"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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"BP Settles Spill Containment Violations"
"An oil field review starting with a state inspector questioning the size of spill containment facilities on Alaska's North Slope has resulted in a hefty civil payment for a subsidiary of BP PLC."
Source: AP, 09/24/2009
"Fish and Paint Chips Part I: The Science of Trash"
"Recent research has the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) concerned that the huge quantities of metal, plastic, paint chips and other man-made debris floating at sea, hundreds and even thousands of miles from land, may be working their way into the American diet."
Source: DC Bureau, 09/24/2009
"Polluted Lake Okeechobee Getting Dirtier"
"Water managers, environmental agencies and conservation groups have been talking about cleaning up Lake Okeechobee for decades. The water quality has only gotten worse. Much worse."
Source: Miami Herald, 09/24/2009
"Oil Industry Sets a Brisk Pace of New Discoveries"
"The oil industry has been on a hot streak this year, thanks to a series of major discoveries that have rekindled a sense of excitement across the petroleum sector, despite falling prices and a tough economy."
Source: NYTimes, 09/24/2009
"Texas Plan To Reduce Houston Smog May Not Be Enough"
"Texas' new plan to improve the Houston area's famously dirty air may not meet federal limits for smog."
Source: Houston Chronicle, 09/24/2009
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
"US Should Watch for Animal Disease, Institute Says"
"The United States needs to lead a global effort to protect people from new outbreaks of deadly infectious diseases that originate in animals, such as swine flu, AIDS and SARS, health experts said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 09/24/2009
"WHO Slashes Radon Limit in Homes, Cites Lung Cancer"
"The World Health Organisation (WHO) has drastically cut the maximum amount of radon -- a naturally occurring gas -- that should be permitted in homes because of strong evidence it causes lung cancer."
Source: Reuters, 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
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