School Drinking Water Contains Toxins - AP
Not New http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TOXIC_WATER_SCHOOLS?SITE=OHRAV&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Associated Press 25 September 2009Drinking water at thousands of schools across...
View ArticleEPA Lists Areas Violating Daily Air Pollution Requirements
Not New http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/c7ea2f8196f225748525764900706d2f!OpenDocument U.S. EPA 8 October 2009EPA is designating 31 areas across the country as...
View ArticleNY Times Calls For Fracking Ban in NYC Watershed
Not New http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/17/opinion/17sat1.html?_r=3 New York TImes 16 October 2009A New York Times editorial calls for a ban on natural gas drilling in the NYC watershed because it uses...
View ArticleAmerican Waters Still Toxic Dumping Ground
What's New? http://www.environmentamerica.org/news-releases/our-rivers-lakes-amp-streams/our-rivers-lakes-amp-streams/over-230-million-pounds-of-toxics-discharged-into-american-waterways Environment...
View ArticleCancer-Causing Toxin Found In Air Near Gas Facilities
Not New http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa091029_mo_drilling.2669d39e4.html WFAA (Dallas/Fort Worth) 30 October 2009Air monitoring found potentially dangerous levels of...
View ArticleLessons of Bhopal: 25 Years Later, U.S. Chemical Laws Need Strengthening
What's New? http://www.ombwatch.org/node/10585 OMB Watch 24 November 2009Dec. 3 marks the 25th anniversary of the most catastrophic industrial accident in history: the leak of poisonous gas from a...
View ArticleCompanies To Disclose Toxics In Toys Under New Washington Pilot Program
Not New http://www.watoxics.org/toy-companies-to-disclose-toxics-in-toys-under-new-state-program Washington Toxics Coalition 28 January 2010Children’s health advocates today applauded the Washington...
View ArticleCoal Ash Action Plans Disclosed
Not New http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/industrial/special/fossil/surveys2/index.htm U.S. EPA 5 February 2010The EPA has disclosed action plans from 22 electric utility facilities to improve the...
View ArticleCalifornia Moves to List BPA as Toxin
Not New http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/c.kwKXLdPaE/b.5796213/k.B0D0/California_moves_toward_listing_BPA_as_reproductive_toxin.htm Breast Cancer Fund 16 February 2010The California Environmental...
View ArticleStates Push EPA, Congress to Curb Business Confidentiality Claims for Chemicals
Not New http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/03/01/01greenwire-states-push-epa-congress-to-curb-business-conf-35359.html?scp=2&sq=cbi&st=cse NY Times 1 March 2010States are demanding greater...
View ArticleCoal Ash Problem Worse Than First Revealed
Not New http://www.ombwatch.org/node/10795 OMB Watch 25 February 2010A new report from the Environmental Integrity Project and Earthjustice uncovers dozens of cases where ponds of toxic coal...
View ArticleEPA Proposes 8 New Superfund Sites, Adds 10 Sites
Not New http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/b065739662ab84c0852576da006ad323!OpenDocument U.S. EPA 2 March 2010EPA is adding 10 hazardous waste sites to the...
View ArticleEPA Announces New Action to Prevent Coal Ash Releases
Not New http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/b2856087389fb82485257574007409c1!OpenDocument U.S. EPA 9 March 2010EPA will collect information from electric...
View ArticleCalifornia Proposes Adding Two Chemicals To Prop 65 List
Not New http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/whats_new/index.html OEHHA 26 February 2010California has proposed adding two toxics to its Proposition 65 list of toxic substances. The state proposes adding...
View ArticleLouisiana Bill Seeks To Limit Citizen Suits
Not New http://motherjones.com/rights-stuff/2010/05/strike-against-oil-spill-lawsuits Mother Jones 10 May 2010A new bill before the Louisiana Senate would bar university law clinics from filing suits...
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