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Fireworks Cause Air Pollution But

Greenbuilding Law

With that wide public sentiment for fireworks, there is actually almost no environmental regulation for the setting off of millions of little explosions of the more than 99% of fireworks imported from China. But, San Diego does regulate fireworks for locations near the coast, requiring expensive permits (.

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Will the EPA Strengthen Ethylene Oxide Standards Without Outside Interference?

Union of Concerned Scientists

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates emissions of EtO, yet the agency is years behind on updating standards and control requirements, despite mounting evidence of the harm of long-term EtO exposure. A decade overdue , EPA is finalizing updated regulations for commercial sterilizers now.

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EPA: U.S. Steel To Pay $1.5 Million Penalty, Make Improvements To settle Air Pollution Violations At Allegheny County Steel Plant

PA Environment Daily

million penalty and make extensive improvements at its steel production facility in Braddock, Pennsylvania, as part of a settlement covering longstanding air pollution violations. Steel is required to make numerous improvements in training, monitoring and work practices to increase compliance and timely response to air pollution.

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DEP: PA Fracking Operations Sent Nearly 236,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2021 - 811,070 since 2016

PA Environment Daily

From 2016 to 2021, a total of 811,070 cubic feet of TENORM waste was sent to low-level radioactive facilities for disposal, while all the other industries combined in the four states sent 1,272,003 cubic feet of LLRW.

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Ethylene Oxide: New Interactive Map Shows Communities Impacted by Cancer-Causing Chemical

Union of Concerned Scientists

While the US US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has known that ethylene oxide is a carcinogen since 2016, the agency currently does not account for these cancer risks in regulations for facilities that use ethylene oxide.

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Ask a Scientist: EPA Failing to Protect Communities from Cancer-Causing Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 2016, it concluded that the gas is 60 times more toxic than its previous estimate. DM: The EPA’s 2016 risk assessment determined that chronic inhalation of ethylene oxide—meaning over a long period of time—is associated with white blood cell cancers, such as non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, myeloma, and lymphocytic leukemia.

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 14

PA Environment Daily

Air Quality Permit -- Sandy Run Landfill, LLC - Renewable Landfill Gas Refinery: DEP invites comments on an Air Quality Plan Approval for the facility located in Broad Top Twp., You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. Bedford County. ( Chester County. ( Butler County. ( Tioga County. (