"In Historic Move, Canada To List BPA as 'Toxic'"
"Canada is in the process of a historic move to add bisphenol-A to its list of toxic substances, Environment Canada confirmed Wednesday."
Source: Toronto Star, 08/26/2010
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"Covert Operations" -- Billionaire Brothers Kingpins of Science Denial
Billionaire Brothers David and Charles Koch, who own the petroleum-based Koch Industries, are among the top ten air polluters in the country and stout opponents of environmental regulation. Their empire has vastly outdone ExxonMobil in funding opposition to legislation to control climate change and has been dubbed by Greenpeace a "kingpin of climate science denial."
Source: New Yorker, 08/26/2010
"Atrazine Threat to Male Sexual Development Revealed"
"Male rats exposed before birth to low doses of the weedkiller atrazine are more likely to develop prostate inflammation and to go through puberty later than non-exposed animals, finds a new study conducted by federal government scientists."
Source: ENS, 08/26/2010
"U.S. Spill Panel Question Drilling Policy"
"The BP oil spill was a massive 'failure' in government oversight and administrations should be forced to consult with experts in the field before making expansive drilling policy, top officials of the White House's oil spill commission said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 08/26/2010
Poynter Webinar on Oil Spill Coverage: There's Still Time
The August 24, 2010 Webinar for journalists offered tips for better coverage of the Gulf oil spill and related issues. You can replay it online.
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Coast Guard Spill-Response Database Offers Near-Real-Time Story Leads
The National Response Center, a single call-in facility for the reporting of all kinds of oil and chemicals leaks, spills, and discharges, puts all the data online in a form than can be queried or downloaded.
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PEER Petitions NOAA To Un-Muzzle Agency Scientists
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility says if NOAA repealed its Don't-Tell press policy, agency scientists would again be able to freely talk to the taxpayers about tax-funded research.
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Will Feds Shut Down Independent Research on Gulf Spill Impacts?
USFWS officers and DHS agents are not allowing independent academic researchers to study damage from the BP oil spill to natural resources from public lands and waters, saying they are justified by the "Natural Resource Damage Assessment" process under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and "national security," respectively.
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Is 3/4 of White House Credibility on Gulf Spill Impacts Now Gone?
Obama administration officials are publicly refusing to disclose data backing up an August 4 report announcing that some three-fourths of the BP oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico was "gone.".
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"Gulf Oil Spill: Key BP Official Refuses To Testify"
"Another BP employee is refusing to testify in the investigation into the cause of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, invoking his Fifth Amendment right to not produce testimony that could incriminate him."
Source: LA Times, 08/25/2010
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