Bacteria making meds in wastewater outflows
Scientists circumnavigating the globe on a spartan racing catamaran will
spend the coming year deploying drones to collect better data on plastic pollution
Archives For Contamination
I’d like to share my environmental readings of the day. It is quite disturbing to see the toll that has been and continues to be taken on our environment. We still have so much more to learn and even more to do. Enjoy your reading.
1. Scientists convinced of tie between earthquakes and drilling
2. How Radioactive Is the Pacific, Really?
3. Tanning Salons Play Down Hazards, Lawsuits Claim
The authorities said two chains in New York, Portofino Spas, above,
and Total Tan, had engaged in deceptive business practices.
Credit Victor J. Blue for The New York Times
4. A round-the-world scientific expedition will use drones to study plastic pollution
1. Engineering Mosquitoes to Spread Health
The promise of transforming flying vectors of dengue fever into preventive-medicine tools
2. Anger mounts in Indian Kashmir after worst flood in over century
3. Sun and Wind Alter Global Landscape, Leaving Utilities Behind
4. Monetary hazards… Story of Sapele coal merchants
5. Democrats try to balance environmental and business interests in Virginia
6. When fracking and free speech collide
A defamation case against a man who claimed fracking polluted his water
highlights free-speech issues
7. Heart drug could be cure for Ebola: British researchers
8. Changes in America’s Dairyland foul the waters of Green Bay
Wisconsin cities, mills told to cut even more while farms remain largely free
from regulation
9. Dead zones haunt Green Bay as manure fuels algae blooms
Many gains from Clean Water Act are lost due to overloads of phosphorous
entering waters
10. Toxic algae cocktail brews in Lake Erie
Stew of farm runoff, invasive mussels, big rains poisons Toledo’s water, sends
lake back to its dark ages
11. Fukushima: Trouble in Mushi Mushi Land
Japan’s beetle kingdom tries to recover from the nuclear disaster
12. Crews battle out-of-control wildfire as Southern California bakes
13. Assassinations in the Amazon: how will Peru respond?
Indigenous leaders killed near Brazil border following logging and land title battle
14. GreenSpace: Carpeting presents complex health issues
15. The Central Coast and the legacy of the Mother Lode, part 1
16. Churches combat health disparities in minorities through outreach
17. Crude-by-rail: One federal inspector oversees all California’s railroad bridges,
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3. Many In West Africa May Be Immune to Ebola Virus
4. Chlorine burn to kill brain-eating amoeba continues in St. John Parish
5. Home: Green pest control methods gaining popularity at Beaches
6. PESTICIDES: Syngenta asks EPA to raise tolerance level for ‘bee-killing’ chemical
7. NC says Duke Energy coal ash dams are high hazard risk
8. In path of pollution, residents react to $26 million cleanup pact
9. Report alleges link between fly ash, health problems at SCI-Fayette
10. Gillibrand seeks federal ban on plastic microbeads in personal care products
11. Q&A: What Federal Ruling Against BP Means for Oil Drilling’s Future
A judge’s ruling in the 2010 Gulf oil spill could have widespread consequences.
12. Nelson Wolff wants better regulation of flaring in the Eagle Ford
13. Collins pressed to back EPA’s proposal for stricter power plant emissions limits
14. EPA chief McCarthy seeks support for ‘Clean Power Plan’ at R.I. gathering
15. Melting permafrost could worsen water quality in the Rockies
16. Environment: In shadow of oil boom, North Dakota farmers fight contamination
One county’s infertile lands offers a test case of the long-term effects of wastewater spills
17. Climate Change Threatens The Newest Prescription For Children: Time Outdoors
18. Oil Spill Penalty Will Hurt, But Not Cripple, BP
19. Baby foods, cereals and crisps found to contain raised levels of cancer risk chemicals
20. Diesel-Exposure Claims Find a Legal Path
Ruling in Favor of Plaintiff in Workers’ Compensation Court Could Spur Similar Cases
21. Polluters are “hijacking our democracy,” according to retired military
general who took control of Hurricane Katrina emergency relief efforts in 2005
22. How the USDA’s new ‘chicken rule’ could change what you eat, and how it’s inspected
Biggest change in meat inspection in 50 years
23. In Myanmar, China’s Scramble for Energy Threatens Livelihoods of Villagers
In western Myanmar a Chinese-backed energy and trading hub is taking shape on a remote island
24. Gene-altered apple tested in Washington state
25. GMO lobbying is a booming business as labeling laws increase
26. EU under pressure to allow GM food imports from US and Canada
Large businesses lobbying intensely to undermine safety regime in new trade deal, campaigners warn
28. If You Read Only One Story On Health And Fracking, Read This One
1. Feather loss hits young Antarctic penguins, putting them at risk in frigid weather
2. Infrastructure cracks as Los Angeles defers repairs.
3. Mining company, allies spent freely to get bill approved
4. Since 1990, billions more have access to clean water
5. Delhi’s air pollution levels remain a problem
6. Drinking or fracking? Report finds top shale plays globally are in places with
7. Mountain Forest Changes Threaten Calif. Water Supplies
8. Changing Climate Makes City Stormwater Management Harder, Health
9. Susquehanna Flats show hope for Bay
Dip in pollution and favorable weather sparked rebound of underwater grasses
that have survived catastrophic storms
10. Groups say fly ash near state prison in Fayette County causing health problems
Robin Rombach/Post-Gazette
11. Radioactive wild boar roaming the forests of Germany
Tests by the state government of Saxony show that more than one in three wild
boars gave off such high levels of radiation, thought to be a legacy of Chernobyl,
that they were unfit for human consumption
12. Are parabens and phthalates harmful in makeup and lotions?
13. Australia to scrap plan for dumping near Great Barrier Reef: AFR
14. Possible Risks of S.S.R.I. Antidepressants to Newborns
15. Mexico baffled by sudden death of thousands of fish in Lake Cajititlán
Nearly 50 tonnes of popoche chub fish are latest incident of dead fish
removed from lagoon in disastrous year for species
16. Grassy Narrows: Why is Japan still studying the mercury poisoning when
Canadian officials have never admitted to a single case of Minamata disease in
northwestern Ontario
17. Toxic gulls: Quebec’s contaminated bird colony offers clues about flame
18. Kenya: mothers and children scratching a living on Eldoret dump
1. How the Creator of ‘JAWS’ Became the Shark’s Greatest Defender
Peter Benchley’s name is synonymous with a bestselling novel and
blockbuster movie—but he spent the twilight of his career struggling to
protect sharks from the stigma that his masterpiece unleashed.
2. Toledo leaders see big battles on many fronts in water crisis
Any decision certain to cost city millions
3. Farm fertilizers contaminate watershed that supplies Columbus’ drinking-water
Landscape around Hoover Reservoir illustrates how fertilizer can play havoc
with drinking-water supplies
4. N.J. breathing easier with fixes made to coal-burning power plants hundreds
5. PM Narendra Modi’s push for GM crops faces tough opposition from
6. Inspired by CSR, major companies come to aid of lead mine victims
7. Climate change reflected in altered Missouri River flow, report says
8. Environmentalists split over green group’s fracking industry ties
Ties between the Center for Sustainable Shale Development and oil and gas
companies highlight growing divide
9. On Santa Cruz Island, rising seas present archaeological emergency
10. Wide, brown land becomes a home to carbon farming
11. Is re-fracturing the next big trend in the oil patch?
12. Water in the West: Conservation measures take center stage
13. W.Va. American Water repeatedly delayed locating potential Elk River
14. Farmers Await Weed-Killer Rule
26 different articles about what is going on in today’s environmental news, climate change, fracking, pollution, lead poisoning and more.
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1. Army Corps of Engineers agrees to disclose dam pollution
2. Causes of fish skin lesions ruled out, except for BP oil spill, new study says
3. EPA Showdown: Who in Texas Wants Tighter Refinery Regulation?
Do Hydrogen Cyanide Leaks Show Weakness of Current Regs?
4. EPA Will Regulate Some TCE Uses Unless Industries Take Voluntary Action, Official Says
5. How the Commission ‘blocked’ key environmental plans
6. Gulf’s low-oxygen ‘dead zone’ covers 5,052 square miles along Louisiana’s coast
7. Deforestation, development may be driving Ebola outbreaks, experts say
As humans transform ecosystems and come into closer contact with animals, scientists fear more viral epidemics
8. Toledo tap water deemed safe to drink
City lifts ban on drinking tap water
Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins announces that the Toledo water crisis is over during a news conference early today.
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9. Behind Toledo’s Water Crisis, a Long-Troubled Lake Erie
10. Natural gas: Massachusetts is ground zero for Northeast’s pipeline fight
11. As Small Hydropower Expands, So Does Caution on Its Impacts
12. Oil Companies Are Funding Mysterious Angolan Research Center That May Not Exist
13. Smoggy Beijing to ban coal use
15. ‘City air heavily polluted with lead, cadmium and CO’
16. Big river, big trouble: Dredges working overtime to open Mississippi
17. Legacy suits: Sorting out good guys from bad
18. Man killed, homes damaged in Southern California mudslides
19. Poison a tool in Wyoming’s war on ravens
20. Study: Flame retardants found in moms, kids. Signs of two compounds turned
up in mothers and children tested for a new study that shows how difficult it is for even
the most diligent parents to avoid toxic chemicals added to furniture, toys, electronics
and other household products
21. Latest victim of U.S.-Russia tensions may be Kentucky bourbon
22. Careless use of drugs bred baby-threatening germ: scientists
1. In West Virginia, whitewater rafting and the long tail of a chemical spill
Rafting outfitters believe a nearby chemical leak tainted business, even if it never
reached the waters here.
2. Study says early DDT exposure may set up females for obesity, diabetes
3. Dam removals: Rivers on the run
As the United States destroys its old dams, species are streaming back into the
unfettered rivers.
4. Century-old pipe break points to national problem
5. In Lake of the Woods, growing algae blooms puzzle scientists
6. Environmentalists criticize mercury recycling bill
7. CLIMATE: EPA plan gives no credit for Southern states’ strides, utility
8. Religious Conservatives Embrace Pollution Fight
9. New rules to cut miners’ coal-dust exposure start Friday
10. Delta tunnel plan called a fish death sentence by key group
1. The Safety Agency At War With Itself
Personnel disputes are tearing the Chemical Safety Board apart, leaving the
panel’s work unfinished—and workers at risk.
2. DOT proposes stricter oil train safety rules
3. Feds to conduct more studies of MCHM
4. Revealed: the dirty secret of the UK’s poultry industry
5. Why is Canada’s bee population in rapid decline?
6. Food Safety in China Still Faces Big Hurdles
7. The ‘breakthrough’ sixth-grade science project at the center of a fight over scientific glory
8. If It’s Raining, NYC’s Raw Sewage Is Probably Pouring Into the Waterways
9. REFILE-Panel’s report likely to tie farm antibiotics to human resistance
10. Victorian diseases have come back to haunt us
Official figures show a rise in disease such as gout, cholera, whooping cough and malnutrition
