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"EPA's Jackson Outlines Changes To Scientific Review Process"

"U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson at a Senate hearing Tuesday outlined several changes to the agency's scientific review and assessment processes that reverse protocols enforced during the Bush administration."

Source: Dow Jones, 06/10/2009

"Parkinson's: The Pesticide Link"

"Scientists are closing in on an inescapable conclusion: Pesticides may be a cause of Parkinson's disease."

Source: onearth, 06/09/2009

"Judge Disallows Environmental Review of Chevron Refinery Expansion"

"The Environmental Impact Report for a major expansion at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, California is inadequate, a Contra Costa County Superior Court judge has ruled in a case brought by environmental, community, and public health groups."

Source: ENS, 06/08/2009

"Are Perfluorochemicals Widespread in Biosolids?"

"Scientists are scrambling to get a handle on the levels of perfluorochemicals in treated municipal sewage sludge as further details emerge about the unexpected discovery of these compounds in fields near Decatur, Ala."

Source: ES&T, 06/04/2009

EPA Studies Used-Tire Playground Risks

"The federal government is reconsidering whether sports fields and playgrounds made from ground-up tires could harm children's health after some Environmental Protection Agency scientists raised concerns,"

Source: AP, 06/04/2009

"California Senate Approves Ban on BPA in Plastics"

California's Senate narrowly passes a ban on BPA, a chemical that threatens child development, in baby bottles and sippy cups. Industry groups are mounting a big PR and lobbying blitz to stop it in the state Assembly.

Source: LA Times, 06/03/2009

"FDA Reviewing Decision on Safety of BPA"

After a letter from key Congressmen, the FDA is reviewing its Bush-era decision that BPA, a chemical used in baby bottles and food containers, is safe.

Source: AP, 06/03/2009

"Toxic Mud, Heading to Texas, Stirs Town"

The toxic, PCB-laced sediment now being dredged from the Hudson River has to go somewhere -- a landfill in Texas.

Source: NYTimes, 06/01/2009

"Groups Ask EPA to Ban Lead Tire Weights"

"The federal government should ban the use of lead weights, those fingertip-size chunks of metal that balance the tires of cars and trucks, says a petition filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week."

Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 06/01/2009

"Strategy Being Devised To Protect Use of BPA"

"Manufacturers of cans for beverages and foods and some of their biggest customers, including Coca-Cola, are trying to devise a public relations and lobbying strategy to block government bans of a controversial chemical used in the linings of metal cans and lids."

Source: WashPost, 06/01/2009

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