"EPA Detects Brain-Damaging Toxic Near School"
"Government regulators have found high levels of manganese, a dangerous metal that can affect the brain, in the air outside a school in eastern Ohio."
Source: USA TODAY, 12/15/2009
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"Underused Drilling Practices Could Avoid Pollution"
"As environmental concerns threaten to derail natural gas drilling projects across the country, the energy industry has developed innovative ways to make it easier to exploit the nation's reserves without polluting air and drinking water." But are they used?
Source: ProPublica, 12/15/2009
"New CDC Survey Tracks Mercury Levels in Americans"
"Mercury exposure in the United States increases with age, then starts tapering off when people turn 50, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found in a study released today."
Source: Greenwire, 12/14/2009
"Chemical BPA May Harm Developing Fetus, Quebec Study Suggests"
"A common chemical used in the plastic lining of frozen-food dinners and many other products is endangering the development of fetuses in pregnant women, a new study suggests."
Source: Montreal Gazette, 12/10/2009
"Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water, Records Show"
"More than 20 percent of the nation’s water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act over the last five years, according to a New York Times analysis of federal data."
Source: NYTimes, 12/08/2009
"Accidental Release of Toxic Chemicals, Polluted Water by Local Plants Cited in Report"
"Frequent accidents at 10 of the state's biggest refineries resulted in the release of millions of pounds of toxic chemicals into the air and millions of gallons of polluted water into state water courses between 2005 and 2008, according to a report to be released this morning by the Louisiana Bucket Brigade."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 12/08/2009
"States: Federal Toxics Laws Too Weak"
"Environmental officials in Maine and a dozen other states issued a statement Wednesday saying federal laws to protect the public from toxic chemicals are too weak and states instead are leading the way."
Source: AP, 12/04/2009
"New Frontiers -- and Limitations -- in Testing People's Bodies for Chemicals"
"New horizons in biomonitoring are identifying environmental exposures that may play a role in health problems, including cancer, neurological disorders and diabetes. At their fingertips, researchers already have precise measurements of nearly 150 chemicals in several thousand American adults and children."
Source: EHN, 12/03/2009
"Out of Plumb: When Water Treatment Causes Lead Contamination"
"Changes in tap water chemistry can liberate lead from household plumbing pipes and the mineral scale that coats them, resulting in water that is contaminated only after it leaves the treatment plant."
Source: EHP, 12/03/2009
"Bhopal: the Victims Are Still Being Born"
"Twenty-five years on, the world's worst industrial accident continues to kill and blight many lives. And still there's been no trial."
Source: Independent, 12/01/2009
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