Systemic inflammation, heart rate variability and air pollution in a cohort of senior adults

Systemic inflammation, heart rate variability and air pollution in a cohort of senior adults

Smoking increases depressive symptoms in teens

Smoking increases depressive symptoms in teens

EPA Denies Petition Calling for Lead Ammunition Ban

EPA Denies Petition Calling for Lead Ammunition Ban

Atrazine causes prostate inflammation in male rats and delays puberty

"A new study shows that male rats prenatally exposed to low doses of atrazine, a widely used herbicide, are more likely to develop prostate inflammation and to go through puberty later than non-exposed animals. "


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Rutgers researchers find a 'great fizz' of carbon dioxide at the end of the last ice age

Rutgers researchers find a 'great fizz' of carbon dioxide at the end of the last ice age

New Web Site Catalogs Eco-Certifications

"The searchable 2010 Global Ecolabel Monitor by the World Resources Institute studied 340 labeling programs and found they employ a variety of strategies to ensure credibility"

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Solar Power’s Price to Plummet - Green Building, Solar Power, Renewable Energy - EcoHome Magazine

"A new federal government report concludes that by 2015 the cost of solar power will be the same as the cost of power from the electrical grid and could even be less by 2030."

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Pesticide Exposure in the Womb Increases ADHD Risk

Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog » Blog Archive » Pesticide Exposure in the Womb Increases ADHD Risk: "Exposure to pesticides while in the womb may increase the odds that a child will have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to researchers at the University of California-Berkeley School of Public Health."

EPA fears pesticide is worse than bedbug bite | The Columbus Dispatch

EPA fears pesticide is worse than bedbug bite The Columbus Dispatch: "Meeting for the first time with federal environmental and health officials yesterday, Ohio and local bedbug experts questioned why the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hasn't approved an insecticide called Propoxur to kill bedbugs in homes."

Babies Exposed to Levels of Pesticide 800% Higher Than EPA’s Level of Concern

Babies Exposed to Levels of Pesticide 800% Higher Than EPA’s Level of Concern: "Twenty –five years ago, more than 2,000 people were poisoned by Aldicarb, a highly toxic pesticide used on cotton and several food crops. It was the biggest case of pesticide poisoning in US history."

Coal workers' pneumoconiosis and progressive massive fibrosis are increasingly more prevalent among workers in small underground coal mines in the United States

Coal workers' pneumoconiosis and progressive massive fibrosis are increasingly more prevalent among workers in small underground coal mines in the United States

Atrazine causes prostate inflammation in male rats and delays puberty

Atrazine causes prostate inflammation in male rats and delays puberty

Safety Concerns Slow Down EPA's Approval of Bed Bug Pesticide - Technorati Green

Safety Concerns Slow Down EPA's Approval of Bed Bug Pesticide - Technorati Green: "Bed bugs are increasingly becoming a serious problem for hotels, retail clothing shops, homeowners, landlords, theaters, cinemas and many more."

Ventilation: How Air Moves and Why It's Important to Your Home and Health - HealthyHouseInstitute.com

Ventilation: How Air Moves and Why It's Important to Your Home and Health - HealthyHouseInstitute.com: "n order for air to move into or out of a house, there are two basic requirements. First, there must be a path through which the air travels, and second, there must be an air pressure difference to push the air molecules through the pathway."

CONSUMER ALERT: EPA Advises Care When Selecting Pesticides for Bedbug Control

CONSUMER ALERT: EPA Advises Care When Selecting Pesticides for Bedbug Control

08/18/2010: EPA to Take Action on Chemicals Used in Dyes, Flame Retardants, and Industrial Detergents

08/18/2010: EPA to Take Action on Chemicals Used in Dyes, Flame Retardants, and Industrial Detergents: "As part of Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s commitment to strengthen and reform chemical management, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released action plans today to address the potential health risks of benzidine dyes, hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) and nonylphenol (NP)/nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs)."

Canada: Water wells contaminated in Manitoba Interlake

CBC News - Health - Water wells contaminated in Manitoba Interlake: "People in parts of Manitoba's Interlake region are being advised to get their water tested after recent tests indicated many of the wells are contaminated.
Officials with Manitoba Water Stewardship (MWS) say high levels of nitrates and bacteria, including E. coli, have been found in nearly 140 of 350 wells tested near Fisher Branch during the summer."

Study Finds Higher Toxic Load from Pesticides in Children’s Diet

"recently released study conducted by the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences shows government agencies may be underestimating children’s dietary exposure to pesticides and, therefore, the inherent risks to children’s health"

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EPA requires greenhouse gas permits next year - Los Angeles Ecopolitics | Examiner.com

EPA requires greenhouse gas permits next year - Los Angeles Ecopolitics | Examiner.com: "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week proposed new rules mandating factories and power plants obtain permits to greenhouse gases. The greenhouse gas permits would initially be required of new and modified factory and power plant sources."

Michigan: DNRE Urges Caution Around Syringes

Oh joy, as if we do not have enough worries now we have to be worried about needle pricks and infectious disease while swimming....

"The Department of Natural Resources and Environment has received recent reports of syringes washing up on Lake Michigan-area beaches from Shelby to Arcadia. It is suspected that the syringes are from a major combined sewer overflow that occurred in the Milwaukee area on July 25."

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Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog » Blog Archive » Toxic Contaminants Found in City’s Free ‘Organic Biosolids Compost’

"Independent tests of sewage sludge-derived compost from the Synagro CVC plant -distributed free to gardeners since 2007 by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (PUC) in their “organic biosolids compost” giveaway program — have found appreciable concentrations of contaminants with endocrine-disruptive properties."

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Canada: Blacklegged ticks spread to Pictou County

Blacklegged ticks spread to Pictou County

Take Action: Bill Would Strip Clean Water Act Protections from Pesticides

"Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Ranking Member Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) introduced legislation on August 6, 2010 that would strip the public of the protection provided by the Clean Water Act (CWA) from the toxic hazards of pesticides applied to or near U.S. waterways."

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Planted, unplanted man-made wetlands are similar at year 15, and function as effective carbon sinks

Planted, unplanted man-made wetlands are similar at year 15, and function as effective carbon sinks

Michigan: DNRE Air Monitoring Finds Elevated Lead Levels in Belding

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.

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Good News in Our Fight To Protect America's Waterways | unEARTHED, the Earthjustice blog

"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."

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Changing society by changing the thinking culture about mining hazard: a review essay on 'safety-culture and the logic of hazard'.(Commentary): An article from: Critical Arts

Cell Phone Donations Needed : News : WPBN TV 7&4

"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."

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Gulf oil spill: Freshwater tactic tips ecological balance - latimes.com

Reporting from Barataria Bay, La., and Los Angeles 

There's a destructive liquid flowing into the Gulf of Mexico — and it's not oil.


It's the muddy fresh water of the Mississippi River, which has been released from southern Louisiana's vast levee system and into estuaries in greater quantities than usual. The goal has been to use the rush of fresh water to keep sticky oil from reaching the sandy shores of the state.



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Michigan: High Cost of Environment Related Childhood Diseases Estimated in MI

Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog » Blog Archive » High Cost of Environment Related Childhood Diseases Estimated in MI: "A new report conducted by an Ann Arbor, Michigan based coalition of health and environmental groups estimates that children’s exposure to toxic chemicals, including pesticides, cost Michigan billions of dollars each year."

BP offers one-off payouts to stem Gulf oil spill lawsuits

Unfortunately, desperate businesses may make desperate decisions..

"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."

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Gulf Oil Spill's Toll on Nation's Beaches

David Beckman from the Natural Resource Defense Counsel calls "the oil spill an 'unprecedented and unfolding disaster,' Beckman says that 'oil has heavy metal and toxic chemicals that you may be breathing in on a contaminated beach.' Coming into direct contact with the oil may cause a host of health problems including headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and skin rashes and irritation."

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