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Maryland Law Banning Arsenic in Chicken Feed Takes Effect [1]

"With the new year, Maryland becomes the first state to ban the use of additives containing arsenic in chicken feed, a practice already prohibited by Canada and the European Union."

Food [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Chemicals [4]
Agriculture [5]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [7]
Source: Wash Post [8], 01/02/2013
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Calif. Groups Sue EPA over Rules on Pesticide Emissions [9]

"A group of community organizations has sued the Environmental Protection Agency about new rules on pesticide emissions, saying the regulations do too little to protect public health."

Activism [10]
Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [3]
Public [6]
California [11]
Source: Ventura County Star [12], 01/02/2013
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"Danger In Air Near Metal Recyclers" [13]

"The calls to the city of Houston's 311 help line came in the early morning and the middle of the night - complaints of red smoke, yellow smoke, explosions, fire, a child having trouble breathing."

Air [14]
Environmental Health [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Houston Chronicle [16], 12/31/2012
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"New MRSA Superbug Strain Found in UK Milk Supply" [17]

"A new strain of MRSA has been found in British milk, indicating that the superbug is spreading through the livestock population and poses a growing threat to human health."

Environmental Health [3]
Public [6]
Europe [18]
Source: Independent [19], 12/26/2012
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"In Barnett Shale, Monitors Make Sure That the Air We Breathe Is Safe" [20]

"Early next year, a sophisticated air quality monitor is expected to go into operation near O.D. Wyatt High School in Fort Worth, the 11th such device deployed to measure pollutants in the Barnett Shale."

Air [14]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Ft. Worth Star-Telegram [22], 12/24/2012
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"Genetically Altered Salmon Are Safe, FDA Says" [23]

"Salmon that has been genetically engineered to grow twice as fast as its natural counterpart inched a little closer toward the nation’s dinner tables on Friday."

Biodiversity [24]
Environmental Health [3]
Food [2]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Wash Post [25], 12/24/2012
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White House Stalls Critical EPA Report on Chemical Dangers To Children [26]

"A landmark Environmental Protection Agency report concluding that children exposed to toxic substances can develop learning disabilities, asthma and other health problems has been sidetracked indefinitely amid fierce opposition from the chemical industry."

Chemicals [4]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [27]
Journalism & Media [28]
People & Population [29]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Investigative Reporting Workshop [30], 12/24/2012
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"Livestock Must Be Tagged in USDA Plan to Trace Mad Cow Disease" [31]

"Most livestock moved across state lines will have to be identified and tracked under a U.S. Department of Agriculture rule that aims to rapidly trace diseased animals to their origin."

Agriculture [5]
Environmental Health [3]
Food [2]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Bloomberg [32], 12/21/2012
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"Air Pollution Now Kills More People Than High Cholesterol" [33]

"The Lancet recently unveiled a major overview of global health risks -- and one of the most eye-catching papers highlighted just how deadly air pollution has become over the past two decades."

Air [14]
Environmental Health [3]
Public [6]
International [34]
Source: Wash Post [35], 12/21/2012
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Lead Bullets' Health Risks Threaten Range Patrons, Neighbors: Experts [36]

"In late November, the city council of South Jordan, Utah, approved construction of a large indoor shooting range despite appeals from local residents and physicians worried about increases in lead exposures and gun violence."

Environmental Health [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Huffington Post [37], 12/20/2012
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