"'Chemicals of Concern' List Still Wrapped In OMB Red Tape"
"For anyone anxious about toxic chemicals in the environment, Sunday marked a dubious milestone."
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 05/13/2013
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"EPA: Boxer Sets Vote To Move McCarthy Nomination, Republicans Or No"
"Saying she hopes Republicans on the panel will attend, Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer announced plans for a second attempt to vote on the 'important nomination' of Gina McCarthy to head U.S. EPA."
Source: E&E Daily, 05/13/2013
"US Approves New Pesticides Linked To Mass Bee Deaths As EU Enacts Ban"
"In the wake of a massive US Department of Agriculture report highlighting the continuing large-scale death of honeybees, environmental groups are left wondering why the Environmental Protection Agency has decided to approve a 'highly toxic' new pesticide."
Source: RT, 05/13/2013
"Study Finds an Increase in Arsenic Levels in Chicken"
"Researchers at Johns Hopkins University said they found levels of arsenic in chicken that exceeded amounts that occur naturally, and warned that they could lead to a small increase in the risk of cancer for consumers over a lifetime."
Source: NY Times, 05/13/2013
Federal Efforts to Ensure Clean Tap Water Fail to Reach US Faucets
Many Americans still lack clean tap water -- but federal and state governments can't provide it, for a number of reasons.
Source: NY Times, 05/13/2013
"Stabenow Releases Senate Farm Bill Draft"
"Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) on Thursday released her draft 2013 farm bill."
Source: The Hill, 05/13/2013
"Chemical Depots Fall Under a Patchwork of Rules"
"NEW BRAUNFELS, TX — Off a dirt road connected to ever-flowing Interstate 35, a little metal sign on a wooden fence is the only indication of what lies ahead. Nearby, Buckley Powder, a mining and construction supply company, stores large quantities of ammonium nitrate, the source of the explosion at a fertilizer depot that killed at least 14 people and injured hundreds more last month in West."
Source: NY Times, 05/13/2013
"Experts: CO2 Record Illustrates 'Scary' Trend"
"The old saying that 'what goes up must come down' doesn't apply to carbon dioxide pollution in the air, which just hit an unnerving milestone."
Source: AP, 05/13/2013
"Lubbock, Texas Chemical Leak: Hundreds Evacuated Near Bayer Plant"
"Several hundred people have been evacuated from a section of Lubbock, Texas, after a leaking tank released a chemical that could turn into highly corrosive hydrochloric acid, the city's Fire Department said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 05/10/2013
