4 schools show high lead levels in drinking water
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Archives For Water Quality
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
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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. Health experts question handling of songbird-killing Superfund site
Going Wild for American Shrimp
3. Polley Mine tailings pond was growing at unsustainable rate, says environmental consultant
4. State: Fracking waste tainted groundwater, soil at three Washington County sites
5. Israel-Gaza conflict: Gaza’s survivors now face a battle for water, shelter and power
6. Lobbyists Bidding to Block Government Regs Set Sights on Secretive White House Office
7. U.S. court approves $27.8 million deal for toxic Tennessee spill
8. Food poisoning bug campylobacter found in majority of chicken bought in shops as FSA
urged to name and shame retailers
9. Massive Dolphin Die-Off Eludes Final Explanation
10. Dr. Jesse Steinfeld dies at 87; fought tobacco use as surgeon general
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. Nature’s Dying Migrant Worker
2. Plagued by diseases, aging fliers find VA unwilling to help
They didn’t drop Agent Orange, but they flew those contaminated planes on hundreds of domestic missions.
3. Creeping Up on Unsuspecting Shores: The Great Lakes, in a Welcomed Turnaround
4. Could the ‘healthy’ part of red wine be dangerous for unborn babies?
5. Polluted city air stunts babies’ lungs in womb
Children born in areas of high air pollution have smaller heads – and grow up with reduced lung function, say scientists
6. Concern over banned antibiotic superbug found in Australian chicken meat
7. Framingham residents press for closer look at cancer patterns
8. LANL faces penalties in cleanup delays
9. Chinese drones keep eye on polluters
10. Hot Zone
1. Stirring up forgotten lead: Smelters across US at risk from tornadoes, floods, quakes
2. Water quality tests data shows elevated lead levels in Toronto homes
Thirteen per cent of household water tests conducted in Toronto over the past six years showed unsafe levels of lead.
3. Virus experiments risk unleashing global pandemic, study warns
Benefits of scientific testing in the area are outweighed by risks of pathogenic strains spreading round world, say researchers
Scientists examine specimens of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus in the US. Photograph: Reuters
4.
Five years after Brazil won its Olympic bid, athletes have condemned the site of the Olympic sailing and windsurfing events as a ‘dump’
5. Hungry for a helping of test tube meat? Maybe you should be
Lab-cultured meat, raised from stem cells, may provide the world with a plentiful, ecologically beneficial and humane source of protein, scientists say. (Krista Simmons / For The Times)
6. Probe finds scant oversight of chemical plants
7. Charismatic Minifauna
Will We Still Have Fruit if Bees Die Off?
8. In Utah Boom Town, a Spike in Infant Deaths Raises Questions
10. Tons of drowned livestock pose health threat in flood-hit Balkans; army decontaminates areas
11. Timely cleanup unlikely at state’s hazardous waste sites
12. N.C. panel OKs criminalizing disclosure of chemicals in fracking
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