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A Little Crab'll Do Ya
New Chesapeake Bay conservation ads appeal to appetites |
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29 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| A Little Crab'll Do Ya New Chesapeake Bay conservation ads appeal to appetites The Chesapeake Bay Program's current public-education campaign features the catchy, slogan "Save the Crabs ... Then Eat 'Em," sure to enrage easily enraged animal-rights activists everywhere. Via billboards, TV commercials, and print ads, the campaign asks area residents to wait until fall to fertiliz ... |
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| Topics: advertising, animal welfare, business, marine life, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Conquered in Concord
New Hampshire Senate approves stricter mercury rules than feds |
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25 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Conquered in Concord New Hampshire Senate approves stricter mercury rules than feds At risk of getting stuck with a number of toxic mercury hotspots under the Bush administration's new mercury cap-and-trade rule, New Hampshire's Senate approved a bill yesterday to adopt rules more stringent than the feds' and to ban the state's two coal-fired power plants from trading pollution allowances with cleaner ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, New Hampshire, news, politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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Dust, but Verify
New study finds toxic chemicals in household dust |
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23 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Dust, but Verify New study finds toxic chemicals in household dust Samples of household dust from 70 residences in seven U.S. states were found to contain a toxic cocktail of industrial chemicals -- all of which have been shown to harm animals, all of which are legal and commonly used. The study, conducted by consumer-advocate group Clean Production Action, tested the dust for 44 chemicals and found 35 of them. ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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Benefit to Be Tied
EPA ignores own research in creating mercury rule |
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22 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Benefit to Be Tied EPA ignores own research in creating mercury rule The U.S. EPA may have grossly underestimated the health benefits of mercury-emission reductions, according to a study commissioned by, uh, the EPA. When the Bush administration's new mercury rule was released last week, administration officials claimed that it would yield only $50 million a year in health benefits, while costing industry $750 million a year to implem ... |
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| Topics: news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Scrubs
Debate over mercury-reduction technology rages on |
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18 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Scrubs Debate over mercury-reduction technology rages on The Bush administration's release of its Clean Air Mercury Rule this week has reignited debate over how well existing technology can remove mercury from emissions at coal-fired power plants. The rule mandates a 70 percent reduction in emissions by 2018, a number many enviros contend current mercury-removal technology can achieve within three to five years. ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, coal, energy, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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A Plastic Only an Industry Group Could Love
Anti-PVC movement grows, even as PVC use rises |
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17 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| A Plastic Only an Industry Group Could Love Anti-PVC movement grows, even as PVC use rises A growing coalition of scientists, public-health advocates, environmentalists, and even corporations is fighting to rid the world of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Some 300 billion pounds of PVC are in use worldwide, and 7 billion pounds are discarded each year in the U.S. alone, says the Center for Health, Environment, ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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The Curious Incident of the Mercury in the School Yard
Study suggests mercury and autism linked |
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17 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Curious Incident of the Mercury in the School Yard Study suggests mercury and autism linked Higher levels of mercury in the environment may be linked to higher rates of autism, a study of Texas school districts found. Districts with the highest rates of autism and special-education students also had the most mercury in the air and water, researchers discovered. They caution that the study doesn't prove a causal link, but s ... |
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| Topics: health, news, Texas, toxics (all these topics) |
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Cap and Betrayed
Bush administration releases weak mercury rules |
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15 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Cap and Betrayed Bush administration releases weak mercury rules The U.S. EPA is releasing its plan to reduce mercury emissions today, and even jaded environmentalists are appalled. "This is ... the most dangerous, dishonest, and illegal air-pollution rule I have ever seen come out of the agency," said ex-EPA official and Natural Resources Defense Council attorney John Walke. If the agency had classified mercury as a "h ... |
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| Topics: news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Things to Do in Denver When You're Ill
Newmont Mining fights off lawsuit over mercury pollution in Peru |
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14 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Things to Do in Denver When You're Ill Newmont Mining fights off lawsuit over mercury pollution in Peru Continuing its energetic pursuit of the Worst Global Corporate Citizen Award, Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp. is headed into legal battle with Peruvian peasants suffering long-term health consequences from mercury contamination around one of the company's gold mines. In June of 2000, a truck carrying ... |
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| Topics: Colorado, mining and drilling, news, Peru, toxics (all these topics) |
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Herbicidal Tendencies
War-crimes suit against Agent Orange manufacturers dismissed |
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11 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Herbicidal Tendencies War-crimes suit against Agent Orange manufacturers dismissed A potentially historic class-action lawsuit accusing manufacturers of the herbicide Agent Orange of committing war crimes isn't looking so historic after all -- it was dismissed yesterday by a federal judge in New York City. Dioxin-containing Agent Orange was sprayed extensively in Vietnam from 1962 to 1971 by U.S. f ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, news, politics, toxics, Vietnam (all these topics) |
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Metals Gone Wild
Mercury seriously mucking with wildlife, study finds |
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09 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Metals Gone Wild Mercury seriously mucking with wildlife, study finds Mercury contamination of wildlife may be more prevalent than previously thought and influencing ecosystems in unexpected ways, suggests a study released yesterday. Researchers in the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada found higher-than-expected levels of mercury in the region's birds and other animals, supporting the hypothesis that mercury from power plants an ... |
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| Topics: news, toxics, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Half a Bridge Over Troubled Water
EPA proposes stronger protections on lead in drinking water |
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08 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Half a Bridge Over Troubled Water EPA proposes stronger protections on lead in drinking water The U.S. EPA has proposed strengthening protections against lead in drinking water for the first time since 1991. The move comes in response to the recent brouhaha in the Washington, D.C., area, where residents were not informed of widespread lead contamination until years after it was discovered. The changes would require ... |
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| Topics: news, toxics, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Cap Dancing
EPA skewed analysis in favor of cap-and-trade mercury regs, GAO says |
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08 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Cap Dancing EPA skewed analysis in favor of cap-and-trade mercury regs, GAO says The U.S. EPA misrepresented the analysis of its plan to regulate mercury emissions from U.S. power plants, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office reported yesterday. The EPA's proposal, released last year, explored two approaches to limiting emissions of the neurotoxin. The one largely favored by environmentalists would mandate emissions caps ... |
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| Topics: news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Berate and Barrel
Open-barrel trash burning becoming a hot issue for states |
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07 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Berate and Barrel Open-barrel trash burning becoming a hot issue for states Not interested in paying the $1- or $2-per-bag fee for trash disposal? Just throw it all in a barrel in your backyard and burn it. That's what thousands of upstate New Yorkers -- and millions of rural Americans -- do, and it's making some environmental activists hot under the collar. But a bill t ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, New York, news, solid waste treatment and disposal, toxics (all these topics) |
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Hazy Delays of Winter
Clear Skies bill still bottled up in Senate committee |
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04 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Hazy Delays of Winter Clear Skies bill still bottled up in Senate committee Help -- Clear Skies has fallen, and it can't get up! President Bush's "Clear Skies" legislation is stuck in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Committee Chair James Inhofe (R-Okla.) has delayed a vote on the bill three times, most recently yesterday, each time realizing that it's still deadlocked at ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, James Inhofe, news, politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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Sex and the Single Frog
High rate of frog hermaphroditism linked to pesticides |
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02 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Sex and the Single Frog High rate of frog hermaphroditism linked to pesticides An examination of the sex organs of cricket frogs collected in Illinois between 1852 and 2001 is presumably its own reward. However, in this case it's also led researchers to a notable conclusion: Heavy use of chemicals such as DDT and PCBs may cause higher rates of hermaphroditism in frogs. In a study published in the journal Environmental ... |
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| Topics: Illinois, news, toxics, wildlife (all these topics) |
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It's Not Watching Cars Go in Circles That Does It
NASCAR race-cars spew lead |
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02 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| It's Not Watching Cars Go in Circles That Does It NASCAR race-cars spew lead What's the connection between NASCAR racing, diminished mental capacity, and increased criminal behavior? If your answer was "lead," well, we commend your high-mindedness. Indeed, that is the answer: Though leaded gasoline was phased out in the U.S. decades ago, the racing industry (along with aviation) was exempted. Despite years of pleas ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Kids Absorb the Darndest Things
Lower IQs in mercury-exposed children cost U.S. billions, study says |
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01 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Kids Absorb the Darndest Things Lower IQs in mercury-exposed children cost U.S. billions, study says The effects of mercury on fetal development are costing the U.S. economy $8.7 billion a year, says a new study. Some 317,000 to 637,000 children born in the U.S. each year have been exposed to unsafe mercury levels in the womb, and many of them sustain diminished IQs, researchers reported in a National Institutes of Health jour ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Mold School
On bathroom mold |
Umbra Fisk |
28 Feb 2005 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Do you have any tips on dealing with the nasty black mold that appears in bathrooms without dousing it in highly toxic chemicals? Kirsten Dearest Kirsten, I read that hydrogen peroxide would work, so I tried it for you in the Grist Test Bathroom. The recommendation was to dilute the solution in a spray bottle, spritz the mold, then return a few hours later to wipe it away. It didn't work. But my control mold is deeply embedded wi ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green cleaning, green living, toxics (all these topics) |
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A Stall for Volunteers
U.S. blocks binding mercury treaty |
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28 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| A Stall for Volunteers U.S. blocks binding mercury treaty U.N.-brokered international talks on mercury-reduction plans wrapped up last week. Instead of the legally binding global treaty favored by the European Union, the result was a plan to curb mercury emissions through "voluntary partnerships" among member countries, international organizations, and industries. "Voluntary" being the buz ... |
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| Topics: news, toxics, United Nations, United States (all these topics) |
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Sue It, Don't Spray It
Landmark Agent Orange case goes to federal court |
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28 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Sue It, Don't Spray It Landmark Agent Orange case goes to federal court Did U.S. chemical companies commit war crimes by producing toxic dioxin-laced herbicide -- known as Agent Orange -- that the U.S. military used to douse more than 2 million Vietnamese and that still lingers on in their environment and food chain? That's the question at the heart of a landmark case that will be heard starting today in a U.S. feder ... |
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| Topics: news, toxics, United States, Vietnam (all these topics) |
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Pombo and mercury
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David Roberts |
28 Feb 2005 |
Gristmill |
| So, last week, the GOP leadership of the House Resources Committee -- in particular, Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) -- released a report (PDF) claiming that mercury has not been linked to deleterious effects on human health, and that most mercury in the U.S. environment comes from natural sources. The science overwhelmingly contradicts Pombo. Amanda touched on this in the latest Muckraker. Today, Chris Mooney delves further into the details, in this column ... |
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| Topics: mercury, politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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Heavy Metal Madness
Pombo eggs on mercury debate with controversial report |
Amanda Griscom Little |
24 Feb 2005 |
Muckraker |
| Pombo says: Eat up! House Resources Committee Chair Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) -- longtime bete noire of the environmental community -- cooked up what appears to be some fishy science in a report released last week titled "Mercury in Perspective: Fact and Fiction About the Debate Over Mercury" [PDF]. The report -- written not by scientists but rather by aides to Pombo and a ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, fishing, mercury, Muckraker, National Academy of Sciences, National Wildlife Federation, NRDC, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Libby, Libby, Libby on the Liable, Liable, Liable
W. R. Grace faces stiff federal charges over asbestos at Montana mine |
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08 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Libby, Libby, Libby on the Liable, Liable, Liable W. R. Grace faces stiff federal charges over asbestos at Montana mine Mining company W. R. Grace & Co. was formally charged yesterday with knowingly exposing mine employees and residents of Libby, Mont., to asbestos and concealing evidence about its potentially dangerous health effects. The indictment marks the closing chapter of what U.S. Attorney Bill Me ... |
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| Topics: mining and drilling, Montana, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Run Away, Train
D.C. approves stricter regs on transporting toxic chemicals |
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03 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Run Away, Train D.C. approves stricter regs on transporting toxic chemicals Worried about a possible catastrophic release of toxic chemicals that one study says could kill up to 100,000 people, Washington, D.C.'s 13-member city council has approved a measure limiting the transport of toxic chemicals within a 2.2-mile radius of the Capitol building. Shipments of explosives, flammable gases, and other highly dangerous che ... |
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| Topics: placemaking, toxics, Washington DC (all these topics) |
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