Mercury Contamination in Penobscot River Lobsters Was Known for 8 Years
"But consumers didn’t learn about the ‘hazardous’ levels until a state agency closed the fishing area."
Source: Portland Press Herald, 02/20/2014
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WV Gov Asks CDC for More Tests, Health-Monitoring
"Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is urging federal health officials immediately to conduct more lab studies on the chemicals that spilled into a public water supply last month. The governor also asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its partners for guidance on long-term health monitoring for the nine counties exposed to the chemicals."
Source: AP, 02/19/2014
"Freedom Industries Cleanup Advances"
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Cleanup crews at Freedom Industries are still several weeks away from emptying all of the site's chemical storage tanks, and still don't have a clear idea of how much of which materials could have contaminated soil at the site."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 02/17/2014
West Virginia: "DEP on Hot Seat Over Chemical Tanks"
"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Lawmakers on Thursday grilled the Tomblin administration about more than 20 categories of chemical storage tanks that would be exempted from key safety provisions of legislation proposed in response to the Jan. 9 leak that contaminated drinking water for 300,000 West Virginians."
Source: Charleston Gazette, 02/14/2014
Adrift: Fire-Hit Tanker in North Asia Shows Flaws in Safe-Haven Rules
"A fire-ravaged ship loaded with hazardous chemicals has become a maritime football in the north Pacific, with Japan and South Korea unwilling to give it refuge even though they risk a wider environmental disaster if it sinks."
Source: Reuters, 02/13/2014
"New BPA Experiment Finds No Low-Dose Effects, FDA Says"
"A new experiment by scientists at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has found that bisphenol A does not affect the health of rats fed low doses. Other scientists say the study is flawed."
Source: EHN, 02/13/2014
"Obama Administration Tightens the Use of Diesel in Fracking"
"WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday moved to exert more control over the injection of diesel fuel deep underground to extract oil and natural gas, its first foray into addressing the potential contamination of water from the controversial technique."
Source: Tribune, 02/12/2014
"Dow Sues Activists in India Over Bhopal Protest"
"MUMBAI -- Dow has filed its fourth lawsuit against activists in India that are seeking compensation for the 1984 gas leak at a Union Carbide Corporation facility in Bhopal. The Bhopal disaster killed 15,000 and affected an additional 500,000 in 1984."
Source: Digital Journal, 02/11/2014
"Oil Drillers Pay for Fracking Workshops for Teachers"
"A controversy flared in January when environmentalists learned that Radio Disney had joined with the Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program to tour elementary schools and science centers, teaching about the energy industry. They worried that the show sold children a positive image of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking — the process of pumping millions of gallons of water and chemicals underground to break rock to free oil and gas."
Source: Columbus Dispatch, 02/11/2014
"EPA Approves Another Pesticide Highly Toxic to Bees"
"Flying in the face of recent science demonstrating that pollinator populations are declining, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made the decision to unconditionally register another pesticide that is known to be highly toxic to bees—almost one year after the EPA registered sulfoxaflor, disregarding concerns from beekeepers and environmental groups."
Source: EcoWatch, 02/11/2014
