"The Science Of Salmonella"
"The deadly bacterium, responsible for recent pistachio and peanut recalls, can live in many wild animals and in almost any climate. and it's thriving in our modern lifestyle."
Source: LA Times, 08/10/2009
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"Food Processors' Spraying Leaves West Michigan Wells Contaminated"
"In rural west Michigan, food processors have sprayed so much wastewater onto fields that heavy metals seeped into groundwater, contaminating wells."
Source: Detroit Free Press, 08/10/2009
"Raid May Signal Turning Point For Waste Facility"
After years of complaints, federal agents raided the CES Environmental Services waste-processing facility in southeast Houston.
Source: Houston Chronicle, 08/10/2009
"Amid Drought, Sacramento Water Use Climbed"
"As California entered a severe drought, many of the city of Sacramento's biggest water users increased their watering dramatically."
Source: Sacramento Bee, 08/10/2009
"Climate Change Seen As Threat To U.S. Security"
"The changing global climate will pose profound strategic challenges to the united states in coming decades, raising the prospect of military intervention to deal with the effects of violent storms, drought, mass migration and pandemics, military and intelligence analysts say."
Source: NYTimes, 08/10/2009
"Obama's EPA Plans Fewer Toxic Cleanups"
The Obama EPA, like the Bush EPA, is cleaning up fewer Superfund hazardous waste sites -- saying the remaining sites are getting harder to clean up. Unline Bush, however, Obama is seeking to reinstate the lapsed tax on petrochemical companies that originally funded the cleanup of abandoned sites.
Source: AP, 08/10/2009
"Monsanto Rounds Up Support, Dissent For Idaho Mine"
"As it races to replenish phosphate supplies for its weed-killing cash machine Roundup, Monsanto Co. insists its history of polluting southeastern Idaho’s high country shouldn’t prevent it from digging fresh open pits here."
Source: AP, 08/10/2009
"Alaska Glaciers Shrinking Fast: Survey"
"Three major glaciers in Alaska and Washington state have thinned and shrunk dramatically, clear signs of a warming climate, according to a study released Thursday by the U.S. Geological Survey."
Source: Reuters, 08/07/2009
"EPA Proposes Curbs on Ship Emissions at Meeting in Long Beach"
"LONG BEACH -- More than a year after California was rebuffed in federal court for pursuing emission rules on freight ships, federal authorities are pushing to adopt similar restrictions that could prevent up to 33,000 premature deaths annually in the U.S. and Canada."
Source: Contra Costa Times, 08/07/2009
"Iowa Universities Will Not Alter Coal Ash Disposal Practices"
"Iowa’s three largest public universities have determined that their coal ash disposal method does not pose a risk to the public health, a decision some say was made without sufficient evidence or regard for experiences with contamination in neighboring states."
Source: Iowa Independent, 08/07/2009
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