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Natl Air Toxics Report Gives Perspective, Despite Many Info Gaps [1]

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.

5-Year Deadline Sought for Ridding NYC Schools of PCBs [2]

"The federal Environmental Protection Agency and the New York City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, are both calling for replacing school light fixtures that are leaking PCBs in five years or less, putting more pressure on the Bloomberg administration to speed up its planned time line of 10 years."

Source: Green (NYT) [3], 04/13/2011

"BP Spill's Next Major Phase: Wrangling Over Toll on Gulf" [4]

"A year after the worst oil spill to strike U.S. waters, oyster beds are struggling along the Gulf of Mexico, the dolphin population is experiencing what the federal government calls an 'unusual mortality event,' and red snapper with rotting fins are showing up on fishing lines."

Source: Wall St. Journal [5], 04/13/2011

"North Dakota Set for Red River Crest; Rural Areas Awash" [6]

"The Red River was spreading out in a record swath across broad stretches of rural North Dakota and Minnesota on Tuesday and swelling toward a near-record crest in Grand Forks expected within three days."

Source: Reuters [7], 04/13/2011

"Federal Court Affirms Dismissal of C8 Claims" [8]

"A federal appeals court has upheld two decisions that threw out most of a lawsuit field against chemical giant DuPont Co. by Parkersburg [WV] residents over the pollution of their city's water with the toxic chemical C8."

Source: Charleston Gazette [9], 04/13/2011

"This Land: As the Mountaintops Fall, a Coal Town Vanishes" [10]

"To reach a lost American place, here just a moment ago, follow a thin country road as it unspools across an Appalachian valley’s grimy floor, past a coal operation or two, a church or two, a village called Twilight. Beware of the truck traffic. Watch out for that car-chasing dog."

Source: NY Times [11], 04/13/2011

Radioactive Iodine in Philly Water Spurs Enhanced Testing [12]

"The Philadelphia Water Department announced yesterday that it is enhancing its testing procedures and reviewing treatment technology after federal environmental officials found radioactive iodine in the city's drinking water."

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [13], 04/13/2011

Senators Probe Impact of Drilling Fluids on Drinking Water Safety [14]

"Several Democratic senators said Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency should step up regulation of the natural gas industry because they are concerned that toxic chemicals used in drilling could enter the public water supply."

Source: NY Times [15], 04/13/2011

"High Prices Sow Seeds of Erosion" [16]

High prices for agricultural crops are driving farmers to plant more acres. Some of that land had been previously held back from planting because it is highly erodible. Changing weather patterns and inadequate enforcement of erosion protections are making things worse.

Source: NY Times [17], 04/13/2011

"Japanese Officials on Defensive as Nuclear Alert Level Rises" [18]

"Japanese officials struggled through the day on Tuesday to explain why it had taken them a month to disclose large-scale releases of radioactive material in mid-March at a crippled nuclear power plant, as the government and an electric utility disagreed on the extent of continuing problems there."

Source: NY Times [19], 04/13/2011

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