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Alejandra Martinez

BIZARRE: Environmental groups sue epa over water pollution standards | Mind Blowing Facts

Barges float through the Houston Ship Channel on February 13, 2023.
The Houston Ship Channel in February. A lawsuit filed by a group of environmental groups says the Environmental Protection Agency has failed to update its standards that control how much pollution industry can discharge into waterways. (Credit: Mark Felix for The Texas Tribune)

More than a dozen environmental groups are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for not revising its water pollution-control standards, which regulate the amount of harmful chemicals that can be dumped into rivers, lakes and streams. The groups claim the current standards haven’t been updated in decades, which violates the Clean Water Act.

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