"lawsuit shows the fullest picture to date of ExxonMobil's decades-long deception, we are asking the court to hold ExxonMobil fully accountable for its role in creating and exacerbating the plastics pollution crisis through its campaign of deception" www.reuters.com/business/env...
California and several environmental groups sued Exxon Mobil on Monday and accused the oil giant of engaging in a decades-long campaign that helped fuel global plastic waste pollution.
BREAKING: Residents around a chemicals plant have been told to wash and peel homegrown vegetables before eating while an investigation into potential soil contamination with a cancer-causing chemical PFOA gets under way 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Exclusive: council issues advisory as investigation begins and documents reveal estimates of PFOA emissions
ITV Newsā report on the potential PFAS contamination problem from the chemicals plant weāve been investigating for a couple of years nowā¦ www.itv.com/news/2024-09...
A former worker told me that the plant has improved its processes but that "settling tanks and effluent pits used to overflow in heavy rain and everything would get into the river ā¦ we had to use anti-foam to stop the river frothing up.ā 5/5
Experts say they are shocked that action wasn't taken sooner, that kms around the plant could be affected, and that the investigation into contam is too limited and should be looking for more than just one PFAS 3/
Experts say they are shocked that action wasn't taken sooner, that kms around the plant could be affected, and that the investigation into contam is too limited and should be looking for more than just one PFAS 3/
We have uncovered docs that show that 115 tonnes of PFOA has been emitted since the 1950s. Being a 'forever chemical' that doesn't break down, it is likely to still be in the environment somewhere. 2/
BREAKING: Residents around a chemicals plant have been told to wash and peel homegrown vegetables before eating while an investigation into potential soil contamination with a cancer-causing chemical PFOA gets under way 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Exclusive: council issues advisory as investigation begins and documents reveal estimates of PFOA emissions
