![July 25, 2017 - Cottage Grove, MN, USA - Teddy Cuellar, 4, watched his father Matt pour water from the shower into a rain barrel on the deck of their Cottage Grove home. The family waters their garden from the barrel. .... .. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ • cgonzalez@startribune.com - July 25, 2017, Cottage Grove, MN, The long dry summer in Cottage Grove has lasted longer than the mayor predicted in May, when the City Council voted to shut down eight of the city's 11 wells and impose a strict watering ban on residents. The reason? Traces of decades-old 3M pollution were registering too high under new state Health Department guidelines. (Credit Image: © Carlos Gonzalez/Minneapolis Star Tribune via ZUMA Wire)](https://theintercept.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/3M-Minnesota-pollution-1519167696.jpg?fit=768%2C384)
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Lawsuit Reveals How Paid Expert Helped 3M "Command the Science" on Dangerous Chemicals
As an expert on perfluorinated chemicals, Professor John Giesy was in a position to help 3M keep damaging papers out of the scientific literature.
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PFOA and PFOS Are Only the Best-Known Members of a Very Dangerous Class of Chemicals
While the dangers of PFOA and PFOS are widely known, very little is known about the other chemicals in their class, PFAS.
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The U.S. Military Is Spending Millions to Replace Toxic Firefighting Foam with Toxic Firefighting Foam
The U.S. military is spending billions to clean up drinking water contaminated with toxic firefighting foam while continuing to use dangerous new formulas.
EPA Division That Studies the Health Risks of Toxic Chemicals Is in a Fight for Its Life — Against the EPA
The Integrated Risk Information System, or IRIS, is the only division of the EPA that independently assesses the toxicity of chemicals.
Ohio and Iowa Are the Latest of Eight States to Consider Anti-Protest Bills Aimed at Pipeline Opponents
Ohio’s bill mirrors a model laid out by ALEC, while Iowa’s creates a new felony, “critical infrastructure sabotage,” punishable by up to 25 years in prison.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Fails Another Senate Test
At a hearing of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee on Tuesday, the EPA's Scott Pruitt repeatedly avoided answering simple yes-or-no questions.
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EPA Orders Testing for GenX Contamination Near Chemours Plant in West Virginia
DuPont introduced GenX in 2009 to replace PFOA, also known as C8, a chemical it had used for decades to make Teflon and other products.
Robert De Niro Accused of Exploiting Hurricane Irma to Build Resort in Barbuda
People from the Caribbean island of Barbuda have accused Robert De Niro of being part of a historic land grab in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.
House Science Committee Wants to Investigate a Government Scientist for Doing Science
Republicans on the House Science Committee are accusing Linda Birnbaum, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, of lobbying.
First Sandy, Then Maria. A Mother and Daughter Marked by Both Storms Find Hope in Climate Activism.
Rachel Rivera and her 11-year-old daughter, Marisol, screamed with joy when they heard that New York City would be divesting from fossil fuel companies.