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Weed Killer 'Inert' Kills Human Cells [1]

An inert ingredient in the popular weedkiller Roundup has been found to kill human cells.
Chemicals [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: EHN [5], 06/23/2009

"DOD, Defense Contractors Lobby to Block Perchlorate Advisory" [6]

"The Pentagon and the defense industry is lobbying the White House to prevent U.S. EPA from tightening a health advisory for a rocket-fuel chemical."
Chemicals [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [7], 06/23/2009
October 20, 2009 to October 24, 2009

E.Hormone: Hormones & the Environment [8]

Exploring the science and policy implications of pollutants that have a hormonal alter ego, as well as "environmental signaling".
Professional Meetings [9]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [2]
Health [10]
Pollution [11]
Policy [12]
Science [13]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
September 23, 2009 to September 24, 2009

E-Scrap 2009 Conference [15]

Industry assessments, including analyses of stewardship systems and trends in the U.S. and Canada, e-scrap collection issues, recycling market factors, and legislative policy considerations.
Professional Meetings [9]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [2]
Waste [16]
Policy [12]
Region: 
Canada [17]
National (U.S.) [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
September 13, 2009 to September 16, 2009

Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology (EST) [18]

Sessions will cover the REACH program; consumer chemicals and food contaminants; safety of herbal medicine; emerging pesticide issues related to human health; and environmental risk from human pharmaceuticals.
Professional Meetings [9]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [2]
Health [10]
Region: 
Europe [19]

BPA May Cause Heart Disease in Women [20]

"A study released this week by researchers at the University of Cincinnati says that exposure to bisphenol A may increase heart disease in women."
Chemicals [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: AlterNet [21], 06/22/2009

Two Agencies Hide Neglect of Coal-Dam Safety with Secrecy [22]

US EPA and Army Corps of Engineers say they "cannot make the list of 'high hazard' coal ash impoundment sites public," even though risk to communities exists -- like the December 2008 pond failure at the Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [23]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [2]
Disasters [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Government [26]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

"Illnesses Come to Light in Claims Against Disney" [27]

"As their attorneys shuffle between four similar lawsuits that allege the Walt Disney Co. has for decades contaminated groundwater with cancer-causing chromium 6 and other toxic chemicals, stories of ill health from the plaintiffs are beginning to emerge."
Chemicals [2]
Public [3]
California [28]
Source: Glendale News Press [29], 06/16/2009

"Report Cannot Link Lejeune Water to Diseases" [30]

A National Research Council report says it may be impossible to know whether contaminated drinking water at the Camp Lejeune Marine base caused birth defects and illness among people seeking $33.9 billion in claims.
Chemicals [2]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: Raleigh News & Observer [31], 06/15/2009

Canada Beats US, Mexico at Toxics Reporting [32]

"The United States and Mexico might consider emulating Canada when it comes to public reporting of industrial pollutants that are released into the air or water or transferred for disposal or recycling, suggests a new report."
Chemicals [2]
Public [3]
Canada [17]
Mexico [33]
Source: Canadian Press [34], 06/12/2009

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