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Fishing for Solutions for Poisoned Trinity River

An abandoned river -- the Trinity -- runs through Dallas. Storms wash old industrial poisons into it via ditches. As poisons accumulated in its sediments, fish became dangerous to eat. "So people stayed away, and over time, it no longer mattered which came first -- the toxic fish or the abandoned river."

Source: Dallas News, 07/20/2009

"Do Contaminants Play a Role in Diabetes?"

"A Great Lakes study linking a pesticide in fish to diabetes adds to the growing chorus of studies suggesting that environmental contaminants may play a role in the widespread disease."

Source: Env. Health News, 07/20/2009

"Bayer Pesticide Seal of Approval Stings Britain's Beekeepers"

"The British Bee Keepers' Association ... is receiving money from one of the main manufacturers of [an] allegedly bee-killing brew, Bayer Crop Sciences, and endorsing some of its products as 'bee-friendly'."

Source: Guardian, 07/17/2009

"California Mulls Controversial Alternative to Methyl Bromide"

"A controversial alternative to the ozone-depleting pesticide methyl bromide could be in use in Pajaro Valley strawberry fields next year."

Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel, 07/17/2009

"Governor Furious Over Possible Storage of Mercury at Idaho National Lab"

"Should the federal government store 17,000 tons of mercury at the Idaho National Laboratory? 'The answer is no,' said Gov. Butch Otter."

Source: Idaho Statesman, 07/17/2009

"Florida Establishes First Honey Standard in Nation"

Florida has become the first state in the country to set regulations for the purity of honey -- prohibiting chemicals or additives, including corn syrup sweeteners, in products marked as honey.

Source: Florida Environments, 07/16/2009

"Court Overturns Bush-Era Smog Rule"

"A federal appeals court today struck down a Bush administration rule for controlling industrial emissions that form smog."

Source: NYTimes, 07/13/2009

"Wood Burning Creates Top Cancer Risk in Oregon's Air, EPA Says"

"Pollution from burning wood in stoves, fireplaces and elsewhere is the top cancer risk in Oregon's air, according to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency analysis."

Source: Portland Oregonian, 07/09/2009

"The Pentagon’s War on America: Toxic Bureaucracy"

During the Bush administration and earlier, the Pentagon waged a war to keep EPA from regulating perchlorate, a rocket fuel that has widely contaminated drinking water, by fudging the science about its health effects. Now the defense industry is pushing the same case to the Obama Office of Management and Budget.

Source: NRNS, 07/08/2009

ExxonMobil Ducks Liability in Baton Rouge

"A lawsuit filed by about 5,700 Baton Rouge residents against ExxonMobil Corp. over a 1993 fire crawled through federal court for almost 15 years and has finally come to an end -- the residents lost, lawyers said."

Source: Baton Rouge Advocate, 07/07/2009

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