Right to know

EPA scraps proposed chemical safety rules

September 21, 2013Environment

After years in the White House, the Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn a proposed rule that would force companies to label certain potentially harmful chemicals. Many of the EPA’s proposal have been frozen as protests from Congress threaten to limit the agency’s power.

Investigation uncovers little regulation of fertilizer plants

September 17, 2013Environment

Bhopal’s unlikely legacy in the US

August 15, 2013

Pesticide Right to Know

August 14, 2013

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