Bill To Overhaul Chemical Regulation Faces Uphill Battle in Senate
"Efforts to come up with a new chemical regulation bill face an uphill battle in the Senate."
Source: AP, 09/15/2014
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"Fracking Workers Exposed To Dangerous Amounts of Benzene, Study Says"
"Some workers at oil and gas sites where fracking occurs are routinely exposed to high levels of benzene, a colorless gas that can cause cancer, according to a study by the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety."
Source: LA Times, 09/12/2014
Pesticides A Concern for Aquatic Life in Most U.S. Urban Streams: Study
"Some of the more than 500 million pounds (220 million kg) of pesticides used yearly in the United States are concentrated at levels that pose a concern for fish and water-dwelling insects, the U.S. Geological Survey report on pesticides from 1992 to 2011 said. The levels seldom topped human health standards."
Source: Reuters, 09/12/2014
West Virginia: "DEP Plans To Tailor Chemical Tank Inspections"
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Department of Environmental Protection officials plan to announce as early as Tuesday a proposed rule outlining a focused plan for mandated inspections of thousands of chemical storage tanks across West Virginia and — Tomblin administration officials hope — ease concerns about implementation of the state’s new tank safety law."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 09/10/2014
Canadian Beekeepers Sue Neonic Makers Bayer, Syngenta for C$450 Million
"Canadian beekeepers have filed a class action lawsuit against Bayer CropScience Inc. and Syngenta Canada Inc. claiming C$450 million ($414 million) in damages for negligence related to the use of neonicotinoid insecticides."
Source: Chemical Regulation Reporter, 09/09/2014
"The Lead Hazard In Schools That Won't Go Away"
In-home pre-schools sometimes expose children to toxic lead hazards that stem from old paint in the houses themselves.
Source: Huffington Post, 09/09/2014
Pesticide Drift Is a Persistent Problem for Organic And Small Farms
"The cloud of insecticide that drifted from a neighbour's corn field onto the asparagus on Andrew and Melissa Dunham's central Iowa farm cast a shadow over their organic vegetable business."
Source: AP, 09/08/2014
"Iowa's Pipeline Safety Record Spotty"
"As a Texas energy company seeks approval for its plan to build a 1,100-mile pipeline carrying North Dakota crude oil across 17 Iowa counties, documents show the state's pipeline safety record has been less than spotless."
Source: Des Moines Register, 09/08/2014
"Report Shows Threat Pascagoula Residents Face From Nearby Industry"
"PASCAGOULA -- An EPA inspector, during a tour of Mississippi Phosphates in 2009, walked through a puddle so acidic it ate leather off the inspector's steel-toed boots."
Source: Biloxi Sun Herald, 09/08/2014
"Perdue Says Its Hatching Chicks Are Off Antibiotics"
"Perdue Farms says it has ditched the common practice of injecting antibiotics into eggs that are just about to hatch. And public health advocates are cheering. They've been campaigning against the widespread use of antibiotics in agriculture, arguing that it's adding to the plague of antibiotic-resistant bacteria."
Source: NPR, 09/05/2014
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