Between the Lines: Rain of Steel — Covering the Environment, Health Fallout of Unexploded Ordnance
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"U.S.D.A. to Allow Chicken From Chinese Companies"
"Genuine General Tso’s chicken may soon be on the plate. The Department of Agriculture will allow Chinese poultry processing companies to ship fully cooked, frozen and refrigerated chicken to the United States."
Source: NY Times, 11/07/2014
"How A Tilt Toward Safety Stopped A Scientist's Virus Research"
"As cases of a worrisome respiratory virus continue to pop up in the Middle East, scientists who study it in the U.S. are struggling to understand how they'll be affected by a government moratorium on certain kinds of experiments."
Source: NPR, 11/07/2014
Will Fracking Disclosure Decisions Put Profits Above Health?
Federal agencies are still grinding forward on decisions about disclosure of often-toxic ingredients pumped into the ground during "fracking" to produce gas and oil. Significant decisions may come eventually from the Interior Department, the EPA, and the Obama White House. But don't bet on any courageous decisions until after the November election.
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"The Science Beneath the Surface: A Very Short Guide to the Marcellus Shale"
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"Dire Predictions On Ebola's Spread From Top Health Organizations"
"Two of the world's top health organizations released predictions Tuesday warning how bad the Ebola outbreak in West Africa could get."
Source: NPR, 09/24/2014
Firm Seeks To Silence Fracking Pollution Concerns with Defamation Suit
The video of Steve Lipsky setting his drinking water on fire nearly went viral on You Tube. The fracking company he thinks caused the problem is suing him for defamation. Now that case is headed for the Texas Supreme Court. Oral arguments are scheduled for December 4.
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Congress Doesn't Want You To Read These Reports
More evidence of Congress' ineffectiveness comes in its ongoing failure to keep its secrets actually secret. Its official policy is to keep the Congressional Research Service from publicly releasing the handy explainers it produces at taxpayer expense. Thanks again to the Federation of American Scientists' Government Secrecy Project for unauthorized publication of these reports.
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