Publication Items

The Beat: Leaking Gas Tanks And Chemical Pollution Are Common Focus [1]

Ever wonder what lies beneath your feet – what's down there in the ground on which we walk? The Toledo Blade's Tom Henry has an editor who asked that question and the result was an interesting look at what the government is doing – or not doing – to clean up gasoline spills from leaky underground tanks.

Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [2]
Pollution [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Feds Boost Lead-Reduction Effort in Houses [6]

About $100 million in funding is earmarked for 53 projects in 20 states and the District of Columbia by the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [2]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Government [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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WV Reporter Uses FOIA To Probe Drilling Waste [10]

Billy Wolfe, of the Clarksburg Exponent Telegram, learns more about the chemicals in the hydraulic fracturing fluid used by gas-drilling companies.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [2]
Natural Resources [12]
Waste [13]
Government [9]
Journalism & Media [14]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [15]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Toolbox: RMP*Comp Projects Chemical Disaster Scenarios [16]

Use this free software tool, downloadable from EPA, to calculate how much injury a chemical spill could cause.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [2]
Disasters [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [15]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Toolbox: RMP*Comp Projects Chemical Disaster Scenarios [16]
Public Risks from Chemical Facilities Aren't Just Theoretical [18]

Accidents and criminal actions at private and government facilities continue to threaten millions of people. Find the accident history in counties you cover.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [2]
Disasters [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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RTK NET Relaunches Chemical Risk Data Site [19]

RTK NET's powerful tools make it easy to see which cities face the worst chemical risks, and what chemicals are involved.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [2]
Disasters [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about RTK NET Relaunches Chemical Risk Data Site [19]
Congress Chiefs Want Probe into Secret Bayer Poison Gas [20]

House Energy Chair Waxman and Senate Commerce Chair Rockefeller call for investigation of whether Bayer could use safer chemicals at its Institute WV plant.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [2]
Disasters [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [15]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Toolbox: EPA's Pesticide Emergency Exemptions Database [21]

There could be a story breeding behind the emergency pesticide exemptions — which could number in the hundreds — in your state.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [2]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Government [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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After Secrecy Claims, Bayer's Own Lapses Revealed as Biggest Threat [22]

A U.S. Chemical Safety Board public hearing, delayed for a month due to Bayer's pleas for secrecy, finds lack of safety to be contributing factors to the 'accident' that killed two at an Institute, WV, plant in August 2008.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [2]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Politics [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [15]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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"Trade Secrets" — Largely Untested Grounds for Toxic Secrecy [24]

Witnesses at a House Energy Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection hearing in February said excessive and unjustified claims of "confidential business information" dampen EPA's efforts to regulate commonly used chemicals.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [25]
Chemicals [2]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Government [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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