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CDC Lowers Lead-Poisoning Threshold for Kids as Feds, States Cut Funds

"The number of children considered at risk of lead poisoning jumped by more than five-fold on Wednesday, as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lowered its threshold for the diagnosis. Children's health advocates applauded the decision, but also expressed concern that recent congressional budget cuts will drastically limit funds that could help affected kids and prevent further poisoning."

Source: Huffington Post, 05/17/2012

"Sand Mining Coming To a Town Near You"

"The state of Wisconsin is no longer a hot bed for metallic sulfide mining, having its Legislature kill a bill in March that would have streamlined mining permit process in favor of mining companies. But it is one of the hotbeds for another type of mining, sand mining, a billion-dollar business."

Source: Baltimore Post-Examiner, 05/15/2012

"Reaping What We Sow"

"Chemical titans say they have what farmers need to fight superweeds, but will they only be adding to a growing problem?"

Source: Ottawa Citizen, 05/14/2012

"Super Weeds No Easy Fix For US Agriculture -- Experts"

"A fast-spreading plague of 'super weeds' taking over U.S. farmland will not be stopped easily, and farmers and government officials need to change existing practices if food production is to be protected, industry experts said on Thursday."

Source: Reuters, 05/11/2012

"Senators Call For EPA Inquiry Into Lead Factory Sites"

"Six U.S. senators are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to immediately examine the health threats posed by forgotten factory sites featured in a recent USA TODAY investigation."

Source: USA TODAY, 05/11/2012

"Toxic Roulette" -- EPA Suppressed Science at Odds With Chemical Sales

"Firemaster 550, touted as safe, is the latest in a long line of flame retardants allowed onto the market without thorough study of health risks"

Source: Chicago Tribune, 05/11/2012

"Chemical Industry Lobbyists Keep Stronger Oversight Plan at Bay"

"With efforts to revamp the nation's chemical safety law stalled in Congress, the Obama administration's top environmental regulator vowed three years ago to act on her own to beef up the oversight of toxic substances. But key parts of the initiative by Lisa Jackson, the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, are still bottled up in an obscure White House office under intense pressure from industry lobbyists to back off."

Source: Chicago Tribune, 05/10/2012

Dow Rolls Out PR Campaign as USDA Weighs Herbicide-Resistant Corn Seed

"The video shows corn being harvested against an orange sky as a pianist plays a somber tune."

Source: Greenwire, 05/09/2012

"Big Tobacco Wins Fire Marshals as Allies in Flame Retardant Push"

"The problem facing cigarette manufacturers decades ago involved tragic deaths and bad publicity, but it had nothing to do with cancer. It had to do with house fires. Smoldering cigarettes were sparking fires and killing people. And tobacco executives didn't care for one obvious solution: create a 'fire-safe' cigarette, one less likely to start a blaze."

Source: Chicago Tribune, 05/09/2012

"Vermont Will Be First U.S. State to Ban Fracking"

"MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Vermont is about to become the first U.S. state to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for natural gas."

Source: ENS, 05/09/2012

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