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A community in Red Bluff, California was recently notified that their water had alarming concentrations of chemicals called PFAS. Data shows that the site has had high levels of contamination for several years.
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“If this pollution was happening in an affluent Portland suburb, it would be stopped,” attorney Steve Berman said.
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Oregon health and environmental regulators are monitoring water systems for these ubiquitous "forever chemicals," which don't break down in the environment and can remain toxic for decades or centuries.
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Investigators believe a 1,200-foot cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a leak from the line.
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta says investigators will work to find the cause of the oil spill and whether anything could have been done to prevent the spill.
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Experts say the long-term impacts to the environment — particularly on birds and marine life — could be significant. Officials haven't said what caused the oil to leak from an offshore pipeline.
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Federal, state and local agencies are racing to determine the cause of the spill, which is at least 13 square miles in size.
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Where fires decimated forest systems that held soil in place, an increase in droughts followed by heavy rainfall poses a different kind of threat to the water supplies that are essential to the health of communities.
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As we move into August, some people are tempted to bring pool floaties and other plastic pool toys to lakes and rivers. Researchers at UC Davis are urging people to leave those floaties at home. If the toys rip or break, their glitter and microbeads are like a microplastic bomb that's impossible to clean up.
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It’s California’s first big step toward regulating “forever chemicals,” which are ubiquitous in California and around the globe. The proposed goals — which aim to make the cancer risk negligible — are many times lower than federal guidelines for drinking water.
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A hazardous waste landfill in rural Oregon illegally dumped about 2.5 million pounds of radioactive fracking waste.
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Humboldt County’s timber industry legacy includes abandoned mill sites that can be contaminated with dioxins. Now, a former mill site between the cities of Arcata and Blue Lake is a priority case because it’s a potential threat to the drinking water of 88,000 county residents.
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Along some coastlines toxic contamination could seep into basements or broken sewage lines in coming years. In California's Bay Area, regulators are grappling with how to protect people.
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Lead hit the headlines in a big way with the news of lead in the Flint, Michigan water supply. And that led to many other communities wondering about the…