A factory in your community can release toxic chemicals into the air, land, and water, and never have to report it. But that will change soon. The Environmental Protection Agency wants you to be better informed about toxic waste.
Persistent chemicals take a long time to degrade.
That could make them a serious threat to your health and to the environment. Currently, a facility can use up to 25,000 pounds of a dangerous chemical without reporting it. The EPA's proposal would lower that threshold to 100 pounds. The EnvironMinute is produced in cooperation with the National Safety Council and made possible by the Teresa and H. John Heinz III Foundation.