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Patently Absurd
GM Giant Monsanto Sues Canadian Farmer |
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21 Jan 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Patently Absurd GM Giant Monsanto Sues Canadian Farmer Speaking of genetic drift: The Canadian Supreme Court began hearing arguments on Tuesday in a case that has become a cause celebre for both opponents and fans of agricultural biotechnology. Agro-giant Monsanto Co. sued Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser when its patented biotech canola was found growing in his ... |
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| Topics: Canada, environmental justice, food and agriculture, GMOs, politics, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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Pesticidal
EPA Sued Over Consultations With Pesticide Industry Group |
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16 Jan 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Pesticidal EPA Sued Over Consultations With Pesticide Industry Group Fourteen leading chemical companies have formed a task force that is meeting in secret with the U.S. EPA, attempting to weaken endangered species rules relating to pesticide use -- so charges a lawsuit filed against the EPA on Thursday by a coalition of Seattle-based environmental groups. The lawsuit ... |
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| Topics: marine life, National Marine Fisheries Service, politics, toxics, US EPA, Washington (all these topics) |
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Permission to Pollute, Sir!
Pentagon Requests Exemption From Three More Environmental Laws |
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15 Jan 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Permission to Pollute, Sir! Pentagon Requests Exemption From Three More Environmental Laws The Department of Defense plans to petition Congress for exemption from three federal environmental laws, including the Clean Air Act and two toxic waste statutes. This will mark the third time in three years the Pentagon has made the appeal; Congress denied the first two requ ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, Department of Defense, John Dingell, pollution and waste, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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They're Going to Pump You Up
Supreme Court to Review Two Important Environmental Cases |
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14 Jan 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| They're Going to Pump You Up Supreme Court to Review Two Important Environmental Cases In what court-watchers are calling an unusually in-depth review of environmental issues, the Supreme Court is set to hear two cases today with potentially nationwide implications for clean ... |
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| Topics: ... California, energy, environmental justice, Florida, national parks, Northeast, placemaking, politics, pollution and waste, Southeast, toxics, West, wetlands (all these topics) |
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I Am the Toxic Walrus
Arctic Natives, Minding Own Business, Suffer From Our Pollutants |
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13 Jan 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| I Am the Toxic Walrus Arctic Natives, Minding Own Business, Suffer From Our Pollutants Toxic industrial chemicals, carried north by wind, ocean, and river currents, are polluting the traditional diet of native Arctic peoples in Greenland and Arctic Canada. The pollutants, including PCBs and up to 200 other hazardous compounds, are first consumed by zooplankton, then trav ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, Canada, food and agriculture, health, oceans, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics) |
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Death Be Not Toxic
Green Burials Catch on Amongst the Eco-Friendly Set |
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12 Jan 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Death Be Not Toxic Green Burials Catch on Amongst the Eco-Friendly Set It's no longer enough to live an eco-friendly life; now, the greenest of the green are planning for their own eco-friendly deaths. A small but growing number of people are seeking out burial in green cemeteries. Ramsey Creek Preserve in Westminster, S.C., is one such spot, a 35-acre expanse of woodla ... |
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| Topics: green living, pollution and waste, South Carolina, toxics, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Just Stick to Tofu
Farmed Salmon Contaminated With PCBs, Other Nasties |
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09 Jan 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Just Stick to Tofu Farmed Salmon Contaminated With PCBs, Other Nasties Consumers, still struggling with the news that bovine spongiform encephalopathy-laden beef will make your brain melt and mercury-laden tuna will make your children stupid, were met today with more bad news: A new study in the journal Science claims that fish-farmed salmon contain enoug ... |
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| Topics: European Union, fishing, green living, health, marine life, South America, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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Down, Down, and Away -- It's Superfund
Superfund Sites to Remain Toxic Due to Lack of Funding |
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09 Jan 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Down, Down, and Away -- It's Superfund Superfund Sites to Remain Toxic Due to Lack of Funding According to the U.S. EPA's inspector general, the Superfund program faces a $175 million shortfall this year; as a result, cleanup will not begin on 11 of the nation's worst toxic waste sites. Superfund was established in 1980 as an attempt to force polluting industries to pay to clean up their messes. Cleanup of to ... |
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| Topics: politics, pollution and waste, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Which 'cide Are You On?
GM Crops Linked to Rise in Herbicide and Pesticide Use |
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08 Jan 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Which 'cide Are You On? GM Crops Linked to Rise in Herbicide and Pesticide Use Pesticide and herbicide use on genetically modified (GM) crops in the U.S. has risen markedly over the past eight years, surpassing the concentration of agrochemicals sprayed on conventional crops, according to an analysis of U.S. government data. This research appears to blow a hole in one of the primary arguments in favor of GM crops -- that ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, GMOs, toxics (all these topics) |
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Task Force Majeure
The Supreme Court may alleviate Cheney's energy task force troubles |
Amanda Griscom |
17 Dec 2003 |
Muckraker |
| On Monday, the Supreme Court offered Vice President Dick Cheney a possible escape hatch from the great energy task force imbroglio. The high court agreed to hear an appeal from Cheney, who for more than a year has been defying a federal judge's order to pony up documents about his infamous 2001 task force. Those behind the lawsuit against the veep are certain the documents will re ... |
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| Topics: environmental non-government organizations, mercury, Muckraker, New Jersey, politics, toxics, United States, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Dirty Minds
Colleen Moore's Silent Scourge tallies the toll of pollution on kids' brains |
Erik Ness |
15 Dec 2003 |
Arts and Minds |
| Attention, parents: Now that you've seen your kids' first report cards of the year, it's time for a little homework of your own. No doubt you're doing the best you can to ensure your little ones' eventual membership in Mensa -- promoting stimulating dinner conversation, reading a chapter together each night, maybe even playing Mozart during bath time. But wait -- there's more. You'll ... |
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| Topics: toxics (all these topics) |
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No Joshin': Keep Washin'
On washing produce |
Umbra Fisk |
11 Dec 2003 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Does one really need to wash produce off the shelf or out of the bag? I've been eating vegetables as they are for years. Does it really do any good to wash them? If they are contaminated internally, then washing the outside won't help, will it? Jane Steubenville, Ohio Dearest Jane, Please wash your veggies. Internal contamination from pesticides, herbicides, waxes, and the wages of sin won't be washed away, but so ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, food and agriculture, health, local food, toxics (all these topics) |
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A Case of Influence-a
Enviros Say Pesticide Makers Are Illegally Influencing EPA |
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08 Dec 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| A Case of Influence-a Enviros Say Pesticide Makers Are Illegally Influencing EPA Northwest salmon and other endangered species could suffer because pesticide manufacturers are acting illegally to weaken rules on the use of dangerous chemicals, enviros are charging. A coalition of environmental groups, including the ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, fishing, National Wildlife Federation, Northwest, politics, Sierra Club, toxics, US EPA, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Jumping for Joy
Famed Frog Rediscovered After Years of Presumed Local Extinction |
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04 Dec 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Jumping for Joy Famed Frog Rediscovered After Years of Presumed Local Extinction Speaking of Mark Twain, the amphibian he made famous in "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" has been discovered in the eponymous California region, 34 years after it was thought to have disappeared. A few of the threatened frogs were found by the 6- and 10-year-old children of a local ... |
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| Topics: California, climate, ozone, pollution and waste, toxics, wildlife (all these topics) |
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It's Not Over 'Til the Fat Lady Sings
Climate talks are on the rocks, but not dead yet |
Amanda Griscom |
03 Dec 2003 |
Muckraker |
| The hippest catwalk in Milan this week. Photo: IISD. Milan is famous for opera and fashion, so perhaps it's appropriate that the United Nations' Kyoto Protocol conference, being held in the Italian city this week and next, has so far been characterized by high drama and public spectacle. Some 180 negotiators from around the world have been treated to rumors of deliberate sabotage ... |
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| Topics: climate, international politics, Kyoto Protocol, mercury, Muckraker, politics, toxics (all these topics) |
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Bloody Appalling
Britons' Bodies Contaminated with a Stew of Chemicals |
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25 Nov 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Bloody Appalling Britons' Bodies Contaminated with a Stew of Chemicals A cocktail of toxic chemicals was found in the bodies of every person tested as part of a British study commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund. In one of the most comprehensive such surveys to date, 155 people from around the U.K. had their blood analyzed for 77 persistent chemicals known to accumulate in human bodies, including DDT ... |
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| Topics: health, toxics, United Kingdom, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics) |
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Finding Memo
Industry Poised to Clash with California Over Chemical Testing |
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21 Nov 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Finding Memo Industry Poised to Clash with California Over Chemical Testing California, ever on the cutting edge of environmental policy, is considering following the lead of the European Union by requiring more safety testing of chemicals -- a move the chemical industry doesn't plan to take lying down. According to a memo from the American Chemical Council leaked to the Environment ... |
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| Topics: California, Environmental Working Group, European Union, health, toxics (all these topics) |
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Do Good
Get a Dangerous Pesticide Out of Kids' Shampoo |
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18 Nov 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Do Good Get a Dangerous Pesticide Out of Kids' Shampoo Lindane is nasty stuff. This highly toxic pesticide is a suspected carcinogen and a threat to nervous and hormone systems in human beings. Most industrialized countries have abandoned lindane, and the U.S. has banned it for many uses, including on pets. But, astonishingly, shampoos containing lindane are still used on children with lice -- even though safe, effective alternatives are ava ... |
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| Topics: health, toxics (all these topics) |
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Empty Suits
MTBE Producers Would Get Relief from Lawsuits Under Energy Bill |
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18 Nov 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Empty Suits MTBE Producers Would Get Relief from Lawsuits Under Energy Bill Of all the anti-environmental provisions in the energy bill, the one raising perhaps the most ire would limit the liability of companies that produce the fuel additive MTBE, which has been found to contaminate water supplies across the country. Not only would the measure shield the companies from future lawsuits related to water pollution ... |
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| Topics: energy, politics, toxics, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Go Fish
On eco-friendly fish consumption |
Umbra Fisk |
17 Nov 2003 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, I recently turned 40 and have decided I need to pay more attention to what I eat on a daily basis. My diet has never been horrible, and I've always believed in all things in moderation, but a persistently elevated cholesterol level and my mortality now a smudge on the horizon have helped nudge me in this direction. And everywhere I turn it's fish, fish, and more fish: doctors recommending more omega-3 oils (in the for ... |
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| Topics: advice, aquaculture, Ask Umbra, fishing, food and agriculture, green living, toxics (all these topics) |
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Methyl to Their Madness
U.S. Loses Bid for Increased Use of Ozone-Depleting Pesticide |
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17 Nov 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Methyl to Their Madness U.S. Loses Bid for Increased Use of Ozone-Depleting Pesticide A U.S. request for permission to up use of an ozone-depleting fungicide was snubbed last week by representatives from the European Union and developing nations at an international meeting on ozone-layer protection in Nairobi, Kenya. The Montreal Protocol, a 1989 treaty that aims to halt destruction of the o ... |
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| Topics: Africa, climate, European Union, Kenya, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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Air Raid
Alaska Gives Nod to Aerial Pesticide Spraying |
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14 Nov 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Air Raid Alaska Gives Nod to Aerial Pesticide Spraying In a blow to environmentalists, Alaska has approved controversial regulations governing aerial pesticide spraying, set to go into effect at the end of the month. The new regulations establish a 35-foot "pesticide-free zone" around water bodies, as well as a secondary buffer zone designed to prevent chemicals from drifting or leaching into the land ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, toxics, water pollution, wilderness (all these topics) |
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CF-Seized
Illegal Trading of CFCs Imperils Ozone Layer |
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11 Nov 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| CF-Seized Illegal Trading of CFCs Imperils Ozone Layer Smuggling of CFCs and other ozone-depleting chemicals is on the rise, interfering with efforts to repair the Earth's protective ozone layer, the London-based Environment Investigation Agency said in a report released yesterday. As deadlines approach for phasing out CFCs, which are used in ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, Cambodia, China, climate, Nepal, pollution and waste, Russia, toxics, United States, Vietnam (all these topics) |
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Ghost Busters
Contaminated U.S. Ships Cause a Stir in Britain |
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10 Nov 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Ghost Busters Contaminated U.S. Ships Cause a Stir in Britain Controversy continues to swirl around four highly contaminated former U.S. Navy vessels -- dubbed "ghost ships" -- that are making their way across the Atlantic* to Hartlepool, England, where a British company has a contract to dismantle them. The first two toxin-tainted ships are being towed through the English Channel today, but they won't be b ... |
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| Topics: England, placemaking, toxics, US Navy (all these topics) |
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Strawberry Yields Forever
U.S. Could Endanger Ozone Layer with Push for Pesticide Use |
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10 Nov 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Strawberry Yields Forever U.S. Could Endanger Ozone Layer with Push for Pesticide Use In pushing for continued use of a controversial pesticide, the Bush administration could undermine international efforts to protect the ozone layer. The Montreal Protocol, a 1987 treaty ratified by the U.S. and other industrialized nations, calls for phasing out the ozone-depleting pesticide ... |
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| Topics: European Union, food and agriculture, ozone, politics, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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