Iraq's Depleted Uranium Clean-Up To Cost $30M as Contamination Spreads
"Report says toxic waste is being spread by scrap metal dealers, and describes its 'alarming' use in civilian areas during Iraq wars."
Source: Guardian, 03/07/2013
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"Fracking Waste Could Go To N.C. Coastal Towns If Ban Is Lifted"
"Forty years ago, when North Carolina banned using deep wells to permanently dump industrial waste, some thought the issue had been decided for good. Now state lawmakers who want to turn North Carolina into the nation’s next fracking hotspot are reopening the case for injecting brines and toxins deep underground."
Source: Raleigh News & Observer, 03/05/2013
"The Toxic Waste Pit Next Door"
In the World War I era, the U.S. Army thought it was disposing of dangerous toxic chemicals in waste pits located near what is now American University. Then residential houses were built on top of the site. Today, the danger and efforts to clean it up are still a problem.
Source: Washingtonian, 03/01/2013
"Breast Cancer Ties To Environment Probed"
"Marika Holmgren will never be sure why she was diagnosed with breast cancer at 37. She was a devoted athlete and vegetarian. Cancer ran in her family, but not breast cancer."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 02/28/2013
"The Drug That's Harmed More Children Than Thalidomide"
Researchers and campaigners claim that some 40 percent (19,200) of the children born to mothers taking the epilepsy drug Epilim have developed physical or mental problems.
Source: Daily Mail, 02/26/2013
"Report: Flaws In EPA Drilling Pollution Data"
"Limited data and unreliable estimates on air pollution from oil and natural gas production is hindering the Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to police the drilling boom, the agency's internal watchdog said in a report released Thursday."
Source: AP, 02/22/2013
"Dow AgroSciences Wins Bid to Overturn Pesticide Proposals"
"Dow Agrosciences LLC and two other pesticide makers won a bid to overturn U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service proposals to protect salmon when an appeals court found the agency’s decision 'arbitrary and capricious.'"
Source: Bloomberg, 02/22/2013
"Fungicide Use Surging, Largely Unmonitored"
A surge in the use of fungicides is bringing higher crop yields; but experts warn that there is not enough monitoring of the emerging fungicide contamination of streams -- and that not enough is known about the health consequences.
Source: EHN, 02/22/2013
"Briny Water Flows Into Southwestern PA Streams"
Two retired outdoorsmen -- with help from water researchers -- are testing streamwater in western Pennsylvania. They are struggling to get EPA attention to chemicals they fear could be related to the fracking boom.
Source: PublicSource, 02/21/2013
"Newark Playground Stayed Unfenced Despite Contamination"
"Community advocates are outraged that a contaminated playground at a Newark public housing complex remained open, allowing children to be exposed to dangerous levels of lead."
Source: USA TODAY, 02/21/2013
