"FDA Reviewing Decision on Safety of BPA"
After a letter from key Congressmen, the FDA is reviewing its Bush-era decision that BPA, a chemical used in baby bottles and food containers, is safe.
Source: AP, 06/03/2009
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"Toxic Mud, Heading to Texas, Stirs Town"
The toxic, PCB-laced sediment now being dredged from the Hudson River has to go somewhere -- a landfill in Texas.
Source: NYTimes, 06/01/2009
"Groups Ask EPA to Ban Lead Tire Weights"
"The federal government should ban the use of lead weights, those fingertip-size chunks of metal that balance the tires of cars and trucks, says a petition filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 06/01/2009
"Strategy Being Devised To Protect Use of BPA"
"Manufacturers of cans for beverages and foods and some of their biggest customers, including Coca-Cola, are trying to devise a public relations and lobbying strategy to block government bans of a controversial chemical used in the linings of metal cans and lids."
Source: WashPost, 06/01/2009
PBDE Byproducts Seem Ubiquitous in U.S. Waters
The flame-retardant chemicals known as PBDEs are virtually ubiquitous in U.S. waters. New research shows that when PBDEs are exposed to wastewater treatment, they can generate dioxins.
Source: ES&T, 05/29/2009
Enviros Seek Repeal of Fracking Loophole
People in many parts of the U.S. blame gas drilling for causing the water in their wells to go bad. In 2005, the Bush administration got Congress to exempt from the Safe Drinking Water Act a drilling practice called "fracking." Now environmentalists hope to repeal the exemption and the gas industry is mounting a defense.
Source: ProPublica, 05/27/2009
"CN Rail Pleads Guilty for Massive Oil Spills"
"Canadian National Railway pleaded guilty on Monday to polluting Canada's wilderness in two train derailments, one of them resulting in the largest inland oil spill in Canada's history."
Source: AFP, 05/26/2009
Fire Highligts Refinery Impacts
A May 17 fire at Sunoco's Marcus Hook refinery near Philadelphia underscored its day-in-day-out impact on the environment.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 05/26/2009
"Scientists Look at Flares' Impact on Smog"
Scientists in the Houston area are focusing research on the flare stacks at its hundreds of petrochemical plants -- which may be a major overlooked cause of smog.
Source: Houston Chronicle, 05/26/2009
"Toxic 'Carbon Tet' Lingers in Air Near Schools"
Despite having been banned in most uses for years, carbon tetrachloride, a probable carcinogen, persists in the environment. USA TODAY found it outside 70 of 95 schools in 30 states.
Source: USA TODAY, 05/21/2009
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