Chemicals

EPA Gives Public an Environmental Justice Mapping Tool: EJView

This new tool allows any user online to create custom study areas based on a wide range of variables: address, ZIP code, county, city, township, facility, watershed, or geographic coordinates. Other environmental data can then be mapped onto that study area.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Visibility: 

Cool Tools for Reporters Showcased at 2010 TRI Meeting

The WatchDog attended EPA's annual training conference for government workers on the Toxics Release Inventory, Nov. 1-3, 2010. See a preview of the showcased offerings, which have extra emphasis on environmental justice and EPA data tools ranging far beyond TRI. 

SEJ Publication Types: 
Topics on the Beat: 
Visibility: 

"Skin Is No Barrier To BPA, Study Shows"

"Bisphenol A readily passes through skin, French scientists report. Best known as an estrogen-mimicking constituent of some plastics and resins, BPA is also found in a large share of cash register receipt paper in the United States and Europe, a trio of studies recently indicated. One of the three also showed that the powdery coating easily rubs off onto the hands."

Source: Science News, 11/03/2010

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Chemicals