"Workers Excavate Hanford Pool That Held Spent Fuel"
"Workers at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site have finished excavating a leaky pool built in the 1950s to hold spent fuel from nuclear reactors."
Source: AP, 09/11/2009
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"Hispanics Face High Cancer Risk From Breathing Household Chemical"
"Hispanics have a cancer risk from air pollutants as much as five times the rate of others living in the same cities. But it isn’t outdoor air posing the greatest danger; it is something much closer to home: Toilet deodorizers and moth repellents in their bathrooms and closets. Researchers call for a ban on the carcinogenic chemical used in the consumer products."
Source: EHN, 09/11/2009
"Wolves Aren't Making It Easy for Idaho Hunters"
"Even as Idaho has sold more than 14,000 wolf-hunting permits, the first 10 days of the first legal wolf hunt here in decades have yielded only three reported legal kills."
Source: NYTimes, 09/11/2009
"As Hill Debate on Climate Flounders, EPA Plows Ahead on Emission Rules"
"The Obama administration is finalizing rules to control industrial greenhouse gas emissions amid growing skepticism about the prospects of Congress passing a comprehensive climate change bill this year."
Source: Greenwire, 09/11/2009
Report: DOT Waives Rules for Hazmat Shippers
"Members of Congress Thursday demanded a shake up at the agency that regulates the transport of hazardous materials, saying officials for years have quietly waived safety rules because of a cozy relationship with industry."
Source: AP, 09/11/2009
9/11 Air Also Claimed Its Victims
Ironworker Joe Picurro volunteered to help work on "the pile" at Ground Zero that resulted from the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Now he is nearing death from the air he breathed there. He is one of thousands suffering similar diseases.
Source: NY Daily News, 09/11/2009
SciDev.Net's Climate Change & Insect-borne Disease
September 10, 2009: SciDev.Net (The Science and Development Network) published a spotlight on the impact of climate change on the spread of insect-borne disease that considers how countries can prepare for these changes.
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"New Quarters Will Showcase National Parks, Wildlife Refuges, Forests"
"Hot Springs National Park, Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon National Parks and Mt. Hood National Forest will be the first sites commemorated in a new quarter-dollar program announced today by the United States Mint."
Source: ENS, 09/10/2009
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