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"Wood Burning Creates Top Cancer Risk in Oregon's Air, EPA Says"

"Pollution from burning wood in stoves, fireplaces and elsewhere is the top cancer risk in Oregon's air, according to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency analysis."

Source: Portland Oregonian, 07/09/2009

"The Pentagon’s War on America: Toxic Bureaucracy"

During the Bush administration and earlier, the Pentagon waged a war to keep EPA from regulating perchlorate, a rocket fuel that has widely contaminated drinking water, by fudging the science about its health effects. Now the defense industry is pushing the same case to the Obama Office of Management and Budget.

Source: NRNS, 07/08/2009

ExxonMobil Ducks Liability in Baton Rouge

"A lawsuit filed by about 5,700 Baton Rouge residents against ExxonMobil Corp. over a 1993 fire crawled through federal court for almost 15 years and has finally come to an end -- the residents lost, lawyers said."

Source: Baton Rouge Advocate, 07/07/2009

"Food Packaging Leaks BPA, Phthalates"

Some 50 chemicals which can potentially harm human health are contained in food packaging.

Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 07/07/2009

Invisible Particles, Visible Harm

"Studies Are Homing in on Which Particles Polluting the Air Are Most Sickening -- and Why"

Source: Science News, 07/06/2009

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

"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

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