Tag: Water Pollution
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Colorado health department suspends water testing after 2nd chemist found manipulating data
Nearly a year after the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) found anomalies in a chemist’s testing work, a second chemist is being investigated for allegedly manipulating data — ultimately causing the department to suspend water testing in the State Laboratory’s chemistry program. The announcement of the suspension on Monday directly coincides with the…
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Suncor released potentially unhealthy levels of benzene into Sand Creek after December fire
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Suncor released potentially unhealthy levels of benzene into Sand Creek after a December refinery fire, according to the Colorado Department of Health and Environment. After the two fires that injured two employees at Suncor’s Commerce City refinery, the company shut down the plant for repairs…
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EPA issues new health advisory limits for safe PFAS levels
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Concentrations of “forever chemicals” in drinking water that are much lower than previously believed may pose negative health effects, the Environmental Protection Agency warned in a new advisory issued Wednesday. The EPA announced the advisory — which drastically lowers the agency’s recommendations on safe limits for…
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Refinery owner Suncor fires back at critics over water pollution claims
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Suncor’s Commerce City oil refinery was accused in March of discharging “large amounts of toxic PFAS” chemicals into Sand Creek, a tributary of the South Platte River, according to Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental law organization. The organization released a study by Westwater Hydrology of Wheat…
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Suncor’s Commerce City refinery responds to water pollution complaints
The Suncor refinery in Commerce City responded to charges that “toxic levels” of PFAS chemicals were found in Sand Creek, adjacent to and downstream of the refinery. “There is no doubt that Colorado has a big PFAS problem,” said Caitlin Miller, an attorney with Earthjustice, an environmental nonprofit organization. “Our study shows that Suncor is a significant…