"IBM Toxic Pool Defies Cleanup" [1]
"A remedy for a concentrated pool of solvents directly under the manufacturing site where at least 1,500 people still work may take years to find."
"A remedy for a concentrated pool of solvents directly under the manufacturing site where at least 1,500 people still work may take years to find."
"New research from investigators at the University of Alabama at Birmingham suggests that Corexit EC9500A, an oil-dispersal agent widely used in the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, contributes to damage to epithelium cells within the lungs of humans and gills of marine creatures."
"Environmentalists are outraged that the Environmental Protection Agency is allowing an herbicide that contains glyphosate to be used in nine more states, despite growing concerns that the chemical probably causes cancer."
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Thursday it was unlikely to approve new or expanded uses of certain pesticides while it evaluates the risks they may pose to honey bees."
You have to give the U.S. EPA some credit. The agency has done quite a bit to let the public know about some of the toxic chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing. EPA on March 27, 2015, published a database of nearly 700 of those chemicals, which is a good start and shows how open-source and non-governmental efforts can overcome industry efforts to hide data on toxics.
"As the public has learned of health risks tied to chemicals in everyday products, many companies have responded by eliminating, one by one, the suspected cancer causers, brain damagers and hormone disruptors. But even prompt action doesn't entirely appease some health experts, who warn of a problematic pattern."
"Oregon's biggest city on Wednesday banned the use of an insecticide on city lands blamed by conservationists as a factor in the decline of honey bees in recent years."
"U.S. regulators will put new restrictions on the world's most widely used herbicide to help address the rapid expansion of weeds resistant to the chemical, Reuters has learned."
"James Osborn has just one question: 'Would you drink it?' 'It' being a mysterious brown sludge -- allegedly fracking fluid -- that Osborn brought in a foam cup to a public hearing in Sidney, Nebraska, in front of the state Oil and Gas Conservation Commission on Tuesday."
"An environmental activist group has filed a legal petition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeking new rules that would enhance job protection for government scientists whose research questions the safety of farm chemicals."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ibm-toxic-pool-defies-cleanup
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast
[7] http://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/local/2015/04/05/ibm-tce-issues/25302109/
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/oil-dispersant-used-gulf-oil-spill-causes-lung-and-gill-injuries
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[11] http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150402174347.htm?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20sciencedaily/earth_climate%20%28Earth%20%26%20Climate%20News%20--%20ScienceDaily%29
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-approves-probably-carcinogenic-pesticide-use-9-more-states
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture
[14] http://thehill.com/regulation/237755-epa-approves-probably-carcinogenic-pesticide-for-use-in-9-more-states
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-halt-expanded-use-some-insecticides-amid-honey-bee-decline
[16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[17] http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/03/us-usa-agriculture-bees-idUSKBN0MU07420150403
[18] https://www.sej.org/publications/watchdog-tipsheet/fracking-chemicals-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont
[19] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/watchdog-tipsheet
[20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[21] https://www.sej.org/headlines/stop-playing-whack-mole-toxic-flame-retardants-enviros-urge
[22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer
[23] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/31/flame-retardants-cpsc-organohalogens_n_6978010.html?utm_hp_ref=green
[24] https://www.sej.org/headlines/portland-bans-insecticide-protect-declining-honey-bees
[25] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest
[26] http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/01/us-usa-bees-oregon-idUSKBN0MS5KL20150401
[27] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-will-require-weed-resistance-restrictions-glyphosate-herbicide
[28] http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/31/us-monsanto-herbicide-weeds-idUSKBN0MR2JT20150331
[29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nebraska-man-asks-oil-commission-one-question-would-you-drink-it
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-plains
[31] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/28/nebraska-fracking-fluid-would-you-drink-it-video_n_6961976.html?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000048
[32] https://www.sej.org/headlines/environmental-group-seeks-greater-protection-usda-scientists
[33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[36] http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/28/us-usda-petition-idUSKBN0MN2RI20150328
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=234
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=231
[39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=232
[40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=233
[41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=236
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=237
[43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=238
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=239
[45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics?page=415