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Headline	Author	Published	Section
In Clemente Conditions Radioactive, cancer-causing tritium leaks into California groundwater		18 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
In Clemente Conditions Radioactive, cancer-causing tritium leaks into California groundwater Tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen that can cause cancer, miscarriages, and birth defects, has leaked from a nuclear power plant near San Clemente, Calif. Groundwater tested at up to 330,000 picocuries of tritium per liter; we don't know what a picocurie is, but California's public- ...
Topics: California, news, nuclear power, Pacific Ocean, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

Dairy, Dairy, Quite Contrary		12 May 2003	Daily Grist
Dairy, Dairy, Quite Contrary Two businessmen want to build a massive cow town in the Mojave Desert in Southern California, providing a home for 90,000 cattle and 600 dairy farmers and their families. Sounds like a recipe for environmental disaster, right? Maybe not: In this case, the plan is to make the development a model of eco-friendly large-scale farming. Meth ...
Topics: California, health, ranching, solid waste treatment and disposal, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

Lettuce Study This More		28 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Lettuce Study This More A toxic chemical used in rocket fuel was found in four of 22 winter lettuce samples purchased at Northern California grocery stores, according to a report by the Environmental Working Group. The lettuce contaminated with perchlorate, a hormone disrupter, was traced to farms in Southern California and Arizona tha ...
Topics: Arizona, Barbara Boxer, California, Colorado River, Environmental Working Group, Harry Reid, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

Drain, Drain, Go Away		06 Dec 2002	Daily Grist
Drain, Drain, Go Away Now, back to typically depressing fare: California's Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board said yesterday that it would extend exemptions on pollution limits for farmers, meaning that pesticides, salts, and other pollutants will continue to drain from agricultural fields into the region's watershed. The exemptions were set to expire on Dec. ...
Topics: California, food and agriculture, pollution and waste, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

Taps		30 Oct 2002	Daily Grist
Taps Contaminants found in the tap water in California's largest cities could pose risks to children, pregnant women, and people with compromised immune systems, according to a new study from the Natural Resources Defense Council. The findings in the report, "What's on Tap," were the result of a review of tap-water data from 19 cities in the U.S., but so far only the California results have been relea ...
Topics: California, health, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

In the Drink		12 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
In the Drink In other news from the Golden State, regulators in California are reviving a campaign to clean up perchlorate, a Cold War-era pollutant that has been showing up in drinking water supplies across the country. Since the 1950s, the substance has been used as an oxidizer in rockets, munitions, and fireworks. It was not considered ...
Topics: business, California, commercial and industry organizations, health, pollution and waste, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

When Methanol's Said and Done		06 Feb 2002	Daily Grist
When Methanol's Said and Done In the first-ever legal challenge to a U.S. environmental measure mounted under the North American Free Trade Agreement, a Canadian company is contesting California's ban on the gasoline additive MTBE. The state began phasing out the chemical compound because of its apparent threat to water quality and human health, b ...
Topics: California, Canada, commercial and industry organizations, globalization, health, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

H-2-Oh-boy!		05 Feb 2002	Daily Grist
H-2-Oh-boy! Utility companies can be sued for violating safe drinking water standards, the California Supreme Court unanimously decided on Monday. The decision is significant because it allows thousands of victims of polluted water to seek financial compensation from the private and public utilities that pipe tap water into homes; in the past, victims mos ...
Topics: California, environmental justice, health, politics, pollution and waste, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

In the Drink		27 Aug 2001	Daily Grist
In the Drink The gasoline additive MTBE, a known carcinogen, has already leaked into 48 public wells that provide water to hundreds of thousands of Californians, according to a San Francisco Chronicle analysis of state data. The additive is leaking from 1,189 underground storage tanks within 1,000 feet of public wells or drinking water aquifers, threatening the water supplies of millions in the state. That's not the ful ...
Topics: California, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

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