"Fracking Films Reflect Twists in Drilling Debate"
"PITTSBURGH -- The boom in natural gas drilling has cast two opposing documentary filmmakers in unlikely roles."
Source: AP, 07/22/2013
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"DEP to AP: Study: Fracking Chemicals Didn't Spread"
"A landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows no evidence that chemicals from the natural gas drilling process moved up to contaminate drinking water aquifers at a western Pennsylvania drilling site, the Department of Energy told The Associated Press."
Source: AP, 07/19/2013
"How To Better Protect Farmworkers From Pesticides: Spanish"
"Advocates for farmworkers, especially those who grow America's leafy greens and fresh vegetables, are pushing the government to do more to protect those workers from exposure to pesticides."
Source: NPR, 07/19/2013
"Fertilizer Industry Grows Despite Safety Concerns"
"TUSCOLA, Ill. -- In years past, Brian Moody's efforts to bring economic development to his small Illinois town focused on modest projects: merging an old hardware store whose owner was retiring with another shop to preserve 30 jobs or pointing artists to a vacant downtown building."
Source: AP, 07/18/2013
Organophosphate Insecticide Said To Cause Indian School Lunch Deaths
"ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Indian authorities on Wednesday were trying to determine how food served as part of a free school lunch program got tainted with insecticide, leading to the deaths of at least 22 children and the hospitalization of more than two dozen others."
Source: LA Times, 07/18/2013
"BPA-Free Plastics Going On Trial In Texas"
"Scientists and lawyers are scheduled to debate the safety of certain 'BPA-free' plastics this week in a U.S. District Court in Austin, Texas."
Source: NPR, 07/16/2013
Full Extent of Heavy Metal Contamination in Exxon Spill Still Unknown
"Levels of manganese, a neurotoxin, in the cove and in a nearby creek were 10, 20 or nearly 30 times above the EPA's safety standard for tap water."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/16/2013
"Many Mishaps Among Drillers, But Few Fines"
"If Kristi Mogen causes a crash on the road, she knows she'll probably get a ticket and have to pay a fine. So she's frustrated that Wyoming officials didn't fine Chesapeake Energy Corp. for an April 2012 blowout near her home outside Douglas, Wyo. The ruptured gas well spewed gas and chemicals for three days, forcing her and her neighbors to evacuate their homes." ...
Source: EnergyWire, 07/16/2013
"Chemical Board to Rebuke Unacceptable Delay on U.S. Rules"
"The Obama administration’s lack of action to impose recommended changes to make refineries, chemical factories and sugar plants safer is set to get a public rebuke from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/16/2013
Autism Anguish: "A Mom's Crusade Could Help Unravel Scientific Mystery"
The incidence of autism has increased in recent decades, but scientists are still struggling to understand what causes the developmental disorder. Now they are starting to suspect "environmental epigenetics" may play a key role in its origin.
Source: EHN, 07/15/2013
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