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| Daily links to top stories in the news about environmental health. California groups call for carcinogen listing for chemical used on strawberries. Two days before a deadline for comments on a regulator’s plan to bolster restrictions on a fumigant in Monterey County’s $785 million strawberry industry, a coalition of pesticide watchdog groups, researchers and physicians filed a letter urging the chemical be officially listed as a cancer-causing compound. Salinas Californian, California. Fukushima's toxic water pool grows as Tepco dithers. The Tokyo Electric Power Company is trying to decide what to do with the largest pool of radioactive water in the history of nuclear accidents. It can either dump it in the ocean, let it evaporate into the air, or both. Bloomberg News Argentina's policies hinder development of vast oil, gas reserves. When the Argentine oil company YPF announced two years ago that it had discovered some of the world's largest reserves of shale gas and oil on a barren plain in Patagonia, many began looking to the energy industry as the answer to Argentina's financial woes. Los Angeles Times [Registration Required] BPA as a mammary carcinogen: early findings reported in rats. A study by Tufts University researchers in the current issue of Environmental Health Perspectives suggests that bisphenol A may act as a malignant mammary gland carcinogen in rats at internal doses comparable to those seen in humans. Environmental Health Perspectives When polluted Mukuvisi turns out to be a blessing. For residents of Glen Norah, Hopley Farm and others living around Mukuvisi River near Pambudzi roundabout area, the river has become their only source of water. This unfortunately has exposed them to various dangers that include water-borne diseases from the heavily contaminated river. Harare Herald, Zimbabwe. Inspections target fracked U.S. crude shipped by rail. U.S. rail-safety regulators began a “Bakken blitz” of inspections of crude oil tank cars this week as they seek to prevent a railroad disaster in the U.S. similar to July’s fatal inferno in Quebec. Bloomberg News America's future up in flames. Little by little climate change – the elephant in the room – is seeping into the daily news cycle. New Zealand Herald Tibet: life on the climate front line. Jiang Shenglan is hunting for caterpillar fungus, and it is not going well. Sitting in a makeshift plastic tent in a high pass on the edge of the Tibetan plateau, the 46-year-old farmer gestures to her muddy trousers, evidence of the days she has spent peering into the grass. Financial Times, United Kingdom. Experimental climate fixes stir hopes, fears, lawyers. Last year the Haida, an indigenous group in Canada, set out to increase their salmon stocks and save the planet. Instead, in March, they were raided by Canadian officials for illegal dumping at sea. Reuters Paper trees in precious ground. Two huge plantation industries are sweeping Indonesia: palm trees used to make oil, and acacia trees used to make paper. But most of the land left for plantations in the wake of deforestation is in peat forests -- land with the highest carbon content in the world, making Indonesia the world's third biggest greenhouse gas emitter. Living On Earth On Obama's energy agenda, websites of White House, political group not always in sync. When the nonprofit group formed to promote President Obama's agenda launched its high-profile summertime climate change campaign, its online presence changed to reflect the new emphasis – replacing a website referencing the president's "all of the above" energy plan with a page touting him as "not waiting around for climate deniers in Congress." Greenwire As coal plants shut down, United Kingdom faces power crunch. Are popular tourist attractions in the United Kingdom at risk of going dark? The main reason for the possible crunch: Britain is closing a number of aging coal-fired plants – as well as some oil and nuclear ones – to meet European Union environmental laws. National Geographic News Duke to stop burning coal at most of plant by 2018 . Duke Energy has agreed to quit burning coal at its share of a power plant in western Indiana by June 2018 under a settlement announced Friday with environmental and citizens groups that also calls for the company to increase its investments in renewable energy. Associated Press Plaquemines Parish proposed coal terminal to get coastal-use permit from state. The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources' Office of Coastal Management has recommended a coastal-use permit for a controversial coal terminal in Plaquemines Parish. New Orleans Times-Picayune, Louisiana. Eight years after Hurricane Katrina, many evacuees yet to return. New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward is showing signs of new life eight years after Hurricane Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. But still, only 30 percent of the low-income neighborhood's residents have returned, as opposed to 90 percent in the rest of the city. Al Jazeera Progress seen at Sierra fire, but smoke spreads. Nearly a third of the huge forest fire burning in and around Yosemite National Park was contained Friday and some small communities in the mountainous area were no longer under evacuation advisories, but smoke descending down into San Joaquin Valley cities was becoming a problem. Associated Press Lawmakers press Interior on fracking rule trade secrets provision. The Interior Department faces competing Capitol Hill pressures over how often it should allow oil-and-gas drillers to avoid disclosure of “fracking” chemicals by claiming they’re trade secrets. The Hill, District of Columbia. Restoration success and work in progress: Pennsylvania. The $97 million project in Erie, Pa. removed polluted sediments from the bay and led to cleaner water, fewer fish tumors and the replacement of paved areas with permeable surfaces that trap polluted runoff. Great Lakes Echo, Michigan. 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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