"CSB: Mission Impossible -- Deadly Accidents, No Answers"
"Early on a Saturday morning, deep inside a chemical plant in La Porte, Javier Ortiz took his last sip of coffee."
Source: Houston Chronicle, 08/29/2016
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Wisconsin: "High Rate Of Tumors Found In Fish"
"Scientists led by researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey have found an elevated number of cases of skin and liver tumors in white suckers in the Milwaukee, Menomonee and Kinnickinnic rivers — a discovery that suggests more work will be needed to remove contaminants from the waterways."
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 08/29/2016
"Streams On Speed Altering Aquatic Food Web"
"Study finds a cocktail of legal and illegal drugs in Baltimore's Gwynns Falls, most likely from city's leaking sewers".
Source: Bay Journal, 08/26/2016
"Looking for Lead (In All The Wrong Places)"
"Neighborhoods on the [Buffalo's] East and Lower West Sides are 'ground zero' for the worst lead poisoning problems in all of Upstate New York. Lead paint is considered the culprit, but the crisis in Flint, Michigan, has raised questions about the safety of the drinking water in cities like Buffalo."
Source: Investigative Post, 08/24/2016
"East Chicago Lead Pollution 'A Potential Catastrophe'"
"EAST CHICAGO — About once a week for much of 2015, Kamia Edwards’ son was too sick to go to school."
Source: Indianapolis Star, 08/23/2016
"An Indiana City Is Poised To Become The Next Flint"
A chronic array of mysterious health problems among public housing residents in East Chicago, Indiana, was finally traced to soil contaminated with lead and arsenic by decades of industrial activity. Authorities from various government agencies had kept residents in the dark about the threat.
Source: Think Progress, 08/16/2016
"Chemical Safety Board Joins Sunoco Inquiry"
"The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is joining the investigation into the Friday night fire at Sunoco Logistics in which seven contract workers were injured, including four who were critically burned." The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is already investigating.
Source: Beaumont Enterprise, 08/16/2016
"Secret ‘Chemtrail’ Spraying Not Real, Scientists Agree"
"Long-lasting white trails left behind by aircraft are caused by well-understood physical and chemical processes, not a secret, large-scale atmospheric spraying program, concludes new research from Carnegie Science, University of California-Irvine, and the nonprofit Near Zero."
Source: ENS, 08/15/2016
"Zika, Miami And Innovative Alternatives To Pesticides"
"As locally acquired cases of Zika continue to gradually grow in Miami, officials are still hamstrung in deploying a promising technology to fight the mosquitoes that transmit the virus, Aedes aegypti. There are 22 locally acquired cases in Florida, 19 primarily in the Wynwood area of Miami, two in Broward County, and a new case in Palm Beach County."
Source: Forbes, 08/15/2016
"How Bad Is Your Air-Conditioner for the Planet?"
"We may be in the clear when it comes to heat domes, but it’s still really hot. More than half the country could see temperatures in the 90s by the end of the week, and if that forecast comes true, you may find relief in the cool, crisp breeze of an air-conditioner. But in the next few years, the way air-conditioners work could change."
Source: NY Times, 08/12/2016
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