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EPA Suspends Chemical Reporting After Industry Complaints [1]

Reporting of potentially toxic chemicals in commerce under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)will not be required during the next reporting period, which runs from June through September.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Government [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Chemicals [5]
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Public [6]
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Fracking Companies Withhold Baseline Well-Water Data [7]

ProPublica reporter Abrahm Lustgarten (left) revealed that some of the biggest fracking companies have been collecting extensive baseline data since 2008, keeping it concealed from public knowledge — including denying Duke University researchers the data when asked for it. The withheld data could either exonerate the companies or prove them responsible for pollution.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [8]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Chemicals [5]
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Public [6]
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Multiple Sources Reveal Fracking Chemicals [10]

New tools provide limited information on substances used in specific wells during the oil and natural gas extraction process called hydraulic fracturing. From 2005-2009, 780 million gallons of 750 substances were injected underground — a starting point for your coverage of this angle.
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TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [9]
Economy & Business [4]
Chemicals [5]
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Public [6]
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Natl Air Toxics Report Gives Perspective, Despite Many Info Gaps [12]

Every U.S. resident is at elevated risk of cancer from certain toxic substances in outdoor air, and about one-quarter of all residents are possibly at risk for noncancer health effects, according to EPA's update of the National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) released March 11, 2011.
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TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [8]
Chemicals [5]
Air [13]
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Public [6]
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"Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Chemistry" [14]

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BookShelf [15]
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Chemicals [5]
Environmental Health [16]
Health [17]
Science [18]
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Public [6]
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Court Upholds Firing of Custodian for Warning of Asbestos in School [19]

The asbestos came to the attention of the head custodian at Somers Central High School in New York, when a chunk fell from the gymnasium ceiling onto the floor and he was asked to clean it up. Morey warned school authorities that he feared it could be asbestos. They told him to put tape over it and to drop the subject.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Chemicals [5]
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Public [6]
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EPA Issues New Information on Old and New Fluorescent Light Bulbs [20]

Some light bulbs require special handling to reduce toxic exposures. EPA's latest guidance for old fluorescent bulbs that contain PCBs and current generation CFLs that contain mercury both provide important fodder for consumer-awareness stories.
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TipSheet [11]
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Health [17]
Government [3]
Consumer [21]
Chemicals [5]
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Public [6]
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Radon an Issue in Drinking Water as Well as Indoor Air [22]

The President's Cancer Panel singled out radon, a radioactive gas found in water systems and leaching from soil into houses via foundation cracks, as one of America's "grossly underestimated" environmentally caused cancer risks.
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TipSheet [11]
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Water & Oceans [23]
Chemicals [5]
Air [13]
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Public [6]
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SLAPP Win: Court Awards Legal Fees to Filmmaker in Dole Case [24]

The makers of "Bananas!," which claimed that Dole's use of pesticides had caused harm to farm workers in Nicaragua, were awarded $200,000 in court costs and attorney fees.
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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
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Chemicals [5]
Agriculture [25]
Activism [26]
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South America [27]
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Public [6]
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EPA Releases Reports on Toxics at Selected Schools [28]

Following a December 2008 USA Today report on outdoor air pollution at hundreds of schools, EPA began a monitoring process. Final reports for 21 (of the small number of schools selected) have now been released; the results are mixed.
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TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [8]
People & Population [29]
Health [17]
Chemicals [5]
Air [13]
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Public [6]
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