"Panel Urges Lower Cutoff for Child Lead Poisoning"
"ATLANTA -- For the first time in 20 years, a federal panel is urging the government to lower the threshold for lead poisoning in children."
Source: AP, 01/05/2012
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"Lead Poisoning Threatens Eagles"
"HILDEN, Nova Scotia -- Helene Van Doninck is tired of treating eagles for lead poisoning."
Source: Halifax Chronicle Herald, 01/04/2012
Monsanto Jurors Decide If Nitro Residents Should Be Tested for Disease
"WINFIELD, W.Va. -- Putnam County jurors chosen to sit in the upcoming case against Monsanto, a former Nitro chemical plant, will have to decide whether thousands of current and former Nitro residents should be periodically tested for disease at the expense of the company."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 01/03/2012
Louisville Water Co. Reduces Pollutant Chromium 6 in Drinking Water
"The Louisville Water Co. has sharply lowered the levels of hexavelent chromium, a suspected carcinogen, in drinking water after solving a puzzle about the source of the pollutant."
Source: Louisville Courier-Journal, 01/02/2012
"Organic Agriculture May Be Outgrowing Its Ideals"
"TODOS SANTOS, Mexico -- Clamshell containers on supermarket shelves in the United States may depict verdant fields, tangles of vines and ruby red tomatoes. But at this time of year, the tomatoes, peppers and basil certified as organic by the Agriculture Department often hail from the Mexican desert, and are nurtured with intensive irrigation. "
Source: NY Times, 01/02/2012
"DHS Misled Congress About Chem Facility Program, Top Republican Says"
"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has misled Congress about the effectiveness of a nearly five-year-old program that is meant to secure the nation’s chemical facilities against potential terrorist attacks, says Sen. Susan M. Collins (R-Maine).
Source: C&EN, 12/30/2011
"Worms Feasting on Popular Pesticide-Producing Corn"
"One of the nation's most widely planted crops -- genetically engineered corn that makes its own insecticide -- may be losing its effectiveness because a major pest appears to be developing resistance more quickly than scientists expected."
Source: AP, 12/30/2011
NY Enviro Group Says Junked Thermostats Cause Major Mercury Pollution
"ALBANY, N.Y. — While health and environmental groups are praising the Environmental Protection Agency for reining in mercury emissions from power plants, a New York group says discarded thermostats remain a major source of mercury contamination in the state."
Source: AP, 12/23/2011
Chemical Industry Seeks Further Delays in EPA Dioxin Risk Study
"In light of just-passed federal legislation, a chemical industry group is asking the Environmental Protection Agency to change course on its assessment of the most potent form of dioxin, a pollutant that causes cancer and is linked to reproductive problems. Such a move by the agency could drag out completion of the assessment, which has been underway for 20 years."
Source: C&EN, 12/23/2011
"Researchers Assess Effects of a World Awash in Nitrogen"
"Humans are having an effect on Earth's ecosystems but it's not just the depletion of resources and the warming of the planet we are causing. Now you can add an over-abundance of nitrogen as another "footprint" humans are leaving behind. The only question is how large of an impact will be felt. In a Perspectives piece in the current issue of Science, Arizona State University researcher James Elser outlines some recent findings on the increasing abundance of available nitrogen on Earth."
Source: SPX, 12/21/2011
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