Chemicals

Feds Look at Lead Testing Costs for Small Businesses [1]

"The Consumer Product Safety Commission ... voted to begin writing a rule to allow manufacturers, big and small, to essentially break the required testing process for lead, lead paint and other potential dangers into parts."

Chemicals [2]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [4]

Source: AP [5], 05/06/2010

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Gulf Dispersants Called Trade Secret [6]

The exact ingredients of the chemical mixture being sprayed on and pumped into the spreading BP oil spill are secret, even though some are rated toxic and may endanger the health of Gulf residents and ecosystems.

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WatchDog TipSheet [7]

Topics on the Beat:

Economy & Business [8]

Chemicals [2]

Disasters [9]

Health [10]

Water & Oceans [11]

Biodiversity [12]

Government [13]

Environmental Health [14]

Wildlife [15]

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National (U.S.) [4]

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Public [3]

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Surefire Stories Near You: Start with Superfund Data Tools [16]

US EPA's "National Priorities List" includes about 1,280 of the nation's worst sites. But there are tens of thousands of sites not on the NPL, and finding them is fairly easy.

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TipSheet [17]

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Chemicals [2]

Pollution [18]

Waste [19]

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National (U.S.) [4]

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Public [3]

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"Worry Spreads Over General Chemical's Place in the Neighborhood" [20]

"FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Simply because of what it does, General Chemical Corp.'s work is 'dirty business,' one company official acknowledges."

Chemicals [2]

Public [3]

Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]

Source: Milford Daily News [22], 04/26/2010

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EPA Begins Restoring Toxics Inventory After Downgrading [23]

Sixteen chemicals may be added to the TRI, after nearly a decade of erosion under the Bush administration.

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WatchDog TipSheet [7]

Topics on the Beat:

Chemicals [2]

Government [13]

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National (U.S.) [4]

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Public [3]

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Local Officials, Residents, in Dark on Nearby Hazardous Rail Cargoes [24]

Sixty-two U.S. urban areas are threatened by hazardous rail cargoes, but federal agencies still refuse to let many firefighters, governments, and citizens know the rail routes used to transport cargoes that could kill tens or hundreds of thousands.

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WatchDog TipSheet [7]

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Chemicals [2]

Disasters [9]

Transportation [25]

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Public [3]

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April 27, 2010

The Supreme Court Revisits NEPA: A Post-Argument Panel on Monsanto v. Geertson Farms [26]

Immediately following oral argument before the Supreme Court on April 27, the Environmental Law Institute will gather attorneys involved in the case for a panel discussion about the argument, their impressions of how the Court will resolve the case, its political and legal context, and implications for the future use of injunctions in environmental cases.

Professional Meetings [27]

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Public [3]

Topics on the Beat:

Agriculture [28]

Chemicals [2]

Energy & Fuel [29]

Environmental Studies [30]

Food [31]

Laws & Regulations [32]

Government [13]

Science [33]

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National (U.S.) [4]

Atrazine: "Growing Concern in the Water" [34]

"Alarmed by latest research, the Obama administration is conducting a broad review of toxic weed killer atrazine that could lead to tighter restrictions."

Chemicals [2]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [4]

Source: Chicago Tribune [35], 04/19/2010

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"Lautenberg Bill Seeks To Overhaul U.S. Chemical Laws" [36]

"After a year of working with environmental groups, government regulators and the chemical industry, a leading advocate for chemical regulation has devised a plan to remake the nation's chemical laws -- a 34-year-old set of regulations that all players agree is outmoded and ineffective."

Chemicals [2]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [4]

Source: Wash Post [37], 04/16/2010

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"EPA Tightens Rules on Pesticide Linked To Deaths" [38]

"Federal officials have moved quickly to clamp down on the use of potent rodent-killing pesticides after one was linked to the deaths of two Utah girls earlier this year. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said aluminum and magnesium fumigants can no longer be used near homes."

Chemicals [2]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [4]

Source: AP [39], 04/09/2010

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The Supreme Court Revisits NEPA: A Post-Argument Panel on Monsanto v. Geertson Farms [26]

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