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Soy Story On the environmental impacts of soy	Umbra Fisk	18 Nov 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I'm interested in learning more about the treatment and genetic modification of soy and how prevalent this is. I think a lot of folks choose products such as soy milk because they think they are making a better choice for the earth, as well as themselves. I think this is an overlapping issue and qualifies for your help. Perhaps a slant toward educating us on the state of soy farming and production would be an acc ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, GMOs, toxics (all these topics)

The Rat Pack EPA laxity leaves kids at risk from rat poison, enviros charge		16 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
The Rat Pack EPA laxity leaves kids at risk from rat poison, enviros charge The U.S. EPA seems more concerned with protecting rat-poison manufacturers than protecting kids, two enviro groups are charging. Last week, the Natural Resources Defense Council and West Harlem Environmental Action filed suit against the EPA, criticizing the agency for harming children by revoking safety measures on rat poisons in 2001, at ...
Topics: business, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Bela-ruse Poor Belarusians returning to areas contaminated by Chernobyl		15 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Bela-ruse Poor Belarusians returning to areas contaminated by Chernobyl It's been 18 years since the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in the Ukraine exploded and spewed forth a cloud of radiation that contaminated some 22 percent of neighboring Belarus. Now many poor Belarusian residents are returning to normal life there, foraging for mushrooms and planting crops in areas that critics say remain contaminated. Yuri Kuz ...
Topics: Belarus, nuclear power, politics, toxics (all these topics)

Meet the Newmont, Same As the Oldmont Mining company looks bad in report on pollution of Indonesian bay		10 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Meet the Newmont, Same As the Oldmont Mining company looks bad in report on pollution of Indonesian bay The saga of Newmont Mining Corp.'s mine in Buyat Bay in Indonesia is long and full of drama, like a soap opera, only with more dead and disfigured Indonesian children. The company has been accused by local villagers of polluting the bay, and the government went as far as arresting five Newmont senior employees (la ...
Topics: Indonesia, mining and drilling, toxics (all these topics)

EPA Denies Poor Families Camcorders Controversial EPA pesticide study put on hold		10 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
EPA Denies Poor Families Camcorders Controversial EPA pesticide study put on hold A proposed study of pesticide exposure in children to be run by the U.S. EPA has been suspended in response to growing controversy inside and outside the agency. In exchange for participating in the study -- i.e., allowing their children to be exposed to pesticides -- families in Duval County, Fla., would have received $970 each, plus a camcord ...
Topics: toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Topic of Cancer Scientists seek environmental causes of breast cancer		09 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Topic of Cancer Scientists seek environmental causes of breast cancer Scientists currently know enough about breast cancer "to explain about half the causes,'' says Aaron Blair of the National Cancer Institute. To fill in the gaps, researchers are increasingly focusing on possible environmental causes like exposure to radiation or toxic chemicals in air, water, and food. Traditionally, studies have analyzed genetic and reproductive fa ...
Topics: health, toxics (all these topics)

Cya-nara State rejects attempt to repeal cyanide mining ban		03 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Cya-nara State rejects attempt to repeal cyanide mining ban Voters in Montana decisively rejected Initiative 147, which would have repealed the state's 1998 ban on open-pit cyanide leach mining, a highly destructive and polluting gold-mining technique that extracts small amounts of gold and silver diffused through large amounts of rock. Some 98 percent of the money behind the initiative, almost $3 million, ...
Topics: mining and drilling, Montana, politics, toxics (all these topics)

I Had a Gas Station in Africa ... Unleaded gas making inroads in African countries -- finally		01 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
I Had a Gas Station in Africa ... Unleaded gas making inroads in African countries -- finally Years after leaded gas was given the heave-ho in developed countries, a number of African nations are beginning the process of shifting to unleaded. Leaded gas -- or rather, the lead spewed into the air when it is combusted -- has been shown to lower IQs in children and increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes in adults. The U ...
Topics: Africa, energy, oil, toxics (all these topics)

Bhopal Lowball Bhopal disaster victims seek to quadruple compensation		29 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Bhopal Lowball Bhopal disaster victims seek to quadruple compensation Victims of the devastating 1984 industrial gas leak in Bhopal, India, have appealed to the country's Supreme Court to quadruple the amount of compensation they will receive. They have long charged that the Indian government has been slow to distribute funds from a $470 million settlement paid by U.S.-based Union Carbide, owner of the plant, to the Indian governm ...
Topics: India, politics, toxics (all these topics)

Now That's a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Pumpkins found to absorb pesticides from soil		27 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Now That's a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Pumpkins found to absorb pesticides from soil Pumpkins are not only good for jack-o'-lanterns, pie, and carrying Cinderella home -- they are also extremely effective at drawing persistent organic pollutants like the toxic pesticide DDT out of soil, according to a new study by Canadian researchers. They tested rye grass, tall fescue, alfalfa, zucchini, and pumpkins, but the oddl ...
Topics: agriculture, food, holiday, toxics (all these topics)

Cheers: Where Everyboy Knows Your Game Study of chemical impacts on kids raises questions		26 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Cheers: Where Everyboy Knows Your Game Study of chemical impacts on kids raises questions A study of pesticide and chemical exposures in children being conducted by government researchers is raising some disturbing -- and by that we mean "outright creepy" -- questions. For one thing, $2 million in funding will come from the American Chemistry Council, an industry group with, one might imagine, a vested interest in ...
Topics: toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

What the Deck? On protecting decks	Umbra Fisk	25 Oct 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Chip, You may remember me; we met most recently at Jenny's parents' house for dinner when you all were here in New Jersey. Anyway, the reason I'm writing you is because I'm looking for some advice. Do you have any recommendations on environmentally conscious ways to protect household decks? Lori and I just bought a house and we need to finish the deck, but we are hesitant to use a bunch of chemicals that will just seep into the gr ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, toxics (all these topics)

Fish 'n' Chicks Study finds excessive mercury in 20 percent of women of childbearing age		22 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Fish 'n' Chicks Study finds excessive mercury in 20 percent of women of childbearing age A new Greenpeace-commissioned study on the correlation between fish consumption and levels of mercury in the body has produced interim results, and they may cause you to think twice about your next order of a tuna-salad sandwich. The study analyzed hair samples sent in by people, many of whom read about the study on the inter ...
Topics: food and agriculture, marine life, toxics (all these topics)

For the Price of a Starbucks Latte, You Could Save the Whales Too Group says power plants could cut mercury by 90 percent for cheap		20 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
For the Price of a Starbucks Latte, You Could Save the Whales Too Group says power plants could cut mercury by 90 percent for cheap Electric utilities could use commercially available technologies to reduce their mercury emissions by 90 percent and it would cost consumers the equivalent of a cup of coffee per household per month, according to a new National Wildlife Federation study. The group looked at power plants in fiv ...
Topics: business, toxics, United States (all these topics)

Mind the Tap On lead pipes and drinking water	Umbra Fisk	18 Oct 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I live in New York City, which is reputed to have some of the best drinking water in the U.S. But I also happen to live in an old building that probably has lead pipes, so I buy Poland Spring water in five-gallon jugs each month. I'd prefer to drink tap water, but I don't know how to find out whether my building's water is polluted or not. How do I go about this? If it does have lead (etc.), what are the most aff ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

Little Red Tibet Tibet suffers melting glaciers and nuclear dumpage		05 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Little Red Tibet Tibet suffers melting glaciers and nuclear dumpage As if living under the heel of a repressive communist neighbor wasn't bad enough, Tibet now has to contend with a coming ecological catastrophe and nuclear waste it didn't produce. According to a survey conducted by some 20 U.S. and Chinese scientists, Tibet's glaciers -- which have been receding for decades, particularly since 1990 -- could melt entirely by 2100. ...
Topics: climate, Tibet, toxics (all these topics)

Lead Astray Lead contamination in municipal water systems systematically underreported		05 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Lead Astray Lead contamination in municipal water systems systematically underreported If you live in the U.S., the water you drink may contain unsafe levels of lead, thanks to a water-safety enforcement system rife with manipulation and negligence. Water utilities across the U.S. are discarding unfavorable test results and ignoring safety regulations. State regulators rarely enforce standards and in many ...
Topics: toxics, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics)

Formaldehyde and Seek Enviro groups appeal lax EPA regs on formaldehyde		29 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Formaldehyde and Seek Enviro groups appeal lax EPA regs on formaldehyde In an era of serial outrages, even the most battle-hardened enviros were astonished by a U.S. EPA rule issued last spring: The rule exempted so-called low-risk wood-product factories from strict pollution controls, ignoring federal and independent health data on the dangers of formaldehyde -- emitted during manufacture of wood products -- in favor of a r ...
Topics: toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Wild Gas Chase Fear over chemical weapons -- the real ones -- grows		27 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Wild Gas Chase Fear over chemical weapons -- the real ones -- grows The Bush administration claimed that Iraq harbored up to 500 tons of chemical weapons, but teams of investigators came back empty-handed. Perhaps the U.S. should have invaded Australia -- or China, or Russia, or, heck, itself. These countries each possess a share of the world's estimated 8 million chemical weapons, often unaccounted for and stored in facilities of unknow ...
Topics: politics, toxics (all these topics)

Ghostwriter in the Machine More language in proposed mercury regs found to echo industry memos		22 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Ghostwriter in the Machine More language in proposed mercury regs found to echo industry memos Language in the Bush administration's proposed mercury regulations has been found to almost precisely mirror passages in memos written by a law firm representing coal-fired power plants. No, we're not rerunning a story from months ago -- it's happened again. For those of you following along at home, this is the thi ...
Topics: air pollution, toxics, United States, US EPA (all these topics)

Hard of Huron Great Lakes Face Continuing Environmental Threats		14 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Hard of Huron Great Lakes Face Continuing Environmental Threats While overall water quality in the Great Lakes has improved over the past 30 years, the lakes still face dire threats from chemical pollution, pathogens, and invasive species, according to the biennial report on the lakes' water quality from the U.S.-Canadian International Joint Commission. The report hailed the reduction of several pollutants, but drew a ...
Topics: Great Lakes, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

The Ghost of Mining Past Abandoned Mines Continue to Pollute the West		14 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
The Ghost of Mining Past Abandoned Mines Continue to Pollute the West There are some 500,000 abandoned mines in the U.S., 20 percent of which are severely polluting nearby rivers and groundwater. Most of the mines are in the West, and the U.S. EPA estimates that 40 percent of all Western headwater streams are now polluted by abandoned hard-rock mines. Poisoned rivers mean trout numbers are declining across the ...
Topics: mining and drilling, toxics, US EPA, West (all these topics)

Class Action Figures 9/11 Workers File Class Action Lawsuit		14 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Class Action Figures 9/11 Workers File Class Action Lawsuit More than 800 workers involved in cleanup and rescue operations at the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City's Twin Towers have filed a class action lawsuit against Silverstein Properties, the leaser of the towers, and the four construction firms that oversaw the cleanup operation. Filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Friday, the suit alleges ...
Topics: air pollution, New York, toxics (all these topics)

In Cold HUD State Attorneys General Sue HUD Over Pesticide Use		10 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
In Cold HUD State Attorneys General Sue HUD Over Pesticide Use New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer (D), who sues more evildoers before breakfast than most lawyers sue in a lifetime, has joined the attorneys general of four other states (and the plucky U.S. Virgin Islands) in suing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development over its use of pesticides. At issue is a 1996 law instruc ...
Topics: Department of Housing and Development, toxics, United States (all these topics)

The Wicked Switch Automakers Rapped for Pollution From Mercury Switches		08 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
The Wicked Switch Automakers Rapped for Pollution From Mercury Switches With recent revelations that just about all freshwater fish in the U.S. are contaminated with mercury, concern over the heavy-metal pollutant has regulators carefully examining every source. The fourth largest, as it happens, is automobiles, specifically the mercury switches in auto lights and brakes. Last year a record 18,000 pounds of mercury pollution were trac ...
Topics: placemaking, toxics (all these topics)

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