"Study Links Warmer Water Temps To Greater Levels of Mercury in Fish" [1]
"Under the watchful eyes of scientists, a little forage fish that lives off the southern coast of Maine developed a strangely large appetite."
"Under the watchful eyes of scientists, a little forage fish that lives off the southern coast of Maine developed a strangely large appetite."
"Along major roadways that connect the sprawling limits of San Diego County, 39 schools lie within 500 feet of smog-filled traffic corridors, a distance that air-pollution researchers believe significantly increases the risk of pediatric asthma and other respiratory illnesses."
"LONDON -- Urging the destruction of 'an entire category' of unconventional weapons, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded its 2013 Peace Prize on Friday to a relatively modest and little-known United Nations-backed body that has drawn sudden attention with a mission to destroy Syria’s stocks of chemical arms under a deal brokered by Russia and the United States."
"KUMAMOTO, Japan -- Japan, where residents of Minamata suffered lethal mercury poisoning in the mid-1950s, today became one of the first countries to sign a new international treaty to reduce mercury emissions and to phase out many products containing the toxic metal."
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave a California poultry producer until Thursday to correct problems that led to a salmonella outbreak in 18 states, or be forced to shut down three processing plants."
"Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a law that may lead to a change in state building standards that would discourage the use of potentially hazardous flame-retardant chemicals."
"The giants of the tobacco industry know what it’s like to face heavy government regulation. So as the makers of Marlboro, Newport and Camel enter the booming market for electronic cigarettes, they are pressing to keep their new products free of such strict oversight."
"NEW AUBURN, Wisc. -- Frances Sayles is cleaning her counters and vacuuming her home more often in an attempt to keep a never-ending stream of sand at bay. But it is not just the cleaning that concerns her. She also worries about her health."
"Consumer safety advocates are sounding the alarm now that fewer government officials are at work to inspect food in light of the shutdown. But in reality, the government wasn’t doing much of that in the first place."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/study-links-warmer-water-temps-greater-levels-mercury-fish
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries
[5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[7] http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/study-links-warmer-water-temperatures-to-greater-levels-of-mercury-in-fish/2013/10/13/c86d43c6-3113-11e3-9c68-1cf643210300_story.html?hpid=z5
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/39-san-diego-schools-sit-traffic-pollution-danger-zone
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california
[11] http://voiceofsandiego.org/2013/10/10/39-san-diego-schools-sit-in-the-traffic-pollution-danger-zone/
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chemical-weapons-watchdog-wins-nobel-peace-prize
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/military
[15] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/12/world/chemical-weapons-watchdog-wins-nobel-peace-prize.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/treaty-curbing-mercury-emissions-becomes-international-law
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food
[18] http://ens-newswire.com/2013/10/10/treaty-curbing-mercury-emissions-becomes-international-law/
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/usda-threatens-close-3-foster-farms-plants-salmonella-outbreak
[20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[22] http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/10/09/204923/usda-threatens-to-close-3-foster.html
[23] https://www.sej.org/headlines/california-law-may-cut-use-flame-retardants-buildings
[24] http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Law-may-cut-use-of-flame-retardants-in-buildings-4879854.php
[25] https://www.sej.org/headlines/e-cigarette-makers-lobby-hard-shape-rules-fast-growing-industry
[26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[27] http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/e-cigarette-makers-lobbying-hard-to-shape-rules-for-fast-growing-industry/2013/10/06/a49cb140-1c8f-11e3-8685-5021e0c41964_story.html
[28] https://www.sej.org/headlines/residents-want-answers-wisc-officicals-frac-sand-plants
[29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes
[31] http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20131006/OSH0101/310060314/Frac-plants-spark-worries
[32] https://www.sej.org/headlines/were-food-inspections-really-stopped-shutdown
[33] http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2013/10/04/were-food-inspections-really-stopped-by-the-shutdown/
[34] https://www.sej.org/calendar/workshop-identifying-and-reducing-environmental-health-risks-chemicals-our-society
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/other-events
[36] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic
[37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=521
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=518
[39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=519
[40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=520
[41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=523
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=524
[43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=525
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=526
[45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health?page=635