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| Daily links to top stories in the news about environmental health. China faces big water crisis. China’s rapid industrialization and urbanization along with over exploitation and abuse of natural resources has led to serious water pollution and water scarcity that is approaching crisis proportions. Epoch Times As floods ravage Sudan, young volunteers revive a tradition of aid. Members of Nafeer, a volunteer, youth-led initiative have responded swiftly to the humanitarian crisis caused by heavy rains and flash floods that struck Sudan this month as government officials held back. New York Times [Registration Required] Hunting for plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. A research expedition recently set sail from Chicago to search for a Great Lakes garbage patch. A mix of researchers and sailors and citizen scientists is sampling water for nine days. Michigan Public Radio, Michigan. Massachusetts Senate President pushes aid for clean water. Senate President Therese Murray said Wednesday that one of the Senate's top priorities will be to help cities and towns pay to repair and replace aging water infrastructure systems, a problem some lawmakers describe as rivaling transportation in its need for new funding sources. State House News Service, Massachusetts. Sweden's indigenous Sami in fight against miners. Dozens of Europe's only indigenous people — the Sami — banded recently with environmental activists, setting up road blocks, burning bonfires and flying the Sami flag, with the aim to block the company from conducting test blasts near the town of Jokkmokk on the Arctic Circle. Associated Press Food-parasite probe hindered by budget deficiencies. Federal authorities are struggling to explain why 600 people in 22 states have fallen ill from a foodborne parasite rarely seen in the United States. But some officials are ready to finger one culprit that has hindered their investigation: the sequester. Politico Officials OK rule to force fracking on North Carolina landowners. North Carolina landowners would be forced to sell the natural gas under their homes and farms – whether they want to or not – under a fracking recommendation approved Wednesday that’s expected to be enacted by the state legislature this fall. Raleigh News & Observer, North Carolina. Top New York court to decide whether towns can ban fracking. The Court of Appeals in Albany today said it will hear arguments in lawsuits seeking to block drilling bans passed by the upstate towns of Dryden and Middlefield aimed at stopping the practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Bloomberg News Rim fire fifth-largest in state history; backfires underway. The Rim fire became the fifth-largest in California history Thursday as it grew to 199,237 acres as a result of both natural spread and backfire operations by firefighters. Los Angeles Times [Registration Required] Irene anniversary: Northfield residents still recovering from disaster. Much is done, but for some, 'wounds' caused by historic storm have yet to heal. Burlington Free Press, Vermont. A year after Waldo Canyon fire, Colorado town contends with flooding. Manitou Springs escaped damage from the nearby Waldo Canyon fire last year. But in the wake of that disaster has come a summer of flooding and mudslides. Los Angeles Times [Registration Required] Study: Air pollution causes 200,000 early deaths in US. Air pollution causes about 200,000 early deaths each year in the United States, according to a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Voice of America Louisiana agency takes on oil industry over damage to delta. New Orleans' levee board is suing energy companies for damaging the Mississippi River delta by cutting canals through the marshland. The canals let in sea water, which kills marshes, eroding the city's protective buffer against storms. MarketPlace Antibiotic use on the farm: Are we flying blind? There's a heated debate over the use of antibiotics in farm animals. Critics say farmers overuse these drugs; farmers say they don't. All Things Considered, NPR. Massive new wetlands restoration reshapes San Francisco Bay. Construction crews and biologists are in the final stretch of a 20-year project along the northern shores of San Francisco Bay to restore 11,250 acres of former industrial salt ponds back to a natural landscape. San Jose Mercury News, California. Come on in, paddlers, the water’s just fine. Don’t mind the sewage. Some people questioned the wisdom of establishing a boat club at a Superfund site. But such is the lure of water, even when sludge seems like a more fitting descriptor, that the North Brooklyn Boat Club emerged out of one of New York’s most-polluted estuaries, Newtown Creek. New York Times [Registration Required] Is incineration holding back recycling? Increasingly common in Europe, municipal 'waste-to-energy' incinerators are being touted as a green trash-disposal alternative. Yale Environment 360 More news from today Shortcuts to stories from today about The good news, Avian flu, Climate, Children's health, Air pollution, Cancer, Reproductive disorders, Endocrine disruption, Birth defects, Learning and developmental disabilities, Immune disorders, Environmental justice, Superfund, Water treatment/sewage, Food safety, Integrity of science, Green chemistry. You can also read last weekend's news. Plus: If you were on vacation last week, don't miss last week's top stories... Would you like to display the news stories from EnvironmentalHealthNews.org on your own web site? Check out our RSS feeds. Compiled by Environmental Health Sciences | |
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