Back when this blog was just in diapers, we got a lot of attention for calling out a proposal for a new federal law on bedbugs. “No issue is too small for your Congress to handle,” I wrote. The public reacted.
Well, the bill didn’t pass, but the feds are on the bedbug case all the [...]
No, this is not about the latest energy drink.
The Environmental Protection Agency has decided not to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient called perchlorate that can be found in public water supplies around the country. The scuttlebutt suggests that the Department of Defense would be seriously on the hook if [...]
It’s always interesting to me when I come across government Web sites “for kids,” like:
this one from the Environmental Protection Agency
this one from the Department of Agriculture’s Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory
this one from the Patent and Trademark Office
this one from the Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration
this one from the National Highway Transportation [...]
In not one, but two proposed regulations, the Environmental Protection Agency is adding new sites to the National Priorities List. Maybe one of them is in your home town!
Our congratulations go out to:
Iron King Mine–Humboldt Smelter in Dewey-Humboldt, AZ
Nelson Tunnel/Commodore Waste Rock in Creede, CO
Flash Cleaners in Pompano Beach, FL
Aberdeen Contaminated Ground Water in Aberdeen, [...]