Inerts: "EPA Considers Prohibiting Use of 72 Chemicals in Pesticides"
"The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to remove 72 chemicals form the list of substances that can be used as ingredients in pesticides."
Source: The Hill, 10/24/2014
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"Green Group Funnels $4.2M Behind Sen. Hagan in NC"
"The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) is launching a $4.2 million campaign supporting Sen. Kay Hagan in North Carolina (D) just two weeks before Election Day."
Source: The Hill, 10/23/2014
"Watchdog Sues EPA Over Renewable Fuel Mandate"
"A watchdog group is suing the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to release communications with the oil industry over the 2014 renewable fuel mandate."
Source: The Hill, 10/23/2014
"Critics of Dow Herbicide Sue U.S. EPA Over Approval"
"A coalition of U.S. farmer and environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to overturn regulatory approval granted last week for an herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences."
Source: Reuters, 10/23/2014
"DEP Revokes Water Lab’s Certification After Guilty Plea"
"West Virginia regulators have revoked the state certification for a Raleigh County laboratory, following the guilty plea of a lab supervisor who admitted he and other employees falsified coal industry samples so mining operations would appear to be in compliance with water pollution standards."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 10/23/2014
Enviros Ask EPA To Study Drinking Water Pollution From Kewaunee Dairies
"Citing a rash of contaminated wells in Kewaunee County, a coalition of environmental groups on Wednesday petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to use its emergency authority to investigate pollution of groundwater from dairy manure."
Source: Wisconsin Watch, 10/23/2014
WV Chemical Maker Wary After ‘Near-Catastrophic’ Fracking Incident
"As the Tomblin administration considers a plan to allow natural gas drilling under the Ohio River, a major chemical maker in Marshall County has been fighting a proposal for hydraulic fracturing near its plant, citing a 'near-catastrophic' gas-well incident last year that might be linked to geologic conditions beneath the river."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 10/23/2014
"Will Coal Exports Kill the Great Barrier Reef?"
"Stretching along the Queensland coast, the reef is an underwater wonderland home to thousands of different fish and coral species. But it is facing multiple threats."
Source: BBC News, 10/23/2014
"Maryland Poultry Farms Fined for Reporting Lapses"
"Nearly one in five large Maryland chicken farms has been fined recently, state regulators have disclosed, because the growers failed to file information required annually outlining what they did to keep their flocks' waste from polluting the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 10/23/2014
"Why Receipts and Greasy Fingers Shouldn’t Mix"
"An order of French fries may be bad for your health in ways that extend well beyond the outsize calorie count. According to a new study by scientists at the University of Missouri, people who used hand sanitizer, touched a cash register receipt and then ate French fries were quickly exposed to high levels of bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical widely used to coat receipt paper."
Source: Civil Eats, 10/23/2014
