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Threat Level: Orange Legacy of Agent Orange Continues to Haunt Vietnam		13 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Threat Level: Orange Legacy of Agent Orange Continues to Haunt Vietnam Decades after the U.S. military sprayed Vietnam with millions of gallons of Agent Orange, fish and livestock in some parts of the nation are still highly contaminated with dioxin and other toxic chemicals contained in the defoliant. Dioxin levels in some people's bloodstreams are also high, according to a new study published in the Journal of Occupational and En ...
Topics: health, toxics, Vietnam (all these topics)

Choke-a-cola? Coke and Pepsi in India Reported to Contain High Pesticide Residues		05 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Choke-a-cola? Coke and Pepsi in India Reported to Contain High Pesticide Residues A dozen varieties of soft drinks sold by Coca-Cola and Pepsi in Delhi, India, contain "dangerously high" levels of pesticide residues, according to tests conducted by the Center for Science and Environment, a Delhi-based nonprofit. CSE accused the companies of drawing their so ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, food and agriculture, health, India, toxics (all these topics)

In the Swim of Things How to avoid the enviro nasties that lurk in pools	Carmela Federico	29 Jul 2003	Earthly Possessions
Let water sit around for 24 hours -- stagnating in an old tire, say, or in a birdbath in the backyard -- and some pretty nasty things can start breeding in it. After Mt. St. Helen's erupted in Washington State in 1980, newly formed oxygen-deprived pools became breeding grounds for Legionnaires' disease. Then there's cholera, typhoid, dysentery, and other illnesses that can be contracted from ...
Topics: health, toxics (all these topics)

There's No Base Like Home		03 Jul 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: health, North Carolina, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

Grace Under Pressure		02 Jul 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: health, mining and drilling, Montana, toxics (all these topics)

A Pregnant Pause		30 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
A Pregnant Pause Women who were exposed to the pesticide DDT while in the womb had more difficulties getting pregnant as adults than did those who had no exposure, according to a new study published in the British medical journal Lancet. "This is the first research that shows it is possible that these exposures can cause problems 30 years down the line," said lead researcher Barbara Cohn, an epidemio ...
Topics: Africa, Asia, health, South America, toxics (all these topics)

Clear Skies Looking Dirty		30 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Clear Skies Looking Dirty One of President Bush's most ambitious environmental proposals is in jeopardy -- the goal of cutting mercury emissions from coal-burning power plants 46 percent by 2010. Many in the utility industry are complaining that such a requirement, which is part of Bush's "Clear Skies" legislation, would cost far more than expected and could force some coal- ...
Topics: air pollution, energy, health, politics, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics)

Confessions of a Dangerous Mine		24 Jun 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: Ghana, health, mining and drilling, pollution and waste, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

More Than a Year of Living Dangerously		24 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
More Than a Year of Living Dangerously Indonesian citizens, particularly children, are suffering from a rise in industrial pollution that has accompanied the nation's rapid economic growth, according to a World Bank report released today. More than 6 million vehicles were added to Indonesia's streets between 1995 and 2000, and many of them use leaded gasol ...
Topics: air pollution, health, Indonesia, pollution and waste, solid waste treatment and disposal, toxics (all these topics)

A Fly in the Ointment		18 Jun 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: health, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics)

A Fly in the Ointment The green take on insect repellents and sunscreens	Molly Rauch, P.W. McRandle, for the Green Guide	18 Jun 2003	Earthly Possessions
By Molly Rauch and P.W. McRandle, for the Green Guide 18 Jun 2003 As summer finally rolls in, most of us are eager to shed our layers and splash in the surf or hike through the woods. Along the way, we might slap on some SPF 30 sunscreen to ward off skin cancer and hose down our arms and necks with skeeter repellent. But rather than go wild with DEET and just any old high-SPF sunscreen, it's best to consider some potential ...
Topics: health, toxics (all these topics)

Light on Their Fleet		10 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Light on Their Fleet The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear a case about whether the Los Angeles area can go beyond the federal Clean Air Act to impose strict anti-pollution rules on buses, taxis, garbage trucks, airport shuttles, and other vehicle fleets. Oil companies and engine manufacturers challenged a rule issued in 2000 by the South Coast Air Quality Management District that requires owne ...
Topics: air pollution, California, health, placemaking, toxics (all these topics)

A Fine Kettle of Fish		06 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
A Fine Kettle of Fish The federal Clean Water Act might be a great thing in theory, but how's it doing in practice? Not so well, it turns out, due to the failure of the U.S. EPA to adequately enforce it. At any given moment, roughly 25 percent of all large industrial plants and water-treatment facilities are in violation of federal pollution standards -- but the EPA generally fails to ...
Topics: health, marine life, toxics, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Oh, the Humanity		04 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Oh, the Humanity Before they can be put on the market, pesticides are usually tested for safety on animals. Government regulators then establish an exposure level for humans that is 10 times more conservative than the safety level for animals. In an effort to abolish the tenfold safety net, pesticide companies frequently sponsor clinical tests on volunteers to try to prove that their products are as ...
Topics: animal welfare, health, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Another Roadside Detraction		30 May 2003	Daily Grist
Another Roadside Detraction The Washington State Department of Transportation has come under attack by citizens who say its practice of spraying the sides of roads to control weeds puts people and the environment at risk. Last year, a decade after promising to reduce its herbicide use, the department instead hit an eight-year high, applying more than 120,000 pounds of weed-killer alongside state roads. C ...
Topics: health, news, toxics, Washington, water pollution (all these topics)

Puff the Toxic Dragon On green reasons to quit smoking	Umbra Fisk	15 May 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I want to quit smoking. As if the risks to my health weren't enough, could you help out by twisting that knife of guilt into my tree-hugging heart and give me some environmental reasons to stop supporting the tobacco industry? Cough, wheeze, Elaine Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Dearest Elaine, I don't care whether you smoke or not. In fact, I think anti-smoking hype is often thinly disguised clas ...
Topics: advice, agriculture, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, green living, health, toxics (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)

Radio-inactivity		09 May 2003	Daily Grist
Radio-inactivity The Pentagon dramatically underestimated the amount of radioactivity to which U.S. Armed Forces members were exposed during Cold War-era atomic testing and explosions, a National Academy of Sciences panel announced yesterday. However, the panel found that the "ionizing radiation" to which the majority of the veterans was exposed -- either during testing or in the vicinity of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- is not ...
Topics: health, Japan, toxics (all these topics)

Let's Get Chemical		07 May 2003	Daily Grist
Let's Get Chemical In a trailblazing effort to mitigate the dangerous effects of toxic substances on human and environmental health, the European Commission has proposed strict new standards for chemical production. Currently, those chemicals that were in use before the E.U. was established in 1981 are not subject to the same registration and testing standards as new substances. Under the new proposal, any company manufactur ...
Topics: European Union, health, toxics (all these topics)

Beverly Hills Flop		29 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Beverly Hills Flop Erin Brockovich, the tenacious eco-crusader made famous by Hollywood, is back in the news: She says that many former Beverly Hills High School students have been stricken with cancer because of exposure to toxic fumes from an active oil field on school property. Brockovich and her boss, attorney Ed Masry, yesterday filed 25 personal injury claims for damages against the city of Beverly Hills an ...
Topics: air pollution, California, health, toxics (all these topics)

Orange Alert		17 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Orange Alert The U.S. military sprayed twice as much herbicide on Vietnam during the war there than previously estimated, according to a study published today in the journal Nature. Relying on previously unexamined military documents and new assessments of dioxin concentrations, the study found that an additional 1.8 million gallons of toxic herbicides, mostly Agent Orange, were used by the Armed Forces. From 1961 to 19 ...
Topics: health, politics, toxics, wildlife (all these topics)

Lead Story		17 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Lead Story Lead levels that are currently assumed to be safe for children can significantly impair intellectual development, according to a groundbreaking report published in today's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The current U.S. and international allowable blood lead level is 10 micrograms per deciliter, but researchers found that lead levels lower than that caused a drop in IQ of up to 7.4 points. That ...
Topics: health, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics)

Tupperscare Parties		02 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Tupperscare Parties A chemical commonly used in food packaging and other plastics may cause miscarriages and Down's syndrome, according to a study published this week in the journal Current Biology. Geneticists at Ohio's Case Western Reserve University found that exposure to even small quantities of bisphenol A (BPA), a substance that mimics the hormone estrogen, can disrupt chromosomal alignment in mouse embryos, killi ...
Topics: health, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics)

I Could Have Had a C8		31 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
I Could Have Had a C8 Nothing sticks to Teflon, they say -- but a key ingredient in Teflon could be sticking to you. A chemical manufactured by Dupont and used to make Teflon and other products may pose health risks for women of childbearing age and young girls, according to an internal U.S. EPA document. The chemical, ammonium perfluorooctanoate, known more commonly as PFOA or C8, accumulates in human blood. A chemical related to C ...
Topics: health, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Burden of Proof What we don't know about the toxic chemicals in our bodies	Elizabeth Sawin	19 Mar 2003	Soapbox
Scientists call the accumulation of chemical contaminants (such as PCBs, mercury, and pesticides) within a person's body the "body burden." Body burden is just a number, a concentration in parts per billion or micrograms per liter. But the term calls forth an image, too, of a body bent over and struggling beneath a heavy load. When scientists start taking about body burden, I think ...
Topics: health, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics)

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