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November 7, 2010 to November 11, 2010

SETAC North America 31st Annual Meeting [1]

Credentialed journalists are invited to apply for complimentary press registration to attend the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry's North America 31st Annual Meeting.

Professional Meetings [2]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [4]
Region: 
Northwest (OR WA) [5]

Got TMDLs? Sneak Peek of New Pollutant Loading Tool Could Raise Ruckus [6]

EPA in-house tool may be released to public within months. It will give reporters themselves the ability to estimate the cumulative impacts of pollution on water bodies.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [8]
Technology [9]
Pollution [10]
Government [11]
Chemicals [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

MY-RTK Lets Users Probe Toxic Emissions from Their Smartphones [12]

myRTK lets you thumb in an address or ZIP code and get back a map or list of Toxics Release Inventory facilities on your feature phone or smart phone.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [9]
Pollution [10]
Government [11]
Chemicals [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

EPA Gives Public an Environmental Justice Mapping Tool: EJView [13]

This new tool allows any user online to create custom study areas based on a wide range of variables: address, ZIP code, county, city, township, facility, watershed, or geographic coordinates. Other environmental data can then be mapped onto that study area.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [9]
Pollution [10]
People & Population [14]
Health [15]
Government [11]
Environmental Health [16]
Chemicals [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

TRI Offers New "Comparative Query" Tool [17]

The beta tool allows anyone to compare TRI information from a facility to air pollution data from the same facility or a related one. For example, an investigator could find inconsistencies in the amount of pollution reported by a facility under the two separate laws.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [9]
Pollution [10]
Government [11]
Chemicals [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Envirofacts Warehouse Gets Geographic Makeover, Update [18]

This newly powerful, easy-to-use mapping tool can help environmental journalists find and report great local and regional stories.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [9]
Pollution [10]
Government [11]
Chemicals [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

As TRI Goes Electronic, Speed Records Fall [19]

The new record for getting raw data reported by industry to the general public: 28 days. Nearly 95 percent of reporting companies filed their reports electronically.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [9]
Pollution [10]
Government [11]
Chemicals [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Cool Tools for Reporters Showcased at 2010 TRI Meeting [20]

The WatchDog attended EPA's annual training conference for government workers on the Toxics Release Inventory, Nov. 1-3, 2010. See a preview of the showcased offerings, which have extra emphasis on environmental justice and EPA data tools ranging far beyond TRI. 

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Technology [9]
Government [11]
Chemicals [4]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

"Two Companies Seek Trade Secret Status for Fracking Fluids in Wyoming" [21]

"Two chemical manufacturers are seeking an exemption from new rules in Wyoming that require public disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, a controversial natural gas drilling process suspected of polluting groundwater."

Chemicals [4]
Journalism & Media [22]
Pollution [10]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: ProPublica [24], 11/03/2010

"Skin Is No Barrier To BPA, Study Shows" [25]

"Bisphenol A readily passes through skin, French scientists report. Best known as an estrogen-mimicking constituent of some plastics and resins, BPA is also found in a large share of cash register receipt paper in the United States and Europe, a trio of studies recently indicated. One of the three also showed that the powdery coating easily rubs off onto the hands."

Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [16]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [23]
Source: Science News [26], 11/03/2010

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