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"Regulator Waffles on Bisphenol A"

"Eight days after chemical industry lobbyists met with Obama administration officials, federal regulators delayed action on including bisphenol A in a new effort to better regulate dangerous chemicals. The move is drawing suspicion, considering how the head of the Environmental Protection Agency had been talking tough in one speech after another last fall about the need to protect the public from such chemicals, particularly BPA."

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 02/15/2010

Mackenzie River's Fish Contaminated With Toxics: Scientists

"Scientists studying burbot in the Mackenzie River, one of the country's most pristine rivers, have been surprised to discover that mercury, PCBs and DDT in the fish are rising rapidly, a finding they say is linked to climate change."

Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 02/10/2010

"Weed Killer Atrazine May Be Linked To Birth Defect"

"Living near farms that use the weed killer atrazine may up the risk of a rare birth defect, according to a study presented this past Friday at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine in Chicago."

Source: Reuters, 02/09/2010

"EPA Reviews Hints of Weed Killer's Fetal Risks"

EPA is reopening its review of the possible health effects of the widespread herbicide atrazine. A new focus is on several studies linking the hormone-mimicking weedkiller to birth defects and other risks in newborns.

Source: Science News, 02/05/2010

Reveal Household Cleaners' Ingredients, Enviros Urge

"Exactly what's in floor cleaner? What's stain remover made of? And what effects, if any, might they have on human health or the environment Environmental advocates want to know, and they asked a court Thursday to use a 1971 New York state law to force ... manufacturers ... to reveal just what makes up such household staples as Ajax, Ivory soap and Tide. The cleanser industry says that the legal case is unwarranted and that fears about health risks are misinformed."

Source: AP, 02/05/2010

"EPA Faces Lawsuits Over Pesticide Harms, Soot"

"The nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity has put the U.S. EPA on notice that it intends to sue the agency for failing to adequately evaluate and regulate nearly 400 pesticides harmful to hundreds of endangered species across the country as well as human beings."

Source: ENS, 02/03/2010

"EPA Targets Chemical Often Dumped in Chicago Sewers"

"Chemicals used in Scotchgard and Teflon are regulated, but metal plating companies got a pass by Bush's EPA."

Source: Chicago Tribune, 02/01/2010

"Two States Prepare To Regulate BPA"

"MADISON, Wis. -- Washington and Wisconsin are one step closer to becoming the third and fourth U.S. states to ban the use of bisphenol A in baby bottles and food and drink containers."

Source: Plastics News, 01/28/2010

Virginia Scraps Its Annual PCB Water Pollution Monitoring Program"

"Facing a $5 million funding cut, the [Va.] state Department of Environmental Quality last summer scrapped the $365,000 PCB monitoring program."

Source: Newport News Daily Press, 01/27/2010

"Federal Probes Begin at DuPont Plant"

"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Federal investigators began to descend on DuPont Co.'s Belle chemical plant Monday after a worker who was sprayed in the face by the poison gas phosgene died and U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd warned of 'a severe breakdown in even the most basic safety protocols.'"

Source: Charleston Gazette, 01/27/2010

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