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"Air Has Elevated Cancer Risk in 600 Neighborhoods"

"People living in nearly 600 neighborhoods across the country are breathing concentrations of toxic air pollutants that put them at a much greater risk of contracting cancer, according to new data from the Environmental Protection Agency."

Source: AP, 06/24/2009

"Tracing Mercury's Transit to Coastal Environments"

On a global average, the amount of mercury falling out of the sky has tripled since the Industrial Revolution, primarily because of the burning of fossil fuels. Although this atmospheric deposition has long been considered the key vector for the widespread contamination of freshwater and coastal ecosystems, some scientists are focusing on another potential source: subterranean flows of terrestrial groundwater.

Source: ES&T, 06/23/2009

"Ozone Solution Poses a Growing Climate Threat"

"A group of chemicals called hydrofluorocarbons, long hailed as a substitute for gases that can destroy the ozone layer, are now seen as a growing greenhouse threat given their outsize ability to warm the atmosphere."

Source: NYTimes, 06/23/2009

Weed Killer 'Inert' Kills Human Cells

An inert ingredient in the popular weedkiller Roundup has been found to kill human cells.

Source: EHN, 06/23/2009

"DOD, Defense Contractors Lobby to Block Perchlorate Advisory"

"The Pentagon and the defense industry is lobbying the White House to prevent U.S. EPA from tightening a health advisory for a rocket-fuel chemical."

Source: Greenwire, 06/23/2009

BPA May Cause Heart Disease in Women

"A study released this week by researchers at the University of Cincinnati says that exposure to bisphenol A may increase heart disease in women."

Source: AlterNet, 06/22/2009

"Illnesses Come to Light in Claims Against Disney"

"As their attorneys shuffle between four similar lawsuits that allege the Walt Disney Co. has for decades contaminated groundwater with cancer-causing chromium 6 and other toxic chemicals, stories of ill health from the plaintiffs are beginning to emerge."

Source: Glendale News Press, 06/16/2009

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"Air Has Elevated Cancer Risk in 600 Neighborhoods"

"Tracing Mercury's Transit to Coastal Environments"

"Ozone Solution Poses a Growing Climate Threat"

Weed Killer 'Inert' Kills Human Cells

"DOD, Defense Contractors Lobby to Block Perchlorate Advisory"

BPA May Cause Heart Disease in Women

"Illnesses Come to Light in Claims Against Disney"

"EPA Chemical Database Rules a Political Hazard, Critics Say"

"Report Cannot Link Lejeune Water to Diseases"

"Iowa Air Pollutants Push Federal Limits"

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