What new limits on ‘forever chemicals’ mean for Memphis’ drinking water
Because Tennessee has never regulated PFAS, it’s unknown how much of the forever chemicals are in Memphis’ drinking water.
Topic: Environmental Protection Agency
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April 2024
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June 2023
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EPA comes to Memphis for EtO emissions feedback
The EPA returned to Memphis officially for the first time since last fall when the agency explained the health risks created by local EtO emissions. Representatives discussed proposals to reduce the community’s risks from the chemical.
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April 2023
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New EPA rules could cut EtO emissions by 80% in South Memphis
However, it could take years for the proposed regulations, which would govern emissions of a cancer-causing chemical, to be finalized and enforced.
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February 2023
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Memphis air pollution study flawed, expert says
When a study last year looked at how much of cancer-causing chemical was seeping into the air, and potentially harming local residents, it used standards better suited to indoor air quality and workers in protective equipment.
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As pollution from Ohio train wreck heads downstream, communities wonder about their water
A plume of chemical contaminants is traveling along the Ohio River at about one mile per hour and will eventually enter the Mississippi River.
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Scientists gauge Mallory Heights’ cancer risk from EtO
By looking at the cumulative lifetime cancer risk from individual pollutants scientists can glean how much one chemical is contributing to overall risk.
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Familiar chimney stacks at TVA’s Allen Fossil Plant coming down Friday
The demolition of the three 400-foot-tall chimney stacks at the now-defunct Allen Fossil Plant is the final step in a four-phase plan to prepare the site for redevelopment, and repurpose the 500 acres of land it occupies in Southwest Memphis.
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January 2023
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Supreme Court ruling could roll back wetlands protections
What’s at stake in the case is the federal jurisdiction over the nation’s most valuable natural resource: water.
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Memphis facility should reduce cancer-causing emissions, City Council says
“What we’re doing here is asking them to initiate those same interventions that they’re putting in their other sites across the country and not wait for the EPA,” said Memphis City Council member Jeff Warren.
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Cancer-causing chemical endangering Memphis due to EPA’s inaction, lawsuit alleges
The EPA included Memphis’ Sterilization Services of Tennessee on a list of high-risk facilities in August, but a pending lawsuit says the agency is moving too slowly; the Memphis City Council is also considering what actions it can take.
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October 2022
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Health Department launches first specific cancer-cluster study
Residents who live near the Sterilization Services of Tennessee facility in South Memphis have a lifetime cancer risk of 100 in a million from EtO exposure, according to the EPA.
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September 2022
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Biden promised billions for environmental justice. Will it get into the right hands?
President Joe Biden signed an executive order in January 2021 representing the biggest federal commitment to environmental justice in the nation’s history. It’s intended to help communities achieve their clean energy goals and more.
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August 2022
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EPA is monitoring possible cancer-causing emissions in Southwest Memphis
A recent assessment of a local commercial sterilization facility shows elevated risk of long-term exposure to ethylene oxide, a chemical that is carcinogenic to humans through inhalation.
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