"Pollution Triples Mercury Levels in Ocean Surface Waters, Study Finds"
"Toxic metal threatens marine life as it accumulates faster in shallow layers than in deep sea due to human activity"
Source: Guardian, 08/07/2014
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Aquaculture Is Hooked on Chemicals, An Addiction That Must Be Fixed
"In part of the search to find ways to feed future populations, given the mounting impacts of extreme weather on traditional farming, many have begun to turn their attention to the ocean. Over the past four decades, aquaculture has grown rapidly, accounting for half of human-consumed seafood in 2011 and continuing at a 6 percent annual increase in production."
Source: ClimateWire, 08/06/2014
"EPA Showdown: Who in Texas Wants Tighter Refinery Regulation?"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will set up its microphones for an all day hearing Tuesday in Galena Park, a community on Houston’s east side in the heart of the enormous Houston Ship Channel refinery complex. It’s the second of two such hearings with the first held last month in a similar community in Los Angeles."
Source: StateImpact Texas, 08/05/2014
"As More Male Bass Switch Sex, a Strange Fish Story Expands"
"At first she was surprised. Then she was disturbed. Now she’s a little alarmed. Each time a different batch of male fish with eggs in their testes shows up in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Vicki Blazer’s eyebrows arch a bit higher."
Source: Wash Post, 08/04/2014
"Report: Feds Failed To Inspect Chemical Plants With High Terror Risk"
"Government officials have failed to inspect nearly all of the chemical plants considered to be at high risk for terrorist attacks, according to congressional investigators."
Source: The Hill, 07/31/2014
Mercury Survivors Neglected By Govt, Grassy Narrows First Nation Claims
"A northwestern Ontario First Nation has released a five-year-old report confirming the community suffers ongoing effects from mercury poisoning, but it says the government has never acted on the findings."
Source: CBC News, 07/30/2014
"Songbirds Dying From DDT in Michigan Yards; Superfund Site Blamed"
"ST. LOUIS, Mich. – Jim Hall was mowing the town’s baseball diamond when he felt a little bump underneath him. “And there it was, a dead robin,” he said."
Source: EHN, 07/29/2014
"BP Oil Spill Dispersants Still in Environment"
"A common ingredient in human laxatives and in the controversial dispersants that was used to break down oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill is still being found in tar balls four years later along Gulf Coast beaches including Perdido Key."
Source: Pensacola New Journal, 07/28/2014
"Neonic Insecticides Widespread in Iowa Waters -- Study"
"A class of insecticides popular with corn and soybean farmers in the U.S. Midwest but feared as a factor in the decline of U.S. honey bee colonies and other crop pollinators, has been found to be widespread through rivers and streams in Iowa, according to a government study released on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 07/28/2014
"Panel's Report Likely To Tie Farm Antibiotics To Human Resistance"
"A White House advisory committee is expected to acknowledge the link between antimicrobial resistance in humans and livestock being fed antibiotics when it issues its report in the next few weeks, according to the transcript of a committee meeting held earlier this month."
Source: Reuters, 07/25/2014
