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Gene Cool
DNA testing helps to settle claims of chemical exposure |
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17 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 12:46 PM on 17 Sep 2007 Think you've been exposed to toxic chemicals on the job? Hand over your hair. A new DNA testing technique can help verify or refute claims of workplace poisoning by exposing a healthy person's DNA to the chemical in question to see how the genes are affected, then comparing to the employee's DNA. It seems like nary a day goes by without someone suing their employer over chemical exposure, and unti ... |
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| Topics: innovation, litigation, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Remedial Math
U.S. EPA falls short of fiscal-year goals for Superfund cleanup |
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14 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 3:34 PM on 14 Sep 2007 The U.S. EPA had aimed to clean up 40 Superfund sites in the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, but only got around to 24 of them. The Bush administration will now average 39 finished cleanups a year; just for comparison's sake, the Clinton administration gussied up an average of 76 sites annually. More than 1,200 sites are still awaiting remediation, which means that at this rate ... oh, ... |
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| Topics: news, toxics, US EPA, waste (all these topics) |
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The Spillage Voice
EPA says oil spill in Brooklyn, N.Y., may be larger than originally thought |
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14 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 6:04 AM on 14 Sep 2007 A giant oil spill that's been languishing underground in Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Greenpoint neighborhood since at least the 1950s might not be as big as first thought -- it's likely even bigger! Initial estimates pegged the spill, which came from a number of petroleum facilities in the 1950s, at 17 million gallons, but a new U.S. EPA report says the spill could be as large as ... |
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| Topics: New York City, news, oil, toxics (all these topics) |
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Permanent Depress
Top 10 most polluted places on earth tallied by Blacksmith Institute |
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13 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 3:11 PM on 13 Sep 2007 China, India, and Russia are each home to two of the most polluted places on earth, with sites in Azerbaijan, Peru, Ukraine, and Zambia rounding out the top 10, says the second annual tally by the nonprofit Blacksmith Institute. Some 12 million people total live in the affected areas, which are tainted largely by chemical-weapons manufacturing, heavy-metal and coal mining, and ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, health, news, toxics, water pollution (all these topics) |
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The Female of the Species Is More Doubly Than the Male
Inuit villagers give birth to twice as many girls as boys |
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12 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 4:05 PM on 12 Sep 2007 Twice as many girls as boys are being born in Arctic communities across Greenland and northern Russia, where Inuit villagers are known to have high levels of human-made chemicals in their blood. Many babies are being born premature; baby boys tend to be small. Hormone-mimicking chemicals originate in industrialized countries, travel to the Arctic by w ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, Greenland, news, population, Russia, toxics (all these topics) |
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If Not Dow, When?
Dow Chemical evades legal responsibility for chemical spill in India |
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10 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 10:09 AM on 10 Sep 2007 In 1984, thousands of people in Bhopal, India, were killed by the effects of a cyanide leak from a U.S.-owned pesticide plant. The plant owner, Union Carbide Corp., was bought by Dow Chemical in 2001; since then, Dow has evaded responsibility for cleaning up the more than 9,000 tons of chemicals still affecting soil and water near the site. The company has now offered to pay p ... |
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| Topics: India, jackassery, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Turns out toxic heavy metals are, um, toxic
EPA determines coal waste raises cancer risk |
David Roberts |
07 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: US EPA, toxics, coal, energy (all these topics) |
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The wrong kind of bulk discount
Washington state caps the cost to pollute, rather than the pollution |
JMG |
06 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: air pollution, business, toxics, Washington, waste, water pollution (all these topics) |
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It's about damned time
ConAgra: No more toxic fake butter |
Tom Philpott |
06 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: health, food, toxics, business (all these topics) |
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'Popcorn lung' and the collapse of government oversight
While the FDA and EPA look away, noxious fumes from fake butter wreck lungs |
Tom Philpott |
04 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: food, health, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Can't Hit the Broad Side of a Barnacle
Barnacle-killing chemical will be banned |
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31 Aug 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 11:50 AM on 31 Aug 2007 Nasty chemical tributyltin, used to rid ship hulls of barnacles and algae, will be banned under an international treaty expected to be ratified within the next few days. TBT is cheap, effective, used on nearly all of the world's 30,000 commercial vessels -- and deemed by the U.S. EPA to be the most toxic chemical ever deliberately released into the world's waters. And that's saying s ... |
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| Topics: news, oceans, regulation, toxics (all these topics) |
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Arsenic and a New Case
Drinking water across the globe contaminated by arsenic, says research |
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30 Aug 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 4:15 PM on 30 Aug 2007 Some 137 million people across the globe unknowingly consume water with unsafe levels of arsenic, according to new research. The odorless, tasteless chemical occurs naturally in soil, but also reaches drinking water from agricultural and industrial sources and the vials of paperback-mystery villains. Arsenic can lead to lung, bladder, and skin cancer and is "the mo ... |
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| Topics: health, news, toxics, water pollution (all these topics) |
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A Playg on the Playground
Green group finds some New Orleans playgrounds contaminated with arsenic |
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29 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| A Playg on the Playground Green group finds some New Orleans playgrounds contaminated with arsenic Some playgrounds and schoolyards in New Orleans may be contaminated with high levels of arsenic swept in by Hurricane Katrina, according to soil samples taken by the Natural Resources Defense Council. Government agencies, which have taken about 2,000 soil and sediment samples in the city, have continually insisted that the floo ... |
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| Topics: Louisiana, news, NRDC, toxics (all these topics) |
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Move Your Bloomin' Ash
Curbing air pollution from coal plants can lead to more ash in landfills |
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28 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Move Your Bloomin' Ash Curbing air pollution from coal plants can lead to more ash in landfills The growing pressure to clean up emissions from coal-fired power plants is good for air quality, but it's got a sooty lining: pollution capture could end up filling landfills with millions more tons of toxic ash. More than one-third of the ash currently generated by coal plants is recycled for other uses, but the chemicals commonly u ... |
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| Topics: coal, energy, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Toying With Our Emotions
Bush administration may be complicit in lead-painted-toy debacle |
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22 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Toying With Our Emotions Bush administration may be complicit in lead-painted-toy debacle While China has endured a lot of criticism from the lead-painted-toy debacle, the Bush administration is not off the hook. Consumer advocates say the anti-regulation administration has hindered attempts to crack down on inspection of imported Chinese playthings; in addition, critics accuse the feds of encouraging the Consumer Pr ... |
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| Topics: green living, news, parenting, toxics (all these topics) |
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Rey Snarls
Top Forest Service official may be held in contempt of court |
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22 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Rey Snarls Top Forest Service official may be held in contempt of court The top official at the U.S. Forest Service has some 'splainin' to do. Mark Rey may be held in contempt of court and possibly jailed unless the USFS follows through on a court-ordered analysis of the environmental impact of a toxic flame retardant, U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy has ruled. In 2003, ammonium phosphate that was ... |
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| Topics: endangered species, news, toxics, US Forest Service (all these topics) |
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Toying with our emotions
Bush administration complicit in lead-toy debacle |
Grist |
21 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: green living, news, parenting, toxics (all these topics) |
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Rey snarls
Top Forest Service official may be held in contempt of court |
Grist |
21 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: endangered species, news, toxics, US Forest Service (all these topics) |
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This Gives Us Paws
Flame retardants linked to thyroid disease in house cats |
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17 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| This Gives Us Paws Flame retardants linked to thyroid disease in house cats Thyroid disease in house cats may be linked to common flame retardants called PBDEs, according to U.S. EPA researchers. In a small study of 23 cats, all the felines had blood concentrations of the chemical 20 to 100 times higher than average U.S. adults -- who, it oughta be noted, carry the highest human PBDE load in the world. PBDEs first beg ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, health, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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The ED you should really be worried about: Endocrine disruption
Environmental scientist Theo Colborn warns about the chemicals all around us |
Grist |
16 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
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That's it. Now I am angry
Cats are the canaries of PBDEs |
Eric de Place |
16 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: animal welfare, green living, health, toxics (all these topics) |
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Peekaboo, ICU
Hospitals opt for less-toxic medical equipment |
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16 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Peekaboo, ICU Hospitals opt for less-toxic medical equipment As the wee tots who end up in neonatal intensive care tend to be a bit on the vulnerable side, leading medical organizations are urging hospitals to swap medical equipment containing icky chemical DEHP -- which can include IV tubing and blood bags -- for safer alternatives. The good news: some DEHP-free products are cheaper and lighter than their toxic counterparts. The bad ... |
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BPA: Here to Stay?
Controversial panel will decide whether bisphenol A poses a health risk |
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08 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| BPA: Here to Stay? Controversial panel will decide whether bisphenol A poses a health risk Last week, several dozen scientists issued a consensus statement that ubiquitous chemical compound bisphenol A likely poses health and reproductive risks to humans. This week, an expert panel will finalize a report for the U.S. National Toxicology Program on whether humans should indeed try to stay away from BPA; ... |
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| Topics: health, news, politics, scientific research, toxics (all these topics) |
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Poison Me Elmo
Toxic fun |
Christine Gardner |
02 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: China, green living, parenting, toxics (all these topics) |
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Are Those Bisphenol Genes You're Wearing?
New study confirms that bisphenol A can mess with animal genetics |
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02 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Are Those Bisphenol Genes You're Wearing? New study confirms that bisphenol A can mess with animal genetics Know what time it is? It's time to check in on bisphenol A, the chemical in many plastics that gets creepier by the day. Despite continuing claims by the chemical industry that products containing the compound -- which can include baby bottles, water bottles, toys, dental sealants, and fo ... |
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| Topics: food, health, news, parenting, scientific research, toxics (all these topics) |
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