"Study Finds School Drinking Water Tainted"
"Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins."
Source: AP, 09/25/2009
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Georgia Sewage Plants Swamped by Floods, Dump Sewage
"The record rains of the past few days flooded out sewage treatment plants in Fulton, Cobb and Gwinnett counties [GA], dumping millions of gallons of untreated sewage into local waterways."
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 09/24/2009
"Regulations Might Be Needed for 104 Chemicals Found in Tap Water, EPA Says"
"U.S. EPA has found 104 chemicals that might require regulations to keep them out of tap water -- the longest list of potential contaminants ever compiled by the agency."
Source: Greenwire, 09/24/2009
"EPA Sues VF's North Face Over 'Pesticide' Shoes"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency filed a complaint against VF Corp, owner of the North Face brand, on Tuesday, claiming that more than 70 styles of shoes advertised as bacteria-killing by the company had not been registered with the agency."
Source: Reuters, 09/23/2009
"Bee Deaths Set Apiculture Congress Abuzz"
"Montpellier, France -- Pesticides, viruses, industrialised farming, fungus... what on Earth is killing our bees? That's the big question being asked at Apimondia, the 41st world apiculture congress, where 10,000 beekeepers, entomologists and other actors in the honey business are gathered in this southern French city until Sunday."
Source: AFP, 09/18/2009
"EPA Limits Three Pesticides To Protect Salmon"
"The federal government, acting to protect endangered fish, is setting up new rules to limit where and when orchardists, farmers and others can use some common pesticides. ... The rules, coming from the Environmental Protection Agency, follow from a decision last year by the National Marine Fisheries Service to require limits on three common pesticides -- chlorpyrifos, diazinon and malathion -- in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California."
Source: Portland Oregonian, 09/14/2009
BC Parents Seek Ban on Spraying Pesticides on School Playing Fields
"A Vernon parent is wondering why school playing fields are still being sprayed with pesticides as communities across the country have discontinued using chemicals to control weeds."
Source: Vernon Morning Star, 08/17/2009
"TRIBUNE WATCHDOG: Pesticides in Your Peaches"
Tests "show that more than 50 pesticide compounds showed up on domestic and imported peaches headed for U.S. stores. Five of the compounds exceeded the limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency, and six of the pesticide compounds present are not approved for use on peaches in the United States."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 08/13/2009
"Rural Well Water Linked To Parkinson's"
A new study finds that rural residents who drink water from private wells are much more likely to have Parkinson's disease, bolstering theories that farm pesticides may be partly to blame.
Source: EHN, 08/05/2009
"NJ Suits Put Farmland Development Under Microscope"
A tangle of New Jersey lawsuits raises issues about what restrictions should be placed on builders seeking to develop farmland where pesticides were formerly used.
Source: AP, 08/03/2009
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