"The Hunt for Endocrine Disruptors" [1]
"Experts say Wisconsin lakes’ chemical cocktail likely similar to Minnesota's"
"Experts say Wisconsin lakes’ chemical cocktail likely similar to Minnesota's"
"JACKSONVILLE, N.C. -- As she flipped through the cemetery register, Mary Blakely's eyes filled with tears. On line after line, the entry read simply 'Baby Boy' or 'Baby Girl,' followed by a surname and a burial date."
"MEXICO CITY -- Fed up with oil spills from facilities belonging to Mexico’s state oil company Pemex, residents of two communities in the southeastern state of Tabasco are taking the country’s largest company to court in a bid for compensation for damage to the environment and agriculture."
"The Obama administration said Thursday it will require companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to publicly disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations. The new "fracking" rule replaces a draft proposed last year that was withdrawn amid industry complaints that federal regulation could hinder an ongoing boom in natural gas production.
"If the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency isn’t going to ensure Seattle’s Duwamish River is clean enough for needy residents to fish there for their dinner, the agency needs to ensure those people get fish some other way – even if that means supplying seafood through food banks. Or building clean urban fishing ponds. Or giving people shares in a seafood cooperative akin to a community-supported-agriculture operation."
"RALEIGH — Fish in one of North Carolina’s largest watersheds are more polluted by an industrial contaminant than previously reported, and state health officials have failed to expand warnings against eating PCB-contaminated fish, according to a new study."
"Two residents of Mayflower, Arkansas, the site of the March 29 pipeline spill, traveled to Washington on Thursday to ask Secretary of State John Kerry to reject the Keystone XL pipeline."
"Living near a toxic waste site may represent as much of a health threat as some infectious diseases, a study in three developing countries finds."
"Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in southwestern Michigan was taken offline Sunday after operators discovered a leak from a water tank. Although the tank has leaked twice in less than a year, officials say there is no immediate risk."
"Recent flooding of the 263-mile-long Grand River led to runoff issues, sewage overflows, and an increased awareness of the river’s significance to the region."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hunt-endocrine-disruptors
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes
[8] http://www.wisconsinwatch.org/2013/05/19/the-hunt-for-endocrine-disruptors/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/marine-daughter-seeks-dignity-devil-dog-pups
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[11] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[12] http://news.yahoo.com/marine-daughter-seeks-dignity-devil-dog-pups-135522374.html
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/mexican-communities-sue-pemex-environmental-justice
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism
[15] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/mexico
[16] http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/mexican-communities-sue-pemex-for-environmental-justice/
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-disclose-fracking-chemicals-public-land
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[20] http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/05/16/fracking-rules-disclosure/2173837/
[21] https://www.sej.org/headlines/duwamish-toxics-cleanup-could-leave-other-health-problems-unsolved
[22] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest
[23] http://www.invw.org/article/with-focus-on-toxics-duwa-1355
[24] https://www.sej.org/headlines/study-nc-too-slow-warn-about-yadkin-fish-contamination
[25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries
[26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast
[28] http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/05/13/2890356/study-nc-too-slow-to-warn-about.html
[29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/arkansans-kerry-kxl-come-our-state-see-devastation
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
[31] http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/05/arkansas-residents-ask-kerry-reject-keystone-xl
[32] https://www.sej.org/headlines/toxic-waste-sites-may-cause-health-problems-millions
[33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[35] http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/350205/description/Toxic_waste_sites_may_cause_health_problems_for_millions
[36] https://www.sej.org/headlines/palisades-nuke-plant-shut-down-after-water-leaks-lake-michigan
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation
[38] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/06/palisades-nuclear-plant-entergy_n_3225243.html?utm_hp_ref=green
[39] https://www.sej.org/headlines/michigans-impaired-grand-river-key-region
[40] http://www.grandhaventribune.com/article/380736
[41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution?page=479
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution?page=476
[43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution?page=477
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution?page=478
[45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution?page=481
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution?page=482
[47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution?page=483
[48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution?page=484
[49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution?page=626