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Matching Wits On burning trash	Umbra Fisk	08 Jan 2007	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, We recycle and compost as best we can, but we are still left every week with some trash. Up to this point we've dutifully hauled it to the local dump, which then trucks it away to some landfill. My husband has recently discovered that, since we live outside of city limits, we are able to burn our trash. Thus my question -- between a landfill and burning, which is the lesser of two evils? Lynn Titche Bedford, Ind. Dearest Lynn ...
Topics: advice, air pollution, Ask Umbra, toxics, waste (all these topics)

Their Day in Cote Groundwork begins for Ivory Coast toxic-dumping lawsuit		08 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
Their Day in Cote Groundwork begins for Ivory Coast toxic-dumping lawsuit It's been almost five months since a cargo ship dumped over 400 tons of toxic "slops" in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, leaving at least 10 people dead and more than 40,000 ill. At the time, residents of the African nation responded by blockading streets, burning stuff, and collapsing their government. Now that's direct action ...
Topics: Africa, environmental justice, news, politics, toxics (all these topics)

Mercury Retrograde U.S. DOE backs off plan to sell neurotoxin to rest of world		03 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
Mercury Retrograde U.S. DOE backs off plan to sell neurotoxin to rest of world Caving in to critics and maybe, just maybe, its own conscience, the U.S. Department of Energy has decided against selling off nearly 1,300 tons of mercury left from pre-1960s weapons production. Though the neurotoxin brings a quick buck on the world market -- it's popular with developing countries that use it for mining gold -- DOE will follow ...
Topics: Department of Energy, news, toxics (all these topics)

On the Ball: Eat, drink, and be wary Chinese food quality a concern as 2008 Olympics approaches	Sarah K. Burkhalter	19 Dec 2006	Gristmill

Topics: China, food, health, sports, toxics (all these topics)

Once More Unto the REACH E.U. parliament passes new chemical standard, businesses brace for impact		14 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
Once More Unto the REACH E.U. parliament passes new chemical standard, businesses brace for impact Call it the vote heard 'round the world: yesterday, the E.U. parliament passed a landmark law that has global bizfolk quivering. REACH -- Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals -- requires about 30,000 chemicals to be registered with a new agency, with about 1,500 of the most harmful facing extra scrutiny. Calle ...
Topics: European Union, news, toxics (all these topics)

What not to buy for Christmas Watch out for scary chemicals in plastic toys for tots	Lisa Hymas	13 Dec 2006	Gristmill

Topics: green living, health, parenting, San Francisco, toxics (all these topics)

Plumb Crazy U.S. EPA considers delisting lead as an air pollutant		07 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
Plumb Crazy U.S. EPA considers delisting lead as an air pollutant That sound you hear? It's jaws dropping everywhere in response to the U.S. EPA's announcement that it might stop regulating lead as an air pollutant. Citing the fact that concentrations of the toxic heavy metal in the air have dropped 90 percent since 1980, and using logic we can only assume was supplied by EPA administrator Stephen Johnson's six-year-old granddaughter, ...
Topics: news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Life's a REACH, and Then You Dye E.U. politicians agree to disagree on chemical-regulations law		01 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
Life's a REACH, and Then You Dye E.U. politicians agree to disagree on chemical-regulations law Late last night, over croissants and Grolsch, E.U. member states and the European Parliament reached a deal on a controversial rule regulating 30,000 chemicals produced in or imported to Europe. The Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals directive, known as REACH, has caused strain between governments, industry, an ...
Topics: European Union, news, toxics (all these topics)

Wake Up, Little Sushi On sustainable sushi	Umbra Fisk	29 Nov 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, My wife and I love sushi, but we're increasingly concerned about sustainable harvesting. Although we treat ourselves to sushi only once or twice a month, it adds up, and we can't help but wonder about the impact. There's no sensation in the world like letting a slab of sashimi salmon dissolve in your mouth, but can my wife and I continue to enjoy sushi without feeling guilty? What can people like us -- environmental ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, fishing, food and agriculture, oceans, toxics (all these topics)

What Goes Around Dumbs Around Bush administration considers unloading mercury on world market		29 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
What Goes Around Dumbs Around Bush administration considers unloading mercury on world market With stunning foresight, the U.S. Department of Energy is pondering a sale of more than 1,300 tons of mercury on the world market. Never mind that mercury sold overseas will, in all likelihood, just drift back to the U.S. as toxic air pollution. Never mind that, as Linda Greer of the Natural Resources Defense Council objects, &q ...
Topics: Department of Energy, news, toxics (all these topics)

OSHA, No He Didn't Federal agency threatens asbestos-warning writer with suspension		21 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
OSHA, No He Didn't Federal agency threatens asbestos-warning writer with suspension What if we said a federal agency was pressuring one of its own to weaken an environmental opinion? Crazy, right? But it's true. Again. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a warning this summer that brakes could contain asbestos, putting mechanics at risk for mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis. Three weeks later, former OSHA head John ...
Topics: news, toxics (all these topics)

Rubber Ducky, You're Not the One San Francisco set to enact first-in-nation ban on toxics in baby toys		20 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Rubber Ducky, You're Not the One San Francisco set to enact first-in-nation ban on toxics in baby toys Next week, San Francisco will become the first U.S. city to ban the manufacture, distribution, and sale of baby toys containing chemicals linked to cancer and developmental delays. The prime targets -- bisphenol A and phthalates -- have been found in everything from rubber duckies to teething rings to bathtime boo ...
Topics: California, news, San Francisco, toxics (all these topics)

Franklin, My Dear, I Do Give a Damn Pennsylvania plan would cut mercury emissions 90 percent in nine years		17 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Franklin, My Dear, I Do Give a Damn Pennsylvania plan would cut mercury emissions 90 percent in nine years If a plan approved by a state board yesterday makes it through 14 days of withering stares from the legislature, Pennsylvania will join the cadre of states enacting tougher environmental rules than the feds. The controversial plan, which aims to cut mercury emissions 90 percent over the next nine years, "is a landmark ...
Topics: news, Pennsylvania, toxics (all these topics)

Too Hot to Handle Toxic exposure gives firefighters higher risk of some cancers, study says		13 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Too Hot to Handle Toxic exposure gives firefighters higher risk of some cancers, study says Rushing into infernos seems risky enough, but new findings suggest flames may be the least of a firefighter's worries. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati say blaze-battlers face a higher risk of developing some cancers than the general population, likely due to their exposure to chemicals, including benzene and styrene. In a review of 32 U.S. a ...
Topics: news, toxics (all these topics)

Silent But Deadly Researchers say industrial chemicals may be linked to increases in autism, ADHD		08 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Silent But Deadly Researchers say industrial chemicals may be linked to increases in autism, ADHD Note to glue-sniffers everywhere: two researchers have suggested a link between industrial chemicals and an increase in brain development disorders like autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, terming the trend a "silent pandemic" affecting millions of children around the world. In an essay published online today in the U.K. ...
Topics: news, toxics (all these topics)

Who's On First? Officials in suburban Detroit point fingers over contaminated park		07 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Who's On First? Officials in suburban Detroit point fingers over contaminated park You remember when Katrina hit, and officials spent their time blaming each other instead of helping people? This is sort of like that, only smaller, and with less wind. Unsuspecting families in a Detroit suburb have played in a contaminated county park for years while city, county, and state officials argued over a cleanup plan. Repeated soil tests in ...
Topics: Michigan, news, toxics (all these topics)

Mother Knows Best Fed up with breast-milk contamination, mothers form a national activist group	Gregory Dicum	06 Nov 2006	Main Dish
Mary Brune looked worried. "I don't know what the problem is," she said, peering at the generator in the grass. Attached to it was a blower that was, in turn, attached to a puddle of yellow nylon. The next morning, that puddle was supposed to inflate to become a giant rubber ducky, the centerpiece of a protest Brune was leading at a Target store near her home in ...
Topics: grassroots activism, green living, parenting, toxics (all these topics)

Adventures in Agriculture U.S. gets approval for ozone-depleting pesticide, despite international objections		06 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Adventures in Agriculture U.S. gets approval for ozone-depleting pesticide, despite international objections Pursuing its goal of world destruction (mwahaha!), the U.S. won approval to continue using and making a pesticide banned under an international ozone treaty. The decision, which countered the recommendation of the treaty's technical committee, allows a 5,900-ton methyl bromide exemption in 2008 -- ...
Topics: food and agriculture, news, toxics, United States (all these topics)

Standing on Protocol U.S. requests exemption from ban on ozone-depleting pesticide, again		03 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Standing on Protocol U.S. requests exemption from ban on ozone-depleting pesticide, again At a meeting in New Delhi this week, thumb firmly attached to nose, the U.S. is seeking to convince fellow signers of an international ozone-layer treaty that it should be allowed to continue to use and produce a pesticide it had agreed to ban by 2005. With a stockpile of nearly 11,000 tons of methyl bromide -- which not only deple ...
Topics: news, ozone, toxics, United States (all these topics)

Huanhe or Another China adds two more industrial accidents to the ledger		02 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Huanhe or Another China adds two more industrial accidents to the ledger If it's Thursday, it must be time for a story about an industrial accident in China. And while we're at it, why not go for two? An ammonia leak at a fertilizer factory south of Beijing yesterday killed one worker, sickened six residents, and caused the evacuation of 20,000 people from their homes. Firefighters sprayed the area to fight the fumes, a creative soluti ...
Topics: China, news, toxics (all these topics)

Waxing Philosophical On dripless candles	Umbra Fisk	01 Nov 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, My family is a big fan of dripless candles. They're beautiful and don't provide piles of wax that tempt fingers into creating little messes. Can you tell us how these candles work and if they are environmentally "safe"? Anna Ruth New York, N.Y. Dearest Anna, For me, playing with melted wax was a cherished childhood tradition -- right up there with daring to slice through the flame with my finger. But like s ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, toxics (all these topics)

You Down With PVC? On PVC substitutes	Umbra Fisk	25 Oct 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I know to avoid PVC, but it's difficult to know all the places it lurks. Is all vinyl PVC, or are there PVC-free vinyls? What options are there for waterproof but PVC-free materials (I have children who wet the bed and spill, and I would like to protect my mattresses and wood table)? I have tried asking merchants whether certain products contain PVC, but they are clueless. Why can't PVC be clearly marked? And are there a ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, green products, toxics (all these topics)

Ghoul-y jewelry Beware, ye Halloween pirates and princesses.	Sarah K. Burkhalter	23 Oct 2006	Gristmill

Topics: fashion, holiday, parenting, toxics (all these topics)

License Plates Never Looked So Good Inmates exposed to toxins in e-waste recycling program, says report		23 Oct 2006	Daily Grist
License Plates Never Looked So Good Inmates exposed to toxins in e-waste recycling program, says report A federal recycling program that uses cheap prison labor to recycle computers and other electronics exposes inmates to unsafe conditions, says a report released by activist and environmental groups last week. Prisoners paid from 23 cents to $1.15 an hour by government-owned Federal Prison Industries, Inc., also kno ...
Topics: green living, news, recycling, toxics (all these topics)

Chemically Dependent Decades after Silent Spring, pesticides remain a menace -- especially to farmworkers	Tom Philpott	18 Oct 2006	Victual Reality
In 1962, Rachel Carson published her landmark Silent Spring, which documented the ravages of agricultural pesticides, particularly DDT, on wildlife. The book inspired wide outrage and helped spark the modern environmental movement. It eventually led to a (now-controversial) ban on DDT. But since then, use of other pesticides has boomed. Sign of the times? Photos: ...
Topics: agriculture, health, industrial ag, toxics, Victual Reality (all these topics)

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