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Manufacturing Plants Are Source of Drugs in Waterways [1]

Wastewater treatment plants can't mitigate the problem, which is compounded by other sources of water contamination, such as drugs that end up in landfills or flushed down toilets, and metabolites or unutilized drugs that pass through people who take the drugs.

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TipSheet [2]
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Economy & Business [3]
Chemicals [4]
Consumer [5]
Health [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Environmental Health [9]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [11]

"Federal Funding Cuts Leave Oceanographers, Spill Responders in Dark" [12]

Jane Lubchenco, the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), told reporters yesterday that funding cuts in recent years for instrumental ocean observation programs have left scientists trying to track the movement of spilled oil partly in the dark.

Disasters [13]
Water & Oceans [8]
Science [14]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Greenwire [15], 06/04/2010

"Governor Lingle Establishes Hawaii's First Surf Reserves" [16]

"Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle today issued an executive order to establish surfing reserves at two of Hawaii's most important and well-known surfing areas. Both reserves are located in the state waters of the island of Oahu."

Natural Resources [17]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [11]
Alaska and Hawaii [18]
Source: ENS [19], 06/03/2010

"Advocates: Upper Delaware Most Endangered US River" [20]

The conservation group American Rivers released its list of the 10 most endangered American rivers. It ranks as most-threatened the Upper Delaware River, threatened by natural gas wells that use hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking."

Water & Oceans [8]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AP [21], 06/03/2010

"EPA Requires Permit for Pesticide Application to U.S. Waters" [22]

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a new permit requirement that would decrease the amount of pesticides discharged to U.S. federal waters."

Water & Oceans [8]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: ENS [23], 06/03/2010

Rig Survivors Detained Until They Signed Statements [24]

Deepwater Horizon explosion survivors were detained at sea for 36 to 40 hours and prevented from talking to families or going home until they signed two statements, one that they'd not been injured and the other that they'd not witnessed the explosion.

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WatchDog TipSheet [25]
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Disasters [13]
Water & Oceans [8]
Environmental Politics [26]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
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Public [11]

Cleanup Workers' Contract: Don't Talk to Media [28]

Workers in the "Vessels of Opportunity" Gulf spill cleanup program had to sign a contract prohibiting them from talking to the news media or disclosing "proprietary and confidential" information.

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WatchDog TipSheet [25]
Topics on the Beat: 
Economy & Business [3]
Disasters [13]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Water & Oceans [8]
Environmental Politics [26]
Journalism & Media [30]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
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Public [11]

BP Hires Cheney Spokeswoman, Defender of Secrecy, as PR Boss [31]

Anne Womack Kolton, who as former VP Dick Cheney's press aide defended the secrecy of his energy task force, has been brought in to fix BP's PR problems in the Gulf oil spill.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [25]
Topics on the Beat: 
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Economy & Business [3]
Disasters [13]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
People & Population [33]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Visibility: 
Public [11]

Dispersants Remain a Mystery to Public, Despite Fake "Disclosure" [34]

Dispersant manufacturer Nalco failed to disclose the chemical identity of the ingredients to the news media or public, and ignored a US EPA order to stop using the product in the Gulf.

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WatchDog TipSheet [25]
Topics on the Beat: 
Economy & Business [3]
Chemicals [4]
Disasters [13]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Health [6]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Wildlife [35]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Visibility: 
Public [11]

Top Kill Operation Succeeds in Killing Much of BP's Credibility [36]

US EPA withheld information, and twice during the five-day operation BP cut off the mud pumps for long periods without letting the public know, making statements that left the impression the operation was ongoing.

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WatchDog TipSheet [25]
Topics on the Beat: 
Fish & Fisheries [32]
Economy & Business [3]
Disasters [13]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Pollution [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Government [37]
Wildlife [35]
Region: 
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
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Public [11]

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