and “plastic pollution” have been in recent years – that “PFAS” will indeed become the environmental buzz word of 2023. And it should be. Which, of course, begs the question: Why? On the surface, PFAS includes a pretty useful collection…
Effort Will Cut Carbon Pollution and Pursue Net-Zero Energy Consumption The National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation (NPLSF), a nonprofit organization based in St. Paul, Minnesota, is leading a national coalition of public and private agencies, nonprofits and individuals to fully eliminate fossil fuel consumption in powering the infrastructure of all five National Park sites around Lake Superior. The four-year initiative, officially announced on January 28 as Decarbonize the Parks, would make the five national parks the first in the nation to “decarbonize,” eliminating carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere from their daily operations. The parks…
Access Granted to More Military Bases In the Philippines and the U.S. Embassy in Solomon Islands Reopens In two subtle, but very significant moves, the Biden administration has expanded the United States’ presence in the Pacific region, which is perceived by many as actions to counter China’s growing influence there. In addition to a Pentagon-negotiated agreement that gives the U.S. military access to four more Filipino bases, the U.S. State Department has reopened its embassy in the Solomon Islands. The military bases in the Philippines provide the U.S. a missing piece of the important puzzle required to surround China with…
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