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EPA Allows Drinking Water Reports Online — But Can Consumers Hack It? [1]

EPA bowed to industry, ruling in a January 3, 2013 memo that local drinking water utilities no longer have to notify their customers of contamination in writing. "The memo fails to set clear standards for electronic notification and delivery and makes it likely that segments of the public will have less access to these reports," the Center for Effective Government wrote in response to the EPA memo.

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WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [3]
Pollution [4]
Government [5]
Consumer [6]
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Public [7]
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"Customers Have Paid More Than $1 Billion for Idle San Onofre Plant" [8]

"The California Public Utilities Commission held an initial meeting Tuesday in an investigative process that could eventually result in ratepayers getting a refund for a portion of the bills they have paid during the San Onofre nuclear plant's year-long outage."

Consumer [6]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [9]
Public [7]
California [10]
Source: LA Times [11], 01/10/2013
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"Home Builders Lobby Weakens Drywall Legislation" [12]

"Last week, federal lawmakers trumpeted the passage of the Drywall Safety Act of 2012 as a bipartisan victory for thousands of homeowners harmed by contaminated drywall."

Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Consumer [6]
Chemicals [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: ProPublica [17], 01/09/2013
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"'Plastic Micro Beads' To Be Removed From Soap" [18]

"If you use exfoliating soaps, you might not know those little beads may be made of plastic -- or think about what happens to them when they go down the drain."

Consumer [6]
Pollution [4]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: CNN [19], 01/08/2013
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"How Dangerous Is the Lead in Bullets?" [20]

"The most ubiquitous danger at firing ranges has a lot to do with bullets but nothing to do with getting shot."

Chemicals [15]
Consumer [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Mother Jones [21], 01/07/2013
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Washington State Proposal Would Require Genetically Modified Label [22]

"Any food sold in Washington state and made with genetically engineered crops would have to be labeled under a ballot initiative submitted Thursday."

Agriculture [23]
Biodiversity [24]
Consumer [6]
Food [25]
Journalism & Media [26]
Public [7]
Northwest (OR WA) [27]
Source: AP [28], 01/04/2013
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"Triclosan Fears Lead To Alternative Soaps" [29]

"CleanWell's hand soaps promise to slay germs, and foam and ooze - just as soap should. But unlike many antibacterial soaps, the ones from this young San Francisco company and a growing number of other manufacturers lack a potentially harmful chemical: triclosan."

Chemicals [15]
Consumer [6]
Environmental Health [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle [30], 01/03/2013
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"U.S. Teen Smoking Declines To Record Low in 2012 -- Study" [31]

"Cigarette smoking among American teenagers dropped to a record low in 2012, a decline that may have been partly driven by a sharp hike in the federal tobacco tax, researchers said on Wednesday."

Environmental Health [14]
Consumer [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Reuters [32], 12/20/2012
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"Markey Asks FDA To Investigate Hair Straightening Products" [33]

"Representative Edward Markey and some of his congressional colleagues are imploring the US Food and Drug Administration to investigate hair straightening treatments, such as the popular Brazilian Blowout, that contain formaldehyde, a carcinogen. ..."

Chemicals [15]
Consumer [6]
Environmental Health [14]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Boston Globe [34], 12/12/2012
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"Retailers Accused of Not Warning About Flame Retardant" [35]

"Major retailers are violating California law by failing to warn consumers about diaper-changing pads, nap mats and other baby products made with unsafe levels of a flame retardant linked to cancer, according to legal notices expected to be filed Thursday."

Environmental Health [14]
Consumer [6]
Chemicals [15]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Chicago Tribune [36], 12/07/2012
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