Since 9/11, Koch Has Fought Against Tougher Rules on Chemical Plants
"Koch argues that tough restrictions on petrochemicals aren’t necessary because there hasn’t been a terrorist attack here since 9/11."
Source: iWatch News, 08/24/2011
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"Aviation Gas Poses Lead Risk To Thousands in Brevard"
"Nearly 1,600 children age 5 and younger live close enough to an airport in Brevard County to be at risk from leaded gasoline used by small piston planes and helicopters."
Source: Florida Today, 08/23/2011
"Down the Drain Goes Public's Right to Know about Fracking"
"What landed in the Tyee's inbox was entirely in keeping with the government's handling of a contentious proposal by a natural gas company to divert large quantities of water out of Williston Reservoir. When word leaked that the government had approved the diversion scheme, a rather strange statement was issued that began by noting that the provincial Cabinet minister in charge was unavailable."
Ben Parfitt reports for The Tyee August 22, 2011.
Source: The Tyee, 08/23/2011
"Chlorine Gas Leak at Woodland Cannery Sends 43 To Hospitals"
"More than 40 employees at a Woodland cannery were taken to Sacramento area hospitals and more than 800 people were evacuated shortly after noon Sunday when a chemical used in tomato processing leaked into a work area, authorities said."
Source: Sacramento Bee, 08/23/2011
"Apple Scab Fungus More Resistant To Pesticides"
"TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Apple growers in the eastern U.S. have a despised enemy known as apple scab — a disease caused by a fungus that forms ugly brown or greenish-black pockmarks on the fruit's skin. A scabby apple is unfit for grocery stores because consumers are notoriously picky about blemished fruit."
Source: AP, 08/22/2011
"Paper Mill Admits Fault as Dead Fish Flow To Lake Pontchartrain"
"The paper mill lnked to a substantial fish kill in the Pearl River system cautiously admitted responsibility Wednesday, as the trail of dead fish reached Lake Pontchartrain and a reservoir near Jackson, Miss., was opened in an attempt to flush the pollutants out.
Source: New Orelans Times-Picayune, 08/19/2011
"Asian Honey, Banned in Europe, Is Flooding U.S. Grocery Shelves"
"A third or more of all the honey consumed in the U.S. is likely to have been smuggled in from China and may be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals. A Food Safety News investigation has documented that millions of pounds of honey banned as unsafe in dozens of countries are being imported and sold here in record quantities."
Source: Food Safety News, 08/19/2011
"Feds Indict 2 Over Tainted Crestwood Well"
"Unwilling to fix leaky water mains in Crestwood, a south suburb known for its penny-pinching ways, village leaders secretly supplemented their supplies for more than two decades with a community well they knew was contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals."
Source: Chicago Tribune, 08/16/2011
"Chinese Petrochemical Plant Keeps Running Despite Shutdown Order"
"A Chinese petrochemical plant was operating normally on Monday despite a local government order to close it down due to a toxic spill scare, an industry source said."
Source: Reuters, 08/16/2011
"Fecal Risk To Water Found"
"A report blasting Georgia’s environmental oversight of large livestock farms has raised concerns about potential contamination of Georgia waterways with chemicals from manure."
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 08/15/2011
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