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Scientists clash over BPA: Do low doses really harm people? [1]

Are people exposed to doses of bisphenol A in their canned foods and other consumer products that can harm them? Or are the amounts too low to cause any harm? This is the crux of a vehement debate that is being waged as federal officials are trying to decide whether the chemical, known as BPA, should be regulated."

Environmental Health [2]
Chemicals [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: EHN [6], 02/16/2013
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"Study: Fish In Drug-Tainted Water Suffer Reaction" [7]

"What happens to fish that swim in waters tainted by traces of drugs that people take? When it's an anti-anxiety drug, they become hyper, anti-social and aggressive, a study found. They even get the munchies."

Chemicals [3]
Fish & Fisheries [8]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Public [4]
International [11]
Source: AP [12], 02/15/2013
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Are We Ready for the Next Superstorm? [13]

Francesca Lyman asks "What does Hurricane Sandy tell us about coping with human health and consequences of climate change?"

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Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [15]
Disasters [16]
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Health [17]
People & Population [18]
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Does New Interior Draft Put Fracking Data Under Industry Thumb? [21]

A leaked draft of the replacement rule suggested Interior would leave handling of fracking data to the industry-run "FracFocus" project, which has come under criticism by environmental and watchdog groups for being hard to use and incomplete.

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US Report Urges More Study of Breast Cancer's Environmental Links [26]

"A new federal advisory panel report makes a forceful case for more research into environmental causes of breast cancer, which was diagnosed in 227,000 women, killed 40,000 and cost more than $17 billion to treat in the United States last year."

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Environmental Health [2]
Science [27]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Center for Public Integrity [28], 02/12/2013
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"Do Soaps With Triclosan Do More Harm Than Good?" [29]

"Critics call on FDA and EPA to review popular anti-microbial's safety in light of new science."

Chemicals [3]
Consumer [30]
Environmental Health [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Chicago Tribune [31], 02/11/2013
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Mixed Results in New EPA Report on Toxics and Children [32]

"We’ve come a long way since the days when kids played in clouds of DDT, gas stations sold leaded gasoline, and smoking near youngsters was commonplace."

Chemicals [3]
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People & Population [18]
Public [4]
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Source: NPR [33], 01/31/2013
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"EPA Bans D-Con Rodent Poison, Citing Safety Concerns for Children" [34]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency banned 12 rodent poisons made by the United Kingdom-based Reckitt Benckiser Inc. because the products failed to abide by safety regulations, the agency announced Wednesday."

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National (U.S.) [5]
Source: LA Times [35], 01/31/2013
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TRI National Analysis Dangles Leads for Investigative Stories [36]

EPA had already released preliminary TRI data for the latest available year (2011), but its National Analysis makes for easier reporting as data is collated by state. It also offers analyses by industry sector and of toxics handling by collating the parent companies of each facility nationwide.

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Group Sues California over Enforcement of Fracking Disclosure [38]

The Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity filed suit in Alameda County Superior Court charging that the California Department of Conservation's Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources was not following the state's own law.

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