"Is Susan G. Komen Denying the BPA-Breast Cancer Link?"
"Critics claim the leading breast cancer research group is in the pocket of its BPA-happy sponsors."
Source: Mother Jones, 10/04/2011
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"The Trouble With Health Problems Near Gas Fracking"
Many people have told stories of getting severely sick near natural gas wells, especially ones using the controversial fracking technique. One of the biggest barriers to determining whether the gas production is causing illness is the gas industry's resistance to disclosing the toxic emissions and hazardous wastes they generate.
Abrahm Lustgarten and Nicholas Kusnetz originally reported the story for ProPublica September 16, 2011.
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Source: ProPublica, 09/30/2011
"Bed Bug Pesticides Make Some People Ill"
"Bed bugs might make you itch, but the chemicals used to combat the pests are making some people ill.
As more people in the United States are feeling the bed bug's bite, there has been a spike in illnesses from pesticides used to kill the insects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC.L reported on Thursday.
From 2003 to 2010, 111 people were sickened and one died from bed bug insecticide, the government agency reported in a study that is the first of its kind in the country.
Source: Reuters, 09/23/2011
"Toxic BPA Turning Up in Children's Soup Cans: Group"
"Worrying levels of BPA, an industrial chemical with suspected links to cancer, lurk inside canned soups and pasta targeted at American children, the Breast Cancer Fund said Wednesday."
Source: AFP, 09/22/2011
"12 Held in Sale of Pest Poisons"
Federal agents from several agencies arrested 12 in a sweep targetting illegal imported pesticides in New York's Chinatown. The unlabelled or mislabelled pesticides were especially dangerous because they could be mistakenly consumed and were potent enough to kill a child.
Source: NY Times, 09/20/2011
New Disposal Rules Could Mean Less Oil Waste Buried in N. Dakota Land
"TIOGA - Brenda and Richard Jorgenson have a long list of reasons why they dislike and fear the reserve pit from an oil well buried on their land, located a half-mile from their house. They say it reeked of chemicals when it was being filled with diesel-saturated mud, rock cuttings and fluids left over from drilling last year."
Source: Bismark Tribune, 09/19/2011
"Safety Risks Underscored by Violations at ExxonMobil Refinery"
"As an investigation by the Center for Public Integrity’s iWatch News has shown , oil refining is one of the country’s most dangerous industries, where even seemingly small recurring events such as equipment breakdowns and fires can have fatal consequences. Yet an easily manipulated regulatory system allows companies to delay or avoid improvements. While the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration occasionally appears to take a tough stance, identifying perils and proposing fines, the fines are often small and can be appealed for long periods of time, delaying fixes."
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Source: iWatch News, 09/19/2011
Water Testing in Chicago Raises Concerns on Screening Process for Lead
"Nationwide, water is screened for lead by checking the first sample of water from homeowners' faucets. But results of recent federal testing in Chicago show that although all homes passed that first test, nearly 45 percent had lead levels spike when more water samples were taken directly afterward."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 09/15/2011
"Drilling Spills Rise in Colorado, But Fines Rare"
"PLATTEVILLE — Colorado's wave of gas and oil drilling is resulting in spills at the rate of seven every five days — releasing more than 2 million gallons this year of diesel, oil, drilling wastewater and chemicals that contaminated land and water."
Source: Denver Post, 09/14/2011
Industry, White House May Suppress EPA List of "Chemicals Of Concern"
"The White House is under pressure from two democratic senators to release a list of chemicals the Environmental Protection Agency says could endanger human health or the environment. This so-called chemicals of concern list would include eight phthalates, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and bisphenol A."
"The chemical industry has attempted to block release of EPA’s proposed list over the past year.
Source: C&EN, 09/13/2011
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