"Hospital Plumbing A 'Vast, Resilient Reservoir' Of Superbugs"
"Hospital plumbing is a “vast” reservoir of drug-resistant superbug germs, researchers reported Tuesday."
Source: NBC News, 02/07/2018
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"The Next Head of Trump’s EPA"
"A climate-denying coal lobbyist is close to becoming the agency's deputy administrator." The Senate Environment Committee expects to vote on the nomination today.ats sounding the alarm?"
Source: New Republic, 02/07/2018
"U.S. Ordered To Reconsider Denial Of Yellowstone Bison Protections"
"A judge has ruled that U.S. wildlife managers erred in denying Endangered Species Act protection to bison at Yellowstone National Park and must reconsider extending such safeguards to America’s largest pure-bred herd of wild buffalo."
Source: Reuters, 02/06/2018
"Fertilizer Is Fouling The Air in California: Study"
"Due to heavy fertilizer use, California's Central Valley is behind up to 41 percent of the state's emissions of nitrogen oxide — an air pollutant and climate-warming gas".
"A large proportion of California's nitrogen oxide—which can cause harmful ozone and a variety of health impacts—comes from heavy fertilizer use in the state's Central Valley, according to a new study.
Source: EHN, 02/06/2018
State AGs Are Spoiling For A Fight Over Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan
"As Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke prepared to travel to the Carolinas to discuss offshore drilling, state attorneys general condemned the Trump administration’s plan to expand development of oil and gas in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans as “outrageous” and “reckless.”"
Source: Washington Post, 02/06/2018
Arctic Is Full Of Toxic Mercury; Climate Change Is Going To Release It
As climate change melts Arctic permafrost, it will release toxic mercury, scientists say.
Source: Washington Post, 02/06/2018
Superfund News May Not Go Away
Somewhere near you is a toxic waste site. And as the EPA brings the Superfund cleanup program back into its sights, TipSheet helps you cover this perpetual problem. Info on cleanup funding and priority-setting, resources to locate nearby sites, questions to ask to dig into your Superfund story and more.
"Sierra Club Sues EPA Over FOIA Request On FOIA Requests"
The Sierra Club has filed suit in a federal court in California over EPA's failure to respond to its Freedom of Information Act request for records on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's changes to the agency's FOIA policies.
Source: Washington Post, 02/06/2018
"Monsanto Faces Farmer Antitrust Suit on Dicamba, Resistant Seed"
"Monsanto Corp. faces a treble damages class action alleging that its pesticide Dicamba poses such a risk to farmers they are forced to purchase resistant seed — marketed under patent at high prices by Monsanto — to avoid catastrophic damage to their crops from pesticide drift."
Source: Bloomberg, 02/06/2018
"Of Science, Certainty, and the Safety of Cell Phone Radiation"
"How to cover an issue when the stakes for human health seem so high, scientific questions still linger, and passions run so deep?"
Source: Undark, 02/06/2018
