The letter asks the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rescind or replace its "free pass to pollute" policy allowing companies to suspend critical health and safety monitoring with no public disclosure during the coronavirus pandemic.The U.S. EPA and Congress should be working to protect communities and workers, not unnecessarily endangering them by making them more vulnerable to disease from toxic pollution in the middle of a global pandemic.
Indian NGO Toxics Link released a new report on 20 September" Dirty Trail: Detergent to Water Bodies." The study found alarming levels of the toxic chemical “Nonylphenol” in detergents as well as in river water in India. The detergent samples were taken from the local markets of Delhi and water from six rivers, i.e. Garh Ganga and Hindon in Uttar Pradesh, Krishnan in Andhra Pradesh, Tapti in Gujarat, Bandi in Rajasthan, Mahanadi in Odisha and Ambazari lake in Nagpur.
