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"EPA's C8 Advisory Flawed, Researchers Conclude"
Charleston Gazette, 05/12/2009"A last-minute health advisory issued by the Bush administration for water contaminated with the toxic chemical C8 may not be nearly stringent enough, according to a new scientific paper."
"In Punjab, Crowding Onto The Cancer Train"
All Things Considered/NPR, 05/12/2009Every night Train No. 339 pulls out of the shabby station in the Punjabi farm town of Bathinda. It has a chilling nickname -- "the cancer train" carries some 60 patients each night to the regional cancer hospital.
Bayer Knew MIC Monitors Were Broken
Charleston Gazette, 05/10/2009"INSTITUTE, W.Va. -- Bayer CropScience managers knew methyl isocyanate monitors were broken last August when they restarted a pesticide unit where up to 37,000 pounds of the deadly chemical are stored, company officials have confirmed."
UN Adds 9 New Chemicals to Global Ban
Reuters, 05/10/2009Nine dangerous chemicals used in farming and industry will be added to a list of banned substances whose presence in the environment causes serious health risks, more than 160 government agreed on Saturday."
Bhopal Victims Lobby Congress
AFP, 05/08/2009"Victims of the 1984 gas leak that killed thousands of people in Bhopal, India took their battle Thursday to the US Congress, seeking pressure on Dow Chemicals."
"Grace Got Asbestos Warnings 30 Years Ago, Jury Told"
, 03/25/2009"A former W.R. Grace & Co. executive testified he warned his superiors more than 30 years ago about asbestos contamination in vermiculite from a Montana mine and feared it might lead to criminal prosecution.
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