Coal Remining: One Way to Clean Up Acid Drainage?
Acid mine drainage from abandoned coal mines is the biggest water-quality problem in the Appalachian states.
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Chemicals
Report: Dry Cleaning Industry in Transition
While a few of the country's nearly 40,000 dry cleaners are opting for alternatives to the solvent perchloroethylene, most are not.
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Human Guinea Pigs Still Under the Microscope
The Bush administration seems poised to accept the testing of potentially toxic pesticides on human subjects -- a practice that has raised ethical concerns.
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Common Chemical Affects Auto Mechanics
Automotive technicians can suffer long-lasting nerve damage after occupational exposures to n-Hexane.
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Perchlorates Offer Early Test of EPA Openness
Incoming EPA administrator Lisa Jackson faces an immediate test on perchlorate secrecy, as the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejects EPA's argument for FOIA exemption. Will EPA and the Justice Department appeal, even though Obama urges agency openness?
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FDA Knew About Mercury in Corn Syrup — And Kept Silent
In spite of one of its own scientists co-authoring a 2005 study finding toxic mercury in high fructose corn syrup, the Food and Drug Administration gave a green light to the corn industry's campaign advertising corn syrup as "natural."
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Bioterrorism and Bioweapons
Following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, many experts have become more concerned that terrorists may maliciously spread biological agents such as anthrax or smallpox.
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Chemical Plants
U.S. chemical plants are vulnerable to acts of terrorism.
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Other Chemical Hazards
While petrochemical plants get the most attention, statistics from the Chemical Safety Board suggest that media overlook three quite common and widespread hazards: chlorine, ammonia, and propane
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Chemical Terrorism
Various nations have developed and produced chemical weapons -- substances whose main use is to harm people -- such as nerve gas or mustard gas.
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