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"Hundreds of Bioterror Lab Mishaps Cloaked in Secrecy" [1]

"More than 1,100 laboratory incidents involving bacteria, viruses and toxins that pose significant or bioterror risks to people and agriculture were reported to federal regulators during 2008 through 2012, government reports obtained by USA TODAY show."

Source: USA TODAY [2], 08/18/2014

"Food Additives on the Rise as FDA Scrutiny Wanes" [3]

"The explosion of new food additives coupled with an easing of oversight requirements is allowing manufacturers to avoid the scrutiny of the Food and Drug Administration, which is responsible for ensuring the safety of chemicals streaming into the food supply."

Source: Wash Post [4], 08/18/2014

Pa. Town Votes To Allow 6 Fracking Wells Within 3,000 Feet Of Schools [5]

"MIDDLESEX, Pennsylvania — If you stand beside Bob and Kim Geyer’s farm on Denny Road at 3:30 p.m. on a Wednesday, it is mostly quiet, except for the faint sounds of the local high school’s flag team band practicing in the distance."

Source: Climate Progress [6], 08/15/2014

Recent Glacial Melt Mostly Caused By Man-Made Greenhouse Gases: Study [7]

"More than two-thirds of the recent rapid melting of the world's glaciers can be blamed on humans, a new study finds."

Source: AP [8], 08/15/2014

"Central America Braces for Drought-Linked Food Crisis" [9]

"Low rainfall linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon has led to drought in parts of Central America, causing widespread damage to crops, shortages and rising prices of food, and worsening hunger among the region's poor."

Source: Reuters [10], 08/15/2014

Concessions Contract Will Cost Grand Canyon National Park $100 Million [11]

"A new concessions contract for businesses on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will cost the park $100 million, an amount that could impact just about all operations in the park, Superintendent Dave Uberuaga said Wednesday. In the long run, however, the move stands to benefit both the park and its visitors, observers believe."

Source: National Parks Traveler [12], 08/15/2014

"New Oilsands Testing Uncovers Higher Levels of Air Pollution" [13]

"EDMONTON -- Warnings about higher levels of air pollution in the oilsands have emerged in a new provincial air quality report that calls for further investigation into possible pollution sources."

Source: Edmonton Journal [14], 08/15/2014

Ocean Acidification Eats Away at Shellfish Coastal Tribes Depend On [15]

"The ancestral connections of tribal coastal communities to the ocean’s natural resources stretch back thousands of years. But growing acidification is changing oceanic conditions, putting the cultural and economic reliance of coastal tribes—a critical definition of who they are—at risk."

Source: Indian Country Today [16], 08/15/2014

"Mutant Fish in The Susquehanna River" [17]

"In Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River, one of the longest in the northeast, male smallmouth bass are sprouting female egg cells in their testes. According to a United States Geological Survey report released in June, these intersex fish appear in water — both in this river and two others in the state — that has become saturated with estrogenic compounds, natural and artificial hormones in animal manure and, to a smaller degree, sewage."

Source: Aljazeera America [18], 08/15/2014

"Evidence Suggests Ebola Toll Vastly Underestimated: WHO" [19]

"CONAKRY, Guinea -- Staff with the World Health Organisation battling an Ebola outbreak in West Africa see evidence the numbers of reported cases and deaths vastly underestimates the scale of the outbreak, the U.N. agency said on its website on Thursday."

Source: Reuters [20], 08/15/2014

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