In its 2017 regular session this month, the Maryland Legislature passed a bill prohibiting the use of wheel weights containing certain amounts of lead or mercury in vehicles. House Bill 66…
Chemicals & Emerging Contaminants
Texas Uses Mobile Health Monitoring to Cut Costs While Keeping Staff Healthy
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s environmental investigators risk daily exposure to raw sewage and noxious chemicals. To ensure the safety of all field staff and that no inadvertent exposure to…
ECOS Charter for the Toxic Substances Reduction Workgroup
Below is the charter establishing ECOS’ Toxic Substances Reduction Workgroup, which will fall under the auspices of the Cross-Media Committee.
District of Columbia Offers Free Radon Testing
The District of Columbia Department of Energy and the Environment (DOEE) is offering free radon test kits to residents. The effort is part of National Radon Action Month. In addition…
Washington’s Protecting Children’s Health through Product Testing
A shiny necklace sold with a girls’ dress should be pretty, not poisonous. Product testing by the Washington Department of Ecology is helping ensure that jewelry and other everyday products…
Pennsylvania Joins Partners to Launch Methane Mapping in Pittsburgh
On November 15, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf joined the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Google, People’s Natural Gas, and Carnegie Mellon University to unveil a partnership to map methane leaks in…
Multi-level Government Cooperation Seen in Idaho’s Innovative Phosphorus Removal Project
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Boise City officials have worked together to develop an innovative, cost-effective method of removing phosphorous from water flowing into the Boise River.…
New Jersey Develops Tight Standard for PFOA in Drinking Water
In response to U.S. EPA’s health advisory on perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is proposing the nation’s first enforceable PFOA drinking water standard. PFOA, a…
DC Announces Funding for Watershed Restoration and Education
The District Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) is offering grants to eligible entities to help control, prevent, and remediate nonpoint sources of polluted runoff to DC waters and the…
Iowa Works to Promote Brownfield Redevelopment via Community Outreach
Iowa’s Department of Natural Resources will conduct a workshop later this month to help communities identify resources to redevelop and revitalize areas with environmental contamination. The workshop, titled Funding Economic…
