"Study Shows Dangers Of BPA Chemical Used in Plastic Packaging"
"Bisphenol A is used to line drinks cans and in tests affected the way genes work in the brains of laboratory rats."
Source: Independent, 05/28/2013
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"How West Was Spun"
"Mistakes were made, and one narrative too readily embraced, in coverage of the blast. Meanwhile, The Dallas Morning News excelled."
Source: Columbia Journalism Review, 05/28/2013
"You Need Phosphorus to Live—and We're Running Out"
"Industrial farming has played a part in sucking this critical element out of our soil."
Source: Mother Jones, 05/27/2013
"New Rules To Address Fracking on Indian Land"
"Hydraulic fracturing on Indian land may become more difficult under new rules proposed by the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management."
Source: Navajo Times, 05/24/2013
"How Pesticides Pushed Cockroaches Into Rapid Evolution"
"In the 1980s, manufactures began making cockroach baits that combined sweet glucose with deadly insecticides. By 1993, many cockroach populations somehow developed an aversion to the bait. Now, 20 years later, scientists finally understand how the roaches beat these traps."
Source: io9, 05/24/2013
"German Brewers Warn Fracking Could Hurt Beer Industry"
"German brewers have warned Chancellor Angela Merkel's government that any law allowing the controversial drilling technique known as fracking could damage the country's cherished beer industry."
Source: Reuters, 05/24/2013
"Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Give EPA Power To Ban Dangerous Chemicals"
"In a rare display of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, a group of key senators unveiled legislation Wednesday that would require chemical companies to provide more health and safety information about their products and give regulators more power to force harmful compounds off the market."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 05/23/2013
"20 Years After Fatal Outbreak, Milwaukee Leads on Water Testing"
"For the public officials who safeguard Milwaukee's water, Cryptosporidium changed everything."
Source: Wisconsin Ctr for Investigative Reporting, 05/22/2013
"City Agrees to Faster Cleanup of PCBs in Schools"
"With smoke and tar from faulty light fixtures leaking into New York City public school classrooms at alarming rates, the Bloomberg administration said on Tuesday that it would cut in half the time it needed to replace them."
Source: NY Times, 05/22/2013
"'Upset' Emissions: Flares in the Air, Worry on the Ground"
"BATON ROUGE, La. -- Shirley Bowman noticed the smell after 8 a.m. on June 14, 2012, her 61st birthday. In Baton Rouge, where the petrochemical industry dominates the landscape, foul odors resembling burnt rubber or propane are perennial. But this odor, caustic and potent, seemed especially foul — 'like some sort of chemical,' she recalls."
Source: Center for Public Integrity, 05/21/2013
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