"US Rice Imports 'Contain Harmful Levels of Lead'"
"Analysis of commercially available rice imported into the US has revealed it contains levels of lead far higher than regulations suggest are safe."
Source: BBC, 04/11/2013
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"Surprise: Organic Apples And Pears Aren't Free Of Antibiotics"
"Both fruits are vulnerable to a nasty disease called fire blight that can devastate orchards. So organic labeling standards allow for antibiotics to be used on apple and pear trees. That exemption is set to end in 2014 -- but growers say they need a little more time."
Source: NPR, 04/11/2013
Enviros Urge 10 Top Retailers To Pull Potentially Toxic Products
"Health and environmental groups will launch a national campaign Thursday to prod 10 major retailers -- including Walmart, Target and Costco -- to clear store shelves of products containing hazardous chemicals."
Source: USA TODAY, 04/10/2013
"Toxic Chemicals Turn Up in Great Lakes Plastic Pollution"
"Toxic chemicals clinging to plastics could cause health problems for fish and other organisms in the Great Lakes."
Source: Great Lakes Echo, 04/09/2013
"Taping of Farm Cruelty Is Becoming the Crime"
"On one covert video, farm workers illegally burn the ankles of Tennessee walking horses with chemicals. Another captures workers in Wyoming punching and kicking pigs and flinging piglets into the air. And at one of the country’s largest egg suppliers, a video shows hens caged alongside rotting bird corpses, while workers burn and snap off the beaks of young chicks."
Source: NY Times, 04/08/2013
"New Orleans Stench May Be Linked to Exxon Refinery Leak: Coast Guard"
"A 'rank' odor that has spread across parts of greater New Orleans may be linked to a leak from the 192,500-barrel-per-day Chalmette refinery, the U.S. Coast Guard investigating the smell said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 04/05/2013
"Lead Poisoning Toll Revised To 1 in 38 Young Kids"
"The increase is the result of the government last year lowering the threshold for lead poisoning."
Source: USA TODAY, 04/05/2013
"Leak Near Colo. Plant Highlights Pipeline Problems"
"DENVER -- Authorities are investigating after construction crews discovered a problem with a liquid gas pipeline that allowed a carcinogen to seep into the ground near a large creek that feeds into the Colorado River."
Source: AP, 04/03/2013
"EPA to Study Flame Retardant Chemicals. Finally."
"The EPA announced [March 27] that it will study the health and environmental risks of 23 chemicals, with an emphasis on chemical flame retardants that are found in many common products."
Source: Mother Jones, 04/01/2013
Pesticide Lobby Spends Millions To Defend Chemicals Tied To Bee Deaths
"WASHINGTON -- The chemical pesticide lobby is waging a multi-million dollar battle to prevent regulation of chemicals linked to the dramatic escalation in the deaths of pollinating bees over the past year."
Source: Huffington Post, 04/01/2013
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