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We'll Always Have Parish
Louisiana faces massive trash and toxics cleanups |
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04 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| We'll Always Have Parish Louisiana faces massive trash and toxics cleanups New Orleans' ecological recovery is likely to be both complex and lengthy. State environmental officials say Hurricane Katrina left around 22 million tons of debris in southeast Louisiana, 12 million of it in Orleans Parish. The ginormous load of trash ranges from organics like downed trees and rotting food to about 6 ... |
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| Topics: land degradation, Louisiana, news, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics) |
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Rattle the Cajun
Post-Rita Louisiana deals with another round of environmental problems |
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26 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Rattle the Cajun Post-Rita Louisiana deals with another round of environmental problems An already-battered Louisiana is beset with new environmental crises in the wake of Hurricane Rita, which sent a wall of water up to 15 feet high surging into the state's coastal bayous and canals on Saturday. In New Orleans, officials are scrambling to assess whether the renewed flooding burst oil and chemical storage tanks and other i ... |
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| Topics: Louisiana, news, oceans, toxics (all these topics) |
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Wastes Great, Less Filing
EPA proposes fewer toxics reporting requirements for industrial facilities |
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23 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Wastes Great, Less Filing EPA proposes fewer toxics reporting requirements for industrial facilities Industrial plants would report their chemical releases every other year instead of annually under a policy change proposed by the U.S. EPA. The agency also indicated it wants to raise the threshold for reporting the release of certain chemicals from 500 to 5,000 pounds. Both are major changes to ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Gulf Toast
Woods, wetlands, and marine ecosystems hit hard by storm, pollution |
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21 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Gulf Toast Woods, wetlands, and marine ecosystems hit hard by storm, pollution The Gulf Coast's estuaries, wetlands, and cypress swamps are hurting in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The storm damaged 25 national wildlife refuges, and recovery costs are expected to be at least $93 million -- about a quarter of the federal refuge budget. In Mississippi's Noxubee refuge, pine trees crucial ... |
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| Topics: Louisiana, Mississippi, news, oceans, toxics, wetlands, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Flood Is Thicker Than Water
Assessing toxic hazards in New Orleans challenges the EPA |
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15 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Flood Is Thicker Than Water Assessing toxic hazards in New Orleans challenges the EPA The post-Katrina mess of pollution along the Gulf Coast is "the largest national disaster that we at EPA or, we believe, that the nation has faced," U.S. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson said yesterday. Serious health problems threaten the region, he said, including floodwaters tainted with sewage-related bact ... |
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| Topics: Louisiana, news, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Clang of Four
Senators challenge Bush rewrite of mercury-emissions rule |
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09 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Clang of Four Senators challenge Bush rewrite of mercury-emissions rule A cross-party coalition of senators aims to use an obscure legislative tactic in an attempt to block implementation of the Bush administration's proposed regulation on power-plant mercury emissions. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Jim Jeffords (I-Vt.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) say the Bush rule rewrite endangers public health e ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, news, politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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U Can't Touch This
EPA warns against skin contact with toxic New Orleans floodwaters |
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08 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| U Can't Touch This EPA warns against skin contact with toxic New Orleans floodwaters The floodwaters swamping New Orleans have become a filthy, toxic stew, testing at least 10 times over the U.S. EPA's limits for sewage-related contaminants like E. coli, viruses, and cholera-like bacteria. The EPA has warned that skin contact with floodwater could be almost as risky to human health as drinking it; searchers are giving the ... |
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| Topics: health, Louisiana, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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A Detox on Both Your Houses
EPA releasing new, stricter rules on human testing of pesticides |
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07 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| A Detox on Both Your Houses EPA releasing new, stricter rules on human testing of pesticides Researchers would be prohibited from intentionally exposing children and pregnant women to pesticides in order to study the chemicals' effects, under new regulations being proposed today by the U.S. EPA. The agency formulated the rules -- its first-ever on human testing of pesticides -- after news emerged several months ago about a ... |
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| Topics: news, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Glow Figure
Health fallout from Chernobyl less severe than expected |
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06 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Glow Figure Health fallout from Chernobyl less severe than expected The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power-plant accident has yielded much less harm to human health than initially anticipated. According to a new report prepared for the U.N. by more than 100 experts, Chernobyl will ultimately cause about 4,000 deaths, primarily from cancer -- a lot, they concede, but far fewer than the tens of thousands once pred ... |
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| Topics: Belarus, health, news, Russia, toxics, Ukraine (all these topics) |
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The Big Greasy
New Orleans floodwaters a stew of sewage and toxic chemicals |
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02 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Big Greasy New Orleans floodwaters a stew of sewage and toxic chemicals Toxic chemicals contaminating the New Orleans floodwaters may be less of a short-term health hazard than plain ol' poop. Federal officials have declared a public health emergency for the Gulf Coast, fearing that viruses and bacteria from sewage in the floodwaters could cause a major outbreak of intestinal illnesses. And while the noxious stew swirling in th ... |
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| Topics: Louisiana, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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This Is Why We Don't Clean
Bacteria-killing goods may threaten human health and environment |
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12 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| This Is Why We Don't Clean Bacteria-killing goods may threaten human health and environment Antimicrobial products -- towels, sponges, cutting boards, and other household goods that promise to kill bacterial beasties and fungi -- are now a $1 billion-a-year industry, but they may be harming human health and the environment. Triclosan, a popular microbe-icide, can combine with chlorine in tap water to form chloroform, which can b ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Inspect Your Gadget
Impending regulation in Europe may de-toxify electronics worldwide |
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09 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Inspect Your Gadget Impending regulation in Europe may de-toxify electronics worldwide As the clock ticks down toward a tough new environmental regulation in Europe, electronics manufacturers worldwide are busily reworking their supply chains to create less-toxic gadgets. In July 2006, the Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) rule will go into effect across all 25 member nations of the European Union, severely l ... |
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| Topics: business, European Union, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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IBM Me Up, Scotty
On computer recycling |
Umbra Fisk |
08 Aug 2005 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Do you have any suggestions for locating a computer-recycling service in the Piedmont area of North Carolina? Janet Fortune Dearest Janet, Frankly, I couldn't even have located the Piedmont area of North Carolina before you wrote. With today's technology, however, such ignorance is no barrier to giving advice. The rest of you, listen up, because Janet's question will be your question some day. Electronic waste is a big ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, e-waste, green living, North Carolina, recycling, toxics (all these topics) |
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Big papers (finally) taking note of hormone-disrupting chemicals
WSJ, USA Today highlight dangers |
Lisa Hymas |
03 Aug 2005 |
Gristmill |
| The Wall Street Journal astounded many in the green community last week when it launched a series on toxic chemicals with an in-depth page A1 story on endocrine disruptors, which, even in teeny-tiny amounts, muck up the functioning of human bodies, according to an ever-growing body of scientific studies. Now USA Today is getting in on the game with 'Are our products our enemy?' Here, reporter Elizabeth Weise's delightfully melodramatic lead: Like the glint of a knife i ... |
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| Topics: health, toxics (all these topics) |
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Arsenic and Old Rice
Arsenic levels in U.S. rice could pose health risk |
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03 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Arsenic and Old Rice Arsenic levels in U.S. rice could pose health risk U.S.-grown rice contains an average of 1.4 to 5 times the amount of arsenic found in rice from Europe, India, or Bangladesh. According to a study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, people consuming American rice at a "subsistence level" -- about one pound of dry rice a day -- may get a dose of ars ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, news, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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Looney Tuna
Feds, pressured by industry, lax in warning public about mercury in tuna |
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01 Aug 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Looney Tuna Feds, pressured by industry, lax in warning public about mercury in tuna The Wall Street Journal today continues its series on toxic chemicals and human health by taking a hard look at some fishy dealings concerning tuna and mercury. For years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has known that canned tuna contains mercury. A mercury risk assessment from the U.S. EPA strongly suggested that children and women of chi ... |
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| Topics: marine life, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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A Slip of the Tungsten
Supposedly eco-safe ammo may actually contaminate soil |
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29 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| A Slip of the Tungsten Supposedly eco-safe ammo may actually contaminate soil "Green bullets" created to be environmentally safe -- though not safe, presumably, for their targets -- may not be so eco after all. At Camp Edwards in Bourne, Mass., the U.S. Army switched from lead ordnance to ammo made of tungsten and nylon, aiming (ahem) not to contaminate the aquifer below. But six years and about a million rounds later ... |
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| Topics: Massachusetts, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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A Little Dab'll Do Ya In
Micro-exposure to common chemicals may cause big health problems |
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26 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| A Little Dab'll Do Ya In Micro-exposure to common chemicals may cause big health problems Will wonders never cease? The Wall Street Journal, not typically known for its sympathy to green issues, had a blockbuster piece of environmental reporting plastered on page A1 yesterday. In the first part of an ongoing series, it describes new research on low-level exposure to common industrial chemicals. Turns out assumptions that have guided d ... |
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| Topics: health, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Lawsuits
Lawsuit shield for MTBE makers dropped from energy bill |
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25 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Lawsuits Lawsuit shield for MTBE makers dropped from energy bill One of the last remaining roadblocks to the passage of the energy bill has reportedly been removed: According to Senate Energy Committee Chair Pete Domenici (R-N.M.), a provision to shield manufacturers of groundwater-polluting fuel additive MTBE from lawsuits has been dropped from the bill. A similar meas ... |
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| Topics: energy, news, oil, politics, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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Body Count
Americans' bodies harbor numerous toxins, big study finds |
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22 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Body Count Americans' bodies harbor numerous toxins, big study finds The largest-ever study of human chemical exposure shows that Americans are carrying dozens of potentially harmful toxic compounds in their bodies. Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control tested some 2,400 people in 2000 and 2001 and found more than 100 worrying compounds, many with known links to health t ... |
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| Topics: Centers on Disease Control and Prevention, news, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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Mad in China
Chinese villagers riot to keep polluting pharmaceutical plant closed |
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19 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Mad in China Chinese villagers riot to keep polluting pharmaceutical plant closed Thousands of Chinese protestors battled police for hours on Sunday night in an effort to stop a polluting plant from resuming operations. Villagers in Xinchang, China, 180 miles south of Shanghai, say corrupt local officials have refused to do anything about chemical wastes from the Jingxin Pharmaceutical Co. that have ruined crops, ... |
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| Topics: China, news, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics) |
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Toxic babies
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David Roberts |
15 Jul 2005 |
Gristmill |
| You know, nothing warms the cockles of a father-to-be's heart like a study showing that babies in the womb are awash in toxic chemicals.We are abusing our children, all of us, before they are even born. Lovely.Julian Brookes has more. |
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| Topics: health, parenting, toxics (all these topics) |
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A Dung Deal
Toxic pollution in Arctic likely caused by contaminated bird poop |
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15 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| A Dung Deal Toxic pollution in Arctic likely caused by contaminated bird poop Native residents of northern Arctic regions are ridden with toxic chemicals -- some of the highest body concentrations in the world -- and new research has uncovered an unlikely culprit: guano, or as we prefer to call it, bird dookie. Scientists have long assumed that the industrial world's toxic effluents were carried northward on wind and water ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, news, toxics, wildlife (all these topics) |
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The Toxic Avoider
EPA failing to get health data on scads of potentially harmful chemicals |
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14 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Toxic Avoider EPA failing to get health data on scads of potentially harmful chemicals The U.S. EPA hasn't collected data on the potential risks of tens of thousands of toxic substances, putting the public at risk, says a new report from the Government Accountability Office. Under the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act, which regulates industrial chemicals, the EPA can't force companies to provide health data unless there ... |
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| Topics: health, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Diamond Is Forever
Diamond chronicles how a small southern town made environmental history |
Julie Sze |
13 Jul 2005 |
Arts and Minds |
| When Margie Eugene-Richard won the Goldman Prize last year, it was a stunning public recognition of decades of struggle. Richard -- the first African-American to win the award, which some refer to as environmentalism's Nobel Prize -- had waged a 30-year campaign against Shell Chemicals with fellow residents of Diamond, La. Like the proverbial David, the African-American, working-cl ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, Louisiana, politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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