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Enviros Seek Disclosure of Household Cleaning Product Ingredients [1]

A court case involving a 1971 NY law may force manufacturers to make public unlisted toxic chemicals in products like stain remover, dish soap and laundry detergent. The cleanser industry says the action is "unwarranted, and that fears about health risks are misinformed," according to the AP.

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EPA Reveals More High-Hazard Coal-Ash Sites [9]

Disclosure of 22 electric-utility plans for handling coal-ash waste is a good start... but EPA also released the identities of some 40 more — previously undisclosed — scary ash impoundments.

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Anger as Health Officials Give up Hunt for Acreage Cancer Cause [13]

"Outrage erupted among residents and politicians Wednesday after state health officials announced they don't plan to search for an environmental cause of [Palm Beach County community] The Acreage’s cancer cluster -- and instead will mount a campaign to raise 'awareness' about childhood brain cancer."

Environmental Health [6]
Public [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Source: Palm Beach Post [15], 02/04/2010
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Study Shows Managed Turf Is Net Greenhouse Gas Loser [16]

A study by Univ. of California-Irvine researchers has found that while grass itself acted as a carbon sink, when other factors are taken into account — fuel burned to maintain the lawn, emissions from fertilizer spread to help it grow, etc. — four times as much carbon was emitted than was absorbed.

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"Biomonitoring Surge Faces Slowdown" [20]

CDC has increased 10-fold the number of contaminants it tracks in people since starting its biomonitoring program in 2001. But the agency is hitting limits that likely will slow future growth, and no one else is picking up the slack, leaving us ignorant for years to come about more than 99% of the possible toxics in our bodies.

Environmental Health [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: EHP [21], 02/03/2010
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"Lancet Retracts Study Tying Vaccine to Autism" [22]

"The study that first suggested a link between vaccines and autism and spurred a long-running, acrimonious debate over the safety of vaccines has been retracted by the British medical journal that published it. The withdrawal supports the scientific evidence that vaccinations don't cause autism, but isn't likely to persuade advocacy groups that believe in a link."

Environmental Health [6]
Public [8]
International [23]
Source: Wall St. Journal [24], 02/03/2010
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"L.A. Confidential: Seeking Reasons for Autism's Rise" [25]

"Why is a child born in northwest Los Angeles four times as likely to be diagnosed with autism as a child born elsewhere in California?"

Environmental Health [6]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Wall St. Journal [26], 02/02/2010
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NJ: "Pompton Lakes Cancer Study Widens" [27]

"[New Jersey] State and federal environmental officials said Monday night that they will take a more active role in the DuPont cleanup in Pompton Lakes, while urging residents to install mitigation systems in their homes as soon as possible."

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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [28]
Source: Bergen Record [29], 01/27/2010
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"EPA To Investigate Cluster of Birth Defects in Kettleman City, Calif." [30]

"Some residents blame a nearby toxic waste dump for health problems. U.S. says the study shows the Obama administration's commitment to environmental justice."

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California [31]
Source: LA Times [32], 01/27/2010
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"FDA Debates Tougher Cancer Warning on Tanning Beds" [33]

"Just as millions head to tanning beds to prepare for spring break, the Food and Drug Administration will be debating how to toughen warnings that those sunlamps pose a cancer risk. Yes, sunburns are particularly dangerous."

Environmental Health [6]
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Source: AP [34], 01/19/2010
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