The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will review a chemical used in tire production in response to a petition from three Native American tribes that cited its history of killing salmon. California’s Yurok Tribe and Washington state’s Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe and Puyallup Tribe petitioned the agency this summer to consider prohibiting the use of 6PPD, a…
Five people killed after a multi-vehicle crash in Illinois died from exposure to a toxic chemical that spilled from an overturned semi-truck, the Effingham County Coroner’s Office said Tuesday.