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...laundry and dry-cleaning workers nationwide, Forms of nonyl phenol ethoxylate (NPEs), chemicals commonly found in U.S. detergents, have been shown to cause fish to change gender and are banned in the European Union and Canada. On June 5, laundry workers petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide health and safety protections from NPEs. Currently, the EPA's guidelines on chemicals date back to 1985, and do not reflect recent research on NPEs...
...cleaning stores in the U.S. - can harm the central nervous system. According to the Centers for Disease Control, studies show that PCE may be a factor in the increased risk for cervical cancer among female dry-cleaning workers. Tom Kelly, director of the indoor environments division of EPA, confirmed that PCE may be dangerous, particularly in residential buildings, and can be a factor in both cancer and non-cancer illness. Nora Nealis, executive director of the National Cleaners Association, responds that, while conditions vary from plant to plant, the industry has made great strides in protecting workers. "With proper training...
...disguised dig at the Bush Administration. As soon as California, led by the moderate Republican Schwarzenegger, adopted its new emissions standards in 2004, the auto industry and other opponents filed suit insisting that such orders were the exclusive purview of the federal government. Since then, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has barred California and the other states that have followed its example (including New York) from enforcing the new codes. The states have since petitioned for special waivers - Crist says Florida will join that effort - something the EPA is supposed to rule on this fall...
...EPA estimates that an additional $300 billion to $500 billion will be needed to repair and upgrade wastewater systems...
...President Bush announced the Clear Skies Initiative, which would allow companies to trade pollution permits. The Sierra Club has said that the plan does not adequately regulate emissions of mercury and nitrogen oxide. The bill is still in committee, though the administration has bypassed Congress by using the EPA to enact some of its provisions. Kerry said that citizens should initiate a new wave of environmental activism. “What’s wrong is that the power of entrenched interests has been able to sideline the power and interests of the population at large,” Kerry...