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"The Curious Case Of Tainted Milk From A Maine Dairy Farm" [1]

"For Maine dairy farmer Fred Stone, the discovery in 2016 that his cows were producing tainted milk has since brought financial ruin and threatened to shut down a century-old family business. Now state regulators and health experts are investigating whether the contamination could reflect a much broader problem for farms that used similar methods to fertilize their land."

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Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Food [5]
Waste [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [9], 03/20/2019
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Deer Park Chemical Blaze Extinguished [10]

UPDATE: "All tank fires extinguished at ITC facility in Deer Park" (ABC 13) [11]

Air [12]
Chemicals [3]
Disasters [13]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [16]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Source: Houston Chronicle [18], 03/20/2019
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Jury Finds Monsanto’s Roundup Likely Cause Of Cancer In 2nd Bay Area Man [19]

"A jury in the first federal court trial of thousands of lawsuits by cancer victims against the manufacturer of the world’s most widely used herbicide found Tuesday that Monsanto’s Roundup was a likely cause of a Sonoma County man’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle [21], 03/20/2019
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April 16, 2019

Fungi and MIC Management [22]

This one-day seminar in Houston, Texas, presented by NACE International, will feature thought leaders from the energy sector, coatings, chemical applications, scientists, and more who will share insights into fungi corrosion management, the use of protective coatings in MIC mitigation and prevention methods, and Molecular Microbiological Methods (MMM): actionable data for MIC diagnosis and mitigation.

Professional Meetings [23]
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Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Science [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]

List of Toxics Near Military Sites May Include Leads for Reporters [27]

Drinking water contaminated with PFAS for years has caused worry, even outrage, in local communities affected by the toxic chemicals. Now, a military database may help reporters locate contamination sites. This week’s TipSheet has more on the database, along with tips for evaluating your local PFAS story.

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TipSheet [28]
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Activism [29]
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [30]
Environmental Health [4]
Health [31]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Military [33]
Policy [34]
Pollution [16]
Science [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
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Public [7]
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"Honey as a Pollution Detector? It’s a Sweet Idea" [35]

"Beehives and their contents are a sensitive detector of lead emissions, a study of Canadian urban apiaries showed."

Agriculture [2]
Chemicals [3]
Wildlife [36]
Public [7]
International [37]
Source: NY Times [38], 03/19/2019
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Texas Chem Plant Fire Still Burns; Air Quality a Concern [39]

"An intense fire churned through massive chemical storage tanks Monday at a facility east of Houston, continuously pumping plumes of black smoke that drifted across the region as firefighters fought to contain the blaze for a second straight day."

Air [12]
Chemicals [3]
Disasters [13]
Pollution [16]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Source: Houston Chronicle [40], 03/19/2019
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Pentagon Pushes for Weaker Standards On PFAS Chemicals In Drinking Water [41]

"Facing billions of dollars in cleanup costs, the Pentagon is pushing the Trump administration to adopt a weaker standard for groundwater pollution caused by chemicals that have commonly been used at military bases and that contaminate drinking water consumed by millions of Americans."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Military [33]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [26]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NY Times [42], 03/19/2019
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EPA Scales Back Proposed Ban, Limits Deadly Chemical in Paint Strippers [43]

"The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday new limits on a lethal chemical found in paint stripping products that has been linked to more than 50 deaths since the 1980s."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [30]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NY Times [44], 03/18/2019
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"Bayer Roundup Cancer Trial Goes To Jury After Closing Arguments" [45]

"A trial in which a California man alleged his use of Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused his cancer went to a federal U.S. jury after lawyers for both sides delivered their closing arguments on Tuesday."

Chemicals [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Science [25]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Reuters [46], 03/13/2019
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