"4 New Substances Added to List of Carcinogens"
"Four new substances have been added to a list of chemicals that may cause cancer compiled by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)."
Source: LiveScience, 10/03/2014
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"Brown Criticized for Veto of Bill To Reform Toxic Substances Agency"
"Gov. Jerry Brown's veto of a bill to reform the California Department of Toxic Substances Control is drawing indignation from community groups and state legislators who had pressed for broad changes at the troubled agency."
Source: LA Times, 10/02/2014
Baker Hughes Starts 'No Secrets' Fracking Disclosure
"Starting [Wednesday], Baker Hughes Inc., a major provider of hydraulic fracturing services, says it will disclose all the chemicals it uses in fracking fluid and will no longer withhold ingredients as trade secrets."
Source: EnergyWire, 10/02/2014
"Report Shows Schools Vulnerable to Toxic Exposure"
"NBC 5 Investigates has analyzed data released by a Washington D.C.-based research group and found dozens of facilities across the Chicago area that store or use toxic chemicals which - if released in an accidental leak or explosion - could directly affect hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren throughout the city and suburbs."
Source: NBC Chicago, 10/01/2014
"Auditors Fault EPA for Lax Chemical Safeguards"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) doesn’t do enough to stop hundreds of hazardous chemicals from getting into waterways via sewage plants, a watchdog report found."
Source: The Hill, 09/30/2014
"A Rising Tide of Contaminants"
"Deborah Swackhamer, a professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Minnesota, decided last year to investigate the chemistry of the nearby Zumbro River. She and her colleagues were not surprised to find traces of pesticides in the water."
Source: NY Times, 09/29/2014
"Pennyslvania DEP Admits Drilling Probe Error"
"The state Department of Environmental Protection might have used incomplete and inaccurate test information to decide whether chemicals leaking from a Marcellus Shale wastewater impoundment and a drill cuttings pit contaminated a water well and springs in Washington County."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 09/29/2014
"A Scientist’s Aim: Save the Bees"
"Marla Spivak sat on the curb outside an emergency room in Arizona nearly four decades ago holding a jar with a lone honeybee buzzing around inside. She was 22, and on her way to a summer job with a renowned bee researcher."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 09/29/2014
"Lead Poisoning Statistics Hold Steady, State Plans New Efforts"
"The decades-long decline in lead-poisoned children in Maryland has essentially stalled, but state officials said Thursday they are taking steps in the coming months to address gaps in the marathon effort to eliminate the environmental health threat."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 09/26/2014
"Fish Still Contaminated With Phased-Out Scotchgard Chemical"
"A persistent chemical formerly used in Scotchgard still contaminates most fish in U.S. rivers and the Great Lakes despite a phase-out a dozen years ago, a new federal study shows."
Source: EHN, 09/26/2014
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