"Every minute, a machine at Peabody Energy Corp.'s North Antelope Rochelle mine scrapes an 80-foot wall of coal with a giant steel claw. With each swipe, the beast pivots and deposits a heap of black rock into a waiting truck."
"A new analysis showing the presence of a probable carcinogen in the tap water of 31 cities across the country has raised questions about possible risks posed to consumers in those communities and how they can reduce their exposure."
"Our modern-day environment is loaded with man-made chemicals. We breath car exhaust, gasoline fumes and secondhand smoke, and we eat food laced with pesticides and plasticizers and cooked in pans with nonstick coatings."Trying to understand our chemical exposure - latimes.com
The Department of Natural Resources and Environment announced today that air monitoring in Belding has identified higher than acceptable levels of lead in the air, and that a local company has been identified as the source of the emissions and is in the process of upgrading emissions control equipment.
"The EPA and Army Corps of Engineers have announced a major step to help prevent the destruction caused by mountaintop removal mining. In a rare joint guidance, the two agencies agreed to change how they approve permits for mountaintop removal mines."
"MT. PLEASANT -- Each year more than 100 million people get new cell phones. Most of the old cell phones get tossed in a drawer and are never used again."
"BP will begin its legal offensive this month to cap its liabilities from the Gulf of Mexico disaster by offering those affected one-off compensation payouts in return for them waiving the right to sue. US lawyers say tens of thousands of affected people in the Gulf, particularly those in the fishing and tourism industries, are weeks away from bankruptcy."
"London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) - A report released Thursday by the Met Office and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed global warming. The Met Office is the weather bureau of the United Kingdom, while the NOAA is the Met’s counterpart in the United States."
"(Beyond Pesticides, July 21, 2010) Alaska’s Supreme Court halted plans to believed to be the only herbicide-free stretch of rail in the country."
"Washington state has denied approval of the highly toxic fumigant-based pesticide methyl iodide, and environmentalists hope other regulators follow its lead. Citing unreasonable adverse effects on human health and the environment, the Washington Department of Agriculture requested that Arysta LifeScience withdraw its application for the registration of methyl iodide on July 15, 2010."
Under pressure from the grassroots group Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT), the city of Anchorage canceled plans to spray the herbicides 2,4-D and dicamba on the Town Square Park citing concerns over the safety of children playing in the park.
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released preliminary data Wednesday from its own toxicity testing for eight dispersants in a bid to corroborate potentially suspect industry-provided results. But questions remain about the safety of these chemicals that can be used to break up oil spills,"
"(Beyond Pesticides, June 28, 2010) A new report documents high levels of pesticide drift in the California community of Sisquoc. Poison Gases in the Field: Pesticides put California families in danger, released by Pesticide Action Network North America and local community members, presents results of community air monitoring for fumigant pesticides in the central coast area of California"
"Two new studies published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology confirm that the majority of toxic contamination threatening national parks originates from agricultural pesticides and industrial operations. In one study an international group of scientists conducted research from 2003-2005 and detected elevated concentrations of various dangerous pesticides in all eight of the national parks and preserves."
"A University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) environmental and occupational health expert on human exposure to toxic substances has recommended strategic training and monitoring of workers and volunteers exposed to the Gulf oil spill to identify, and possibly mitigate, human health risks."
Landlords, like other homeowners, have become the victims of meth cooks. If someone makes meth on your property you kiss your profits goodbye. Decontaminating property that has been used to manufacture meth can cost a property owner anywhere from five thousand dollars to over a hundred thousand dollars; in some cases it’s cheaper to demolish....Landlords fall victim to meth cooks
