Hantavirus and the EPA: A Collaborative Defense Against Viral Threats — A Conversation with Dana S. Lateulere and James V. Aidala

Dana Lateulere and James Aidala are back in the studio to discuss the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s significant role in combating pathogens like those spreading the highly virulent Ebola virus and Hantavirus. They discuss how EPA reviews, approves, and regulates products to combat these pathogens and how EPA has modernized its process.

An Old Well Gushed Waste, Not Oil, in a Small West Texas Town

The Railroad Commission spent $1.49 million plugging an oil well under the parking lot of the First Baptist Church of Grandfalls in April. The church's pastor, David Tucker, hopes the incident can lead to change in the Permian Basin's oil and gas industry.

FBI Serves Search Warrant at Garden Grove Chemical Spill Site

The FBI served a search warrant to gather materials from the chemical facility of a Garden Grove aerospace manufacturer whose tank overheated, causing mass evacuations. A little over two weeks ago, a chemical tank containing methyl methacrylate overheated in a residential area of Garden Grove and was at risk of exploding due to improper upkeep. Both officials and residents were concerned over the leak and how it would affect public health.

This Brand Wants You to Compost Its Clothes

Wendt started modeling as a teenager in upstate New York farm country. After studying textile design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, she worked with major brands like Issey Miyake, Tom Ford, Calvin Klein and Bloomingdales. Wendt was diagnosed with breast cancer at 39 and decided not to use any toxic petrochemicals in her clothing anymore. She founded California Cloth Foundry, a company that uses natural dyeing and regenerative agriculture to create sustainable clothing.

FDA Investigating Mystery Salmonella and Cyclospora Outbreaks

Bill Marler is an accomplished personal injury and products liability attorney. He began litigating foodborne illness cases in 1993. He represented Brianne Kiner, the most seriously injured survivor of the Jack in the Box E. coli O157:H7 outbreak.

Matt and Jerusalem read “Silent Spring”

Rachel Carson's 1962 book, Silent Spring, is marketed on the cover as "the classic that launched the environmental movement". Jerusalem and Jerusalem agree that Carson is unduly skeptical of the normal political process. Modern environmentalism has embraced the idea that true democracy involves endless rounds of consultation and post hoc litigation.

FBI seizing evidence at California plant where chemical tank overheated

FBI served a search warrant on Wednesday at GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems in Garden Grove, California, where a chemical tank overheated last month, forcing 50,000 residents to evacuate. The warrant orders the seizure of documents and records related to the "storage, use, or disposal" of methyl methacrylate, the chemical inside the affected tank. The liquid is used in the manufacturing of plastics and coatings such as Plexiglas and dental prosthetics.

Do salmon really get high on cocaine? And will you if you eat it?

Cocaine pollution alters the movement and space use of Atlantic salmon in Lake Vättern, Sweden. The study monitored 1,052 sampling sites along 258 rivers in 104 countries of all continents. The highest levels of drug contamination were found in low- and middle-income countries with unregulated pharmaceutical manufacturing plants and untreated sewage.

Air Pollution’s Daily Pulse Over the Northeast

TEMPO detected high concentrations of nitrogen dioxide during the morning commute at 7:05 a.m. local time on May 18, 2026 along the New York-Washington corridor. The instrument detected lower levels of the gas at 3:05 p.m., after chemical reactions involving nitrogen dioxide had contributed to elevated ozone concentrations in the afternoon.

Environmental group intervenes in lawsuit to help orangutans, tigers in Indonesia

Walhi has officially intervened in an environmental lawsuit filed by the government against pulpwood producer PT Toba Pulp Lestari. The company's forest-clearing activities were blamed for exacerbating floods and landslides during torrential rains in late November 2025. Walhi is asking that any funds recovered from the lawsuit be directed toward environmental restoration activities on the ground. The environment ministry is seeking 3.89 trillion rupiah in damages and environmental restoration measures against the company.

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