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Recipe for BPA Exposure: Canned Veggies, Cigarettes and a Cashier Job

"Pregnant women who eat canned vegetables daily have elevated levels of bisphenol A, an estrogenic chemical found in food containers and other consumer products, according to new research published today. More than 90 percent of pregnant women had detectable levels of BPA, and a variety of sources of the chemical were identified in the study. Pregnant women who were exposed to tobacco smoke or worked as cashiers also had above-average concentrations."

Source: EHN, 10/08/2010

"Natural Gas Pipeline Crisis Plans Kept From Public"

"The emergency plans for companies operating natural gas pipelines like the one that exploded in San Bruno, Calif., killing eight people and destroying a neighborhood, are effectively off-limits to the public and industry watchdogs because the federal pipeline safety agency doesn't keep copies in its offices."

Source: AP, 10/07/2010

"Panel: Gov't Blocked Worst-Case Oil Spill Figures"

"The White House blocked efforts by federal scientists to tell the public just how bad the Gulf oil spill could have been, according to a panel appointed by President Barack Obama to investigate the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history."

Source: AP, 10/07/2010

"Agency Seeks to Tighten Rules for 'Green' Labeling"

"Manufacturers of products that claim to be environmentally friendly will face tighter rules on how they are advertised to consumers under changes proposed Wednesday by the Federal Trade Commission."

Source: NYTimes, 10/07/2010

"Scientists and Soldiers Solve a Bee Mystery"

A fungus tag-teaming with a virus seem to be the cause of the colony collapse disorder decimating domestic honey bees, according to a newly published paper by Army scientists in Maryland and bee experts in Montana.

Source: NYTimes, 10/07/2010

"Cape Wind, Government Sign Nation's First Offshore Wind Farm Lease"

"U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Cape Wind President Jim Gordon signed the first lease for an offshore wind farm in the federal waters of the United States this morning at the American Wind Energy Association's Offshore Wind Conference in Atlantic City."

Source: ENS, 10/07/2010

CPSC: Shrek Glasses Hazardous To Kids When Touched Just 8 Times

"Federal regulators leaned on McDonald's to quickly recall 12 million 'Shrek'-themed drinking glasses this spring because they concluded that a typical 6-year-old could be exposed to hazardous levels of the metal cadmium by touching one of the glasses just eight times in a day, according to documents obtained under the federal Freedom of Information Act."

Source: AP, 10/07/2010

"Study Slams Confusion, Waste in BP Oil Spill Response"

A second report from the Oil Spill Commission, "entitled 'Decision-Making in the Unified Command,' portrays the cleanup effort as confused, wasteful and often ineffective, and offers thinly veiled criticism of some of the key figures in the effort, including Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.

Source: McClatchy, 10/07/2010

"Climate Talks Struggle As China, U.S. Face Off"

"The United States and EU said on Wednesday that U.N. climate talks were making less progress than hoped due to rifts over rising economies' emission goals, while China pushed back and put the onus on rich nations."

Source: Reuters, 10/07/2010

"Satellite Data Sheds New Light on Solar Cycle"

"The sun may warm the Earth more during waning solar cycles, new satellite data has shown, turning scientific understanding on its head and helping to explain extreme local weather patterns, scientists said on Wednesday."

Source: Reuters, 10/07/2010

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