SO2 Final Rule Scheduled For June 2
Some counties in your region may no longer be in compliance and will need to take new pollution control measures.
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New EPA Coal Ash Rules: Understanding the Options
An Environmental Law Institute event; a panel will discuss the background and features of the rule, possible benefits and drawbacks of each option, and the role of recycling.
"Will USDA Food Safety Plan Squeeze Out the Little Guy?"
Recent outbreaks of foodborned diseases like E. coli have pressured USDA to tighten food safety rules. The sources of outbreaks are often large industrial operation -- but small farmers who can't afford to comply may be forced out of business.
Source: AOLNews, 05/26/2010
"Study Ties Some Pesticides to Risk of ADHD in Children"
A new study has linked attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to organophosphate pesticides, which attack the nervous system.
Source: VOA, 05/26/2010
"Infections Link To Bees Decline"
"US researchers claim to have identified a new potential cause for Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in honeybees." They think a synergistic effect of two pathogens -- a fungus and a family of viruses -- may be the culprit.
Source: BBC News, 05/26/2010
"Study Finds Supplements Contain Contaminants"
"Nearly all of the herbal dietary supplements tested in a Congressional investigation contained trace amounts of lead and other contaminants, and some supplement sellers made illegal claims that their products can cure cancer and other diseases, investigators found."
Source: NYTimes, 05/26/2010
San Diego Agency May Have Illegally Dumped Waste for a Decade
"A local agency that's completed hundreds of lead paint remediation projects across San Diego has halted two jobs and launched an internal inquiry as it acknowledges that it may have improperly dumped lead waste for the last decade."
Source: Voice of San Diego, 05/26/2010
"FDA Tests Lipsticks, Finds Lead in All"
"Tests conducted by the FDA last year on 22 red lipsticks found lead, a neurotoxin, in every single lipstick sample studied."
Source: Cox Newspapers, 05/26/2010
EPA Bars Texas from Issuing Refinery Permit
"The Environmental Protection Agency moved Tuesday to end a long-running dispute with Texas over how the state regulates emissions, including cancer-causing toxins such as benzene and butadiene, from dozens of refineries that produce a third of the nation's gasoline and billions of dollars of petrochemicals."
Source: AP, 05/26/2010
"Gulf Well 'Shouted' Warnings for Hours Before BP Rig Explosion"
"The crew of the Deepwater Horizon had a number of warning signs extending over five hours that conditions were worsening deep underwater before the oilrig exploded in the Gulf on April 20, BP's own investigators told a House inquiry into the cause of the deadly accident."
Source: McClatchy, 05/26/2010
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