"Fracking May Be Polluting River with Radioactive Waste"
"Fracking may be contaminating a Pennsylvania river with radioactive waste, a Duke University study to be published this week shows."
Source: Climate Central, 10/03/2013
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"Alternative Flame Retardants Detected In Outdoor Air"
"Environment: Scientists measure organophosphate flame retardants at higher levels than those of the troublesome compounds they are replacing."
Source: C&EN, 10/02/2013
Kalamazoo River: "Public Health Report on 2010 Oil Spill Released"
"MARSHALL, Mich. -- People who canoe on, or wade or swim in, the Kalamazoo River near Marshall in southwestern Michigan are not expected to suffer any long-term harm from chemicals left in the water when an oil pipeline burst in 2010, according to a state report."
Source: AP, 10/01/2013
Bee Deaths Linked To Insecticides, Health Canada Data Show for 2nd Year
"Early results from government tests on dead bees this spring and summer show levels of controversial pesticides are comparable with those detected last year, when Health Canada declared a link between the seed-coating chemicals and 'unusually high' bee deaths, the Star has learned."
Source: Toronto Star, 09/30/2013
Fracking Chemicals May Be Unknown, Even To Gas Drillers, Docs Suggest
"Critics of hydraulic fracturing, known widely as 'fracking,' have been pushing hard for natural gas companies to disclose all of the chemicals in the fluids that are used in the process. But what if the companies themselves don't even know what those chemicals are?"
Source: Huffington Post, 09/27/2013
Flame Retardants Banned Years Ago Finally Declining in Women: Study
"Scientists have documented for the first time that banned flame retardants have declined in people in the United States, where levels of the chemicals had been growing exponentially."
Source: EHN, 09/26/2013
Indiana OKs BP Wastewater Permit Requiring Major Mercury Reductions
"WHITING -- The Indiana Department of Environmental Management issued its final ruling on a permit application for BP's Whiting Refinery, requiring the company to cut its mercury releases into Lake Michigan by more than half."
Source: NW Indiana Times, 09/26/2013
"'High Levels' of Poison Found in Columbia Sewers as Probe Widens"
"Cancer-causing industrial chemicals have been found in the sewers at a Columbia-area restaurant as a state investigation of illegal dumping expands from the Upstate to the Midlands, where utility officials scrambled this week to learn more about the threat to central South Carolina."
Source: The State, 09/26/2013
"Alaska Fracking Rules Would Boost Public Notice, Disclosure"
"New regulations to oversee hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells in Alaska could be issued later this year by state regulators, officials said at a public hearing on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 09/24/2013
"Report: Environmental Chemicals a Pregnancy Risk"
"WASHINGTON -- From mercury to pesticides, Americans are exposed daily to environmental chemicals that could harm reproductive health, the nation's largest groups of obstetricians and fertility specialists said Monday."
Source: AP, 09/24/2013
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