Illinois: "County Mulls Sealant Ban"
"WOODSTOCK, Ill. -- The paving industry closely is watching McHenry County as its officials consider a ban on toxic asphalt sealants commonly used on driveways."
Source: Northwest Herald, 05/16/2011
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"Produce Industry Presses USDA on Pesticide Report"
Eighteen non-organic produce industry groups have written the Agriculture Secretary in an an effort to muffle the impact of the upcoming USDA report on pesticide residues. The Environmental Working Group uses the annual data to highlight the "Dirty Dozen" fruits and vegetables.
Source: Wash Post, 05/16/2011
"U.S. Asks Six Natgas Drillers To Disclose Waste Info"
"Environmental regulators on Thursday directed six natural gas drillers to disclose how they dispose of or recycle waste water in Pennsylvania after a recent Chesapeake Energy Corp accident."
Source: Reuters, 05/13/2011
"Fraser River Sockeye Face Chemical Soup of 200 Contaminants"
"Sockeye salmon are exposed to a soup of chemicals in the Fraser River, and some of the ingredients are accumulating to potentially lethal levels in eggs, while others may be disrupting the sexual function of fish, according to a scientific review conducted for the Cohen Commission."
Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 05/12/2011
"French Lean Toward Ban of a Controversial Gas Extraction Technique"
"French lawmakers opened debate on Tuesday on proposals to ban a method for extracting oil and gas deposits from shale because of environmental concerns, throwing up the first serious stumbling block to firms that want to use the practice."
Source: NY Times, 05/11/2011
'Fracking' for Natural Gas Is Polluting Ground Water: Study
"Methane levels were 17 times higher in ground water near areas where shale-gas 'fracking' wells had been drilled in Pennsylvania, compared with areas where no gas drilling had occurred, a new study has found."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 05/10/2011
"Phosphorus Paradox: Scarcity and Overabundance of a Key Nutrient"
Phosphorus, mined primarily from phosphate rock, is a key fertilizer ingredient that maintains U.S. farm productivity. But once it runs off into lakes and streams it can be too much of a good thing.
Source: EHP, 05/09/2011
Durango: "Dandelion Debate"
"On a quiet back road near Turtle Lake, a metaphorical battle is being waged between neighbors Katrina Blair and Scott Sallee. The two fight over city contracts, but the differences are philosophical, ecological and – for Blair, at least – almost religious."
Source: Durango Herald, 05/09/2011
"Washington Bans Coal Tar Sealants"
"Washington has become the first state to ban pavement sealants that contain coal tar. The state made the move in response to recent studies that show runoff from macadam treated with these products can pollute lakes and streams."
Source: C&EN, 05/09/2011
"Pollution Fears Cloud Approval of Kennecott Expansion"
"Expanding Kennecott’s open-pit mine wouldn’t create enough air pollution to stop the copper giant from burrowing deeper into the Oquirrh Mountains. So ruled the Utah Air Quality Board in giving Kennecott Utah Copper a critical go-ahead Wednesday to enlarge its mine on the western edge of Salt Lake County — despite objections from anti-pollution advocates and a warning from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that the expansion may not be approved."
Source: Salt Lake Tribune, 05/06/2011
