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Lawsuit Filed Against EPA to Protect Endangered Species From Cadmium Pollution

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today against the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to assess harms to endangered species before nearly tripling the levels of dangerous cadmium pollution that are allowed in U.S. waters.

Cadmium is a heavy metal that bioaccumulates at all levels of the food chain and is a carcinogen that is toxic to wildlife and people at any level of exposure.

In 2016 the EPA approved a 188% increase in the allowable chronic freshwater exposure to the heavy metal, despite warnings from the National Marine Fisheries Service that it would potentially be harmful to endangered species such as sturgeon, Atlantic salmon and sea turtles. ....

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