Climate Corner: Navigating ‘Dark Waters’
Jul 6, 2024 Callie Lyons lyons.callie@gmail.com The movie “Dark Waters,” which is available now on Netflix, does an exceptional job of communicating the complex scientific concepts involved with C8 or PFOA contamination in the valley. If this movie… Read More
Climate Corner: An Earth Day to celebrate
Apr 27, 2024 Callie Lyons editorial@newsandsentinel.com Earlier this month, we received unprecedented news regarding PFAS when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced enforceable drinking water limits on two forever chemicals — specifically PFOA (or C8) and PFOS. After… Read More
Climate Corner: Investigating your environment
Nov 18, 2023 Callie Lyons editorial@newsandsentinel.com Every time I consider Diane Cotter’s story, I am encouraged. Diane is the person who identified the turnout gear used by firefighters as a major source of exposure to toxic chemicals —… Read More
The Teflon Time Machine – from the Manhattan Project to the Mid-Ohio Valley
Sep 2, 2023 Callie Lyons editorial@newsandsentinel.com The years between World War I and World War II were full of innovation, technological advances, and scientific growth. Many modern inventions — or the perfection of modern inventions — take root… Read More
Climate Corner: Still everywhere
Jun 17, 2023 Callie Lyons editorial@newsandsentinel.com Why are we still talking about C8? I am often asked if our chemical problems aren’t behind us. So much time has passed since the Tennant family lost their cattle to contamination… Read More
Climate Corner: Becoming prepared for the next disaster
Apr 1, 2023 Callie Lyons editorial@newsandsentinel.com We have seen it happen time and again. Shell, IEI, train derailments like East Palestine, untold environmental accidents and disasters – and each of them a threat to our homes, our families,… Read More
Climate Corner: Your water is not all right
Jan 14, 2023 Callie Lyons editorial@newsandsentinel.com When is DuPont going to provide a means of filtering Parkersburg water supplies contaminated with highly fluorinated chemicals like those we call C8 or Gen-X? Twenty years ago this coming June, I… Read More
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Climate Corner: Blooming in an unfavorable climate
Dec 7, 2024 Callie Lyons editorial@newsandsentinel.com In the face of a political climate that feels increasingly unfavorable, especially for environmentalists and those advocating for systemic change, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and hopeless. The challenges–stagnant policies, rising climate… Read More