Chemicals

USDA Stops Pesticide, Fertilizer Data [1]

The Bush administration is killing a longstanding program that publishes free the information it gathers on the application of pesticides and fertilizer by U.S. farmers.

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]

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Environmental Politics [3]

Chemicals [4]

Agriculture [5]

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National (U.S.) [6]

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Public [7]

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Report: 303 Industrial Facilities Pose High Terrorism Risk [8]

The strategy of changing chemical processes at industrial facilities so they use less hazardous materials, and pose less of a threat from terrorism and accidents, gained little traction in the Bush administration after 9/11. But a number of organizations continue to push the idea.

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TipSheet [9]

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Chemicals [4]

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National (U.S.) [6]

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Public [7]

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Gulf War Illness: It's Real, Afflicts About 200K Vets, Says Panel [10]

As the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan drag on, new light has been shed on the environmental health impacts of the 1991 Gulf War. On Nov. 17, 2008, the Congressionally-mandated Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses released a major report which concluded that from 175,000 to 210,000 of the nearly 700,000 U.S. veterans of the first Gulf War suffer from Gulf War illness.

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TipSheet [9]

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Chemicals [4]

Health [11]

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National (U.S.) [6]

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Public [7]

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USGS Maps Natural Asbestos in AZ, NV, and UT [12]

In the past few years, there have been several instances in which disturbance of sites containing naturally-occurring asbestos, via construction or other land use changes, has posed a potential health threat. As one tool for reducing such problems, on March 13, 2008, USGS released its fourth in a series of reports on US sites with naturally-occurring asbestos, covering 121 locations in AZ, NV, and UT.

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TipSheet [9]

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Chemicals [4]

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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [13]

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Public [7]

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Teflon Woes Still Sticking to Food Packaging [14]

California may be jumping the gun on EPA's voluntary phase-out of PFCs in food packaging.

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TipSheet [9]

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Chemicals [4]

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National (U.S.) [6]

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Public [7]

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Report: Lead from Hunting and Fishing Still Pollutes [15]

Hunters' lead shot and anglers' lead sinkers are still a pollution source, despite rules restricting them.

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TipSheet [9]

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Chemicals [4]

Natural Resources [16]

Pollution [17]

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National (U.S.) [6]

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Public [7]

Read more about Report: Lead from Hunting and Fishing Still Pollutes [15]

Witnesses To An Era Wait [18]

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A Living On Earth investigation has found neighbors of a New Orleans plant that once produced some of the most dangerous herbicides and insecticides known to man may be being left unprotected.

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Chemicals [4]

Disasters [19]

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EJ Gallery [20]

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Public [7]

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