"BPA Found in 90% of Newborns"
"A study released Wednesday which found that nine of 10 babies tested were born with bisphenol A in their systems has renewed calls for the chemical to be banned."
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/04/2009
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Quebec Govt. Buries Report on Link Between Asbestos and Cancer
"For eight months, the Quebec government has been holding on to a report that explores the link between asbestos-related cancer and Canada's only community that still mines the substance."
Source: Canadian Press, 12/04/2009
"States: Federal Toxics Laws Too Weak"
"Environmental officials in Maine and a dozen other states issued a statement Wednesday saying federal laws to protect the public from toxic chemicals are too weak and states instead are leading the way."
Source: AP, 12/04/2009
"Top Climate Change Expert Hopes Science Got It Wrong"
"Germany's top climate researcher says he hopes he and his fellow scientists around the world have got it all wrong about global warming. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, head of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, told Reuters he gets no pleasure at all in being a prophet of doom and hopes he and his colleagues have overlooked effects that could still arrest climate change."
Source: Reuters, 12/04/2009
"New Frontiers -- and Limitations -- in Testing People's Bodies for Chemicals"
"New horizons in biomonitoring are identifying environmental exposures that may play a role in health problems, including cancer, neurological disorders and diabetes. At their fingertips, researchers already have precise measurements of nearly 150 chemicals in several thousand American adults and children."
Source: EHN, 12/03/2009
"Melting Glaciers Release Frozen Toxicants"
"The release of toxics once bound within glaciers may be a little-anticipated consequence of climate change. Adverse effects are likely occurring, or could occur, on almost every continent."
Source: EHP, 12/03/2009
"Out of Plumb: When Water Treatment Causes Lead Contamination"
"Changes in tap water chemistry can liberate lead from household plumbing pipes and the mineral scale that coats them, resulting in water that is contaminated only after it leaves the treatment plant."
Source: EHP, 12/03/2009
"Protected Habitat Proposed For Rare Alaska Whale"
"Over 3,000 square miles (7,770 sq kms) in Alaska would be protected as critical habitat for the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale, under a proposal issued on Tuesday by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."
Source: Reuters, 12/03/2009
New Chiefs at UN Nuclear, Chemical Weapons Agencies
"A new top inspector took charge Tuesday of the International Atomic Energy Agency as it faces one of the most turbulent periods in its 52-year history." Also: "The newly elected chemical weapons chief says he will pursue the last seven holdouts — including Israel, Egypt and Syria — to get them to sign a disarmament treaty and submit weapons stockpiles for inspection."
Source: NYTimes, 12/03/2009
"Climate Change Transforming Navajo'S Dunescape To Dust Bowl"
Sandstorms reminiscent of the 1930s dustbowl are becoming more common in Navajo country -- and climate change seems to be a culprit.
Source: Indian Country Today, 12/03/2009
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