U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EPA fines West's largest toxic dump for improper disposal of cancer-causing chemicalsA vast toxic waste dump at the center of a birth defects controversy in Central California has been fined more than $300,000 for allowing cancer-causing chemicals to leach into the soil, ...

A recently published study (Winchester PD, Acta Paediatrica, 2009) reveals that the frequency of birth defects, such as spina bifida, cleft palate, and Down's Syndrome, is elevated for babies conceived in the spring and early summer. Although modest, the increase in birth ...

EPA OKs more hazardous waste for Calif. toxic dump blamed by residents for birth defectsThe Environmental Protection Agency says a central California landfill that local residents blame for birth defects can continue accepting hazardous waste.The landfill next to Kettleman City is run ...

Grieving parents testified Thursday before California legislators about a rash of infant deaths and birth defects in an impoverished farm town next to the biggest hazardous waste landfill in the West."How many more children will have to be born with these conditions ...

Birth defect rate in farming town near huge waste dump isn't unusual State health officials said Tuesday they found nothing unusual about the rate of infant birth defects in an impoverished San Joaquin Valley farm town located next to the West's largest ...

Families in California city say they are hopeful toxic mystery will be solved after EPA visit It was the day the families of this rural farm community had long awaited.Jared Blumenfeld, newly appointed regional director of the EPA's Pacific Southwest division, sat ...

Schwarzenegger orders 2 state agencies to investigate birth defects spike in California townGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered two state agencies to investigate a rash of birth defects that have confounded impoverished Kettleman City for more than a year.Schwarzenegger's intervention into a bitter ...

Topic: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EPA fines West's largest toxic waste dump $300,000

Pregnancy risks for babies born of mothers with birth defects

EPA OKs more hazardous waste for Calif. toxic dump

State samples air, water near Calif. toxic dump

State: Birth defect rate in CA town not unusual

Calif. city near landfill hopeful after EPA visit

State to probe birth defects spike in Calif. town

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