Massachusetts Toxics Agency Axed From Budget
The state budget crisis has caused the Massachusetts legislature to eliminate all funding for the state's Toxics Use Reduction Institute.
Source: Boston Globe, 07/03/2009
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"Concerns Over Bisphenol A Continue To Grow"
Heart arrhythmias in females and permanent, deleterious modifications of a gene that plays a pivotal role in reproduction are two new problems being linked to bisphenol A. New findings about the toxicity of this chemical and data suggest human exposures may be higher than U.S. regulatory agencies have assumed.
Source: Science News, 07/03/2009
"Purity of Federal 'Organic' Label Is Questioned"
Heavy lobbying by companies eager to get a slice of the $23 billion-a-year organic food business is watering down USDA "organic" standards to the point where consumers "are not always getting what they expect: foods without pesticides and other chemicals, produced in a way that is gentle to the environment."
Source: Wash Post, 07/03/2009
"EPA Ready To Settle Bay Area Pesticide Suit"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday a proposed settlement of a lawsuit that could result in scrutiny of how dozens of dangerous pesticides affect threatened and endangered species living around San Francisco Bay."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 07/02/2009
"EPA Proposes Regulations To Cut Ship Pollution"
"The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing tougher rules to reduce air pollution from large oceangoing ships, including oil tankers and cargo vessels."
Source: AP, 07/02/2009
Bill Seeks To Protect Drinking Wells from Fracking
"A bill introduced earlier this month would bring federal oversight of hydraulic fracturing fluids -- chemical mixtures pumped at high pressure into oil and gas wells in order to unlock deposits trapped deep underground."
Source: NYTimes, 07/01/2009
"Poisoned Patriots"
"From 1957 to 1987, hundreds of thousands of unprepared men, women and children who lived on or near Camp Lejeune, N.C., the largest Marine Corps base on the East Coast, were the unwitting victims of a decades-long water contamination disaster that is still claiming lives."
Source: NRNS, 07/01/2009
Florida Lets Sewage Sludge Foul Everglades: Critics
Environmentalists say Florida officials are thwarting a 2-year-old law banning the spreading of sewage sludge on the Everglades.
Source: Orlando Sentinel, 06/30/2009
"Air Has Elevated Cancer Risk in 600 Neighborhoods"
"People living in nearly 600 neighborhoods across the country are breathing concentrations of toxic air pollutants that put them at a much greater risk of contracting cancer, according to new data from the Environmental Protection Agency."
Source: AP, 06/24/2009
"Tracing Mercury's Transit to Coastal Environments"
On a global average, the amount of mercury falling out of the sky has tripled since the Industrial Revolution, primarily because of the burning of fossil fuels. Although this atmospheric deposition has long been considered the key vector for the widespread contamination of freshwater and coastal ecosystems, some scientists are focusing on another potential source: subterranean flows of terrestrial groundwater.
Source: ES&T, 06/23/2009
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