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1. Study examines cancer risk from 1st atom-bomb test
2. Congress pushes nuclear expansion despite accidents at weapons lab
Weapons watchdog says government’s position ‘increasingly hypocritical’ as US prepares to increase production of warheads in spite of safety and environmental concerns
3. Invasive apple snail threatens Florida Everglades clean up
4. Frac Sand Rush Threatens American Towns, Advocates Warn
5. North Bay residents up in arms over TransCanada plan to switch crude oil for gas in local pipeline
6. EPA chief Gina McCarthy asks water professionals to back new wetland rules
7. Greens take 2014 fight to states
8. How a fishery that was once ‘a marvel of the world’ died
9. Auditors fault EPA for lax chemical safeguards
10. Personal air monitors less useful than hoped
11. Judge says no to Detroit water shutoff moratorium
12. Air near chemical plant remains polluted long after it closed
13. Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years, says WWF
Species across land, rivers and seas decimated as humans kill for food in unsustainable numbers and destroy habitats
14. CSIS seeks to limit scope of energy activists’ complaint probe
Canadian spy agency is pushing back against a civil liberties group’s complaint for being “overly broad” regarding concerns of national energy policy.
15. The Curious Case of the Chinese Chicken Import-Export Business
16. Early, frequent antibiotic use linked to childhood obesity
17. Water contaminant linked to children’s low IQs
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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. 9 things that make air pollution bearable
2. Dilemma for Delaware beaches’ renowned water quality
4. Why does Europe hate genetically modified food?
With new European Union rules that now seek to clear up years of internal deadlock
that could, in theory, lead to widespread cultivation of GM foods, is Europe about to
change its mind?
5. Sauget Superfund cleanup draws in nearly 250 companies
6. UK NEWS: Diesel fumes choke Tox-ford Street
7. Great Lakes welcome rising water levels
Great Lakes are rising, and the tourism and shipping industries are celebrating
8. Billionaire Koch brothers are big oil players in Alberta
The ultra-right U.S. Koch brothers, little-known to Canadians, are major players in Alberta’s
oil patch, where they control at least 1.1 million acres.
9. Movement targets fossil fuel divestiture
Religious and liberal groups see environment as a ‘moral issue’
10. California rice farmers could get pollution credit
1. Environmental Issues
2. Environmental Testing & Technlogy Inc
https://www.youtube.com/user/EnviroTesting
3. Choosing a Past for the Future: Why today’s environment policy is also history – Dr Paul Warde
4. Sides clash over hog facility expansions in Iowa
New technologies will make it easier to manipulate animal genomes, but food products from genetically engineered animals face a long road to market.
6. Arlington cracks down on carwash fundraisers
7. Debate continues over how much race cars pollute environment
8. Threat to critical waterways reveals a U.S.-Canada divide
Washington has much tougher rules against manure violators than B.C.
9. Governor signs bill making Illinois first state to ban microbeads
10. For Minnesota’s pristine wetlands, N.D. oil boom is new threat
A remote wetland near Itasca State Park, already undercut by three crude oil pipelines, is one of several fragile, isolated habitats along the proposed path of the 610-mile Sandpiper crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota.
11. Tracing waste drum’s journey from LANL to leak
12. Lead-paint lawsuits dog Kennedy Krieger
Study seeking cheaper abatement draws claims children still poisoned
1. Flame retardant in old couches, carpets poses health risk to kids’ IQs
2. Lung illnesses more likely near Logan Airport
Study doesn’t find higher rates of heart disease, hearing loss
3. Planes’ exhaust could be harming communities up to 10 miles from LAX
4. Global health: Deadly dinners
Polluting biomass stoves, used by one-third of the global population, take a terrible toll. But efforts to clean them up are failing.
5. Rejected Pa. drilling waste brought to W.Va.
6. Texas oil and gas regulator says it can’t link water contamination to gas drilling
7. And The Biggest Power Polluter Is: American Electric Power Company
8. Corporate stranglehold of farmland a risk to world food security, study says
Small farmers are being squeezed out as mega-farms and plantations gobble up their land
9. How much is going clean costing China?
10. Toxins in the environment may accelerate aging, study finds
1. USDA expanding release of parasitic wasp to combat citrus disease
2. Samsung apologizes to sickened chip workers
3. Tunisia’s poorest towns left to shoulder burden of hazardous toxic landfill sites
Waste dumped at landfill sites represents a growing threat to poor communities in Tunisia, polluting air and water supplies
4. From mining to urban sprawl: Humans threaten most Chilean ecosystems
Environment Ministry study says human activity endangers 55 percent of Chile’s natural areas, with populated central and southern regions most at risk.
5. Kitty litter eyed as possible culprit in New Mexico radiation leak
6. Unintended Consequences: Fracking and the Flow of Drugs
The South Texas oil and gas boom has provided new opportunities for smugglers — but also new ways to stop them.
7. The Water Tunnel Boondoggle
Experts say the eye-popping costs of Governor Brown’s plan to build two giant water tunnels far outweigh the financial benefits. And taxpayers may be left holding the bag.
8. Oil giant Citgo gets off easy in criminal case
9. Group urges tobacco companies to protect U.S. child workers
10. Are pesticides linked to health problems in Argentina?
1. Oil and Gas: Spills up 18 percent in U.S. in 2013
2. Frogs’ immune systems weakened by chemicals, study finds
3. Toxic Plumes: The Dark Side of Silicon Valley
4. Getting Beyond Just Wheat, Corn and Rice
Some uncommon grains have environmental advantages that could be beneficial in a changing world. But making the uncommon common can be difficult.
5. ‘Cancer villages’ alert China to urgent water crisis
6. Treasure Island: The People of Tangier Their Life, Land and Heritage Could Wash Away
7. Trove Of Toxic Mercury Lurks In Arctic Sea Ice
Environment: Ice-core analysis shows more methylmercury will enter Arctic food chain as climate change speeds up ice melt
8. Environment: Scientist Warn of Rising Oceans from Polar Melt
9. Wildfires: Southwest struggles to adapt to year-round fire season
10. Safety debate eyes taming Bakken crude before it hits rails
11. Feds Reach Settlement Agreement To Recall Buckyballs
12. Children of Smoking Addicts More Likely to Become Heavy Smokers
The study is the first to give an intergenerational view of the impact a parent’s behavior has on children.
13. Woman, Sterile From Mom’s Pregnancy Drug at 25, Gets Mother’s Day Miracle Baby
14. Mine Incident: Two deaths confirmed at Patriot Coal mine in Boone County, WV
1. Better bubbly from … England?
2. Scientists flying over Colorado oil boom find worse air pollution
3. Research shows family environment had big impact on children exposed to lead in Port Pirie
4. U.S. Issues Safety Alert for Oil Trains
5. Is air pollution causing Vernal’s neonatal deaths to rise?
Utah midwife uses obituaries to document troubling trend in birth outcomes in the area.
(Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Midwife Donna Young and her daughter Holt, look at a grave markers of stillborn and newborn children in Rock Point Cemetery in Maeser just north of Vernal. She started noticing a higher than usual amounts of stillborn and newborn deaths in the area the past few years. One corner of the cemetery has several small markers for stillborn and newborn deaths. The TriCounty Health Department is holding a public meeting Wednesday May 7 to investigate the uptick in stillbirths and newborn deaths in the area. Environmentalists believe there’s a connection to air pollution from oil and gas drilling.
6. Vermont’s GMO Bill Expected To Face Major Legal Challenges
7. Elections Not Stopping Obama Pollution Rules
8. UPDATE 1-China to close more steel capacity, though still small fraction
9. High CO2 Makes Crops Less Nutritious
Climate change could increase deficiencies in zinc and iron, new study suggests
10. Philly School District blocks a federal study after health risks are exposed
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