"Metal Pollution Tied To Parkinson's Disease"
"People living near a steel factory or another source of high manganese emissions are at higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease, suggests a new study."
Source: Reuters, 10/28/2010
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"Cholera Expected To Spread To Haiti's Camps"
"SAINT MARC, Haiti -- Officials warn that Haiti's cholera epidemic that has claimed almost 300 lives has yet to peak, and that authorities should prepare for the disease to spread to the capital and its squalid tent cities."
Source: AFP, 10/28/2010
"Death Toll in Indonesian Tsunami, Volcano Tops 375"
"The death toll from a tsunami and a volcano rose to 376 Thursday as more victims of Indonesia's double disasters were found and an official said a warning system installed after a deadly ocean wave in 2004 had broken from a lack of maintenance."
Source: AP, 10/28/2010
Many Wisconsin Families at Risk from Tainted, Untested Wells
"More than a third of Wisconsinites rely on well water in their homes, and we've discovered much of that water could be tainted. The problem: many families don't have their wells tested. And those wells could contain invisible poisons."
Source: TMJ 3 Milwaukee, 10/28/2010
UN Sees Biodiversity Loss as Greater Financial Risk Than Terrorism
"The financial risks posed by the loss of species and ecosystems have risen sharply and are becoming a greater concern for businesses than international terrorism, according to a United Nations report released [Wednesday]."
Source: Guardian, 10/28/2010
Peak Water: A New Way To Look at Long-Term Water Issues
Viewing local, regional, national, and global water issues through the lens of "peak water," a concept explained in a Pacific Institute paper, can yield some interesting angles on water-related stories and long-term water issues.
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Study: Fish Are Getting Whipsawed by People, Climate Change
Arizona State University researchers find a major shift in top fish predators in 36 North American waterways, resulting in reduced availability of fish caught for food or sport, and long-term changes in riparian ecology that affect both people and the rest of the environment, sometimes in unpredictable ways.
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25,000 Abandoned Mines Are Just the Beginning
The BLM is documenting where the mines are, and ramping up efforts to mitigate threats from them, such as water contamination, traps for people and animals, and deteriorating old explosives lurking in some dark corners.
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New Ozone Standards Could Have Big Impact
If EPA's health-based primary standard is reduced from its current level of 75 parts per billion to 60 ppb, which is the low end of what the agency's science advisors have recommended, about 67% of the US population would live in monitored counties that would be out of compliance.
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