Climate Change Forcing Buried Toxics Back Into Atmosphere: Scientists
"New study finds that as warming heats up oceans and melts Arctic sea
ice, buried POPs are being re-released into the environment"
Source: SolveClimate, 07/26/2011
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"Velsicol Site Plan Angers Residents"
"Two months before completion of a health risk study on Velsicol pollution in South Chattanooga, state regulators say the company doesn't need to do any more cleanup but should put a deeper layer of dirt on its former pesticide and herbicide manufacturing site on Central Avenue."
Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press, 07/25/2011
"EPA Program on Children's Toxic Exposure 'Flawed'"
"According to a new report released yesterday, efforts to protect children's health have been fatally blocked by American industry's refusal to submit information on the commercial use of chemicals."
Source: Investigative Fund, 07/25/2011
"Despite Risk, Embalmers Still Embrace Preservative"
"With the government declaring formaldehyde a carcinogen, these might be boom times for alternative embalming fluids — if it weren't for the so-called everlasting effect funeral directors stake their reputations on."
Source: NY Times, 07/21/2011
"To Nullify Lead, Add a Bunch of Fish Bones"
Fish bones are full of calcium phosphate. Now clean-up engineers are finding that fish bone meal is a good way to remedy lead contamination in soil, because they can bind lead in a form that the human body can not absorb.
Source: NY Times, 07/21/2011
"Study Maps Mercury Fallout From Indianapolis Power Plant"
"An Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis study has found mercury contamination in soil downwind from a coal-fired power plant in Indianapolis, supporting the notion of localized mercury hot spots."
Source: Louisville Courier-Journal, 07/20/2011
"Triclosan: Is Bath & Body Works' New Soap Harmful To Teens?"
"Health and environmental groups have mounted a campaign against Bath & Body Works, urging the retailer to stop selling its line of 'Summertime Scent' soaps that contain triclosan, a chemical categorized as a pesticide."
Source: LA Times, 07/20/2011
"DuPont Is Sued Over New Herbicide"
"A Pennsylvania homeowner and an Indiana golf course company have filed a class-action lawsuit against DuPont charging that the chemical giant was either negligent or reckless in putting a new weedkiller on the market."
Source: Green (NYT), 07/20/2011
"GAO: States Underreporting Violations of Drinking-Water Standards"
"A government report released Tuesday says states are underreporting violations of federal drinking-water standards, preventing the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing rules aimed at protecting public health."
Source: E2 Wire, 07/20/2011
"Resistant Weeds Leave Farmers Desperate"
Weeds in southern Missouri are becoming resistant to Monsanto's Roundup herbicide. Some farmers now resort to chemical cocktails -- or even hoes.
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 07/19/2011
