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1:10 pm in Design & Architecture, epa, new york city, pollution by TreeHugger
If you've ever wondered how when there are heavy storms New York City's sewer system gets overwhelmed (check out this video of the Gowanus Canal for the stinking graphic details), there's a new EPA report detailing it all for you. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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2:15 pm in air pollution, Business & Politics, conservation, epa, united sates by TreeHugger
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The other day, I wrote about what some environmentally conscious lawmakers are calling the 'most anti-environmental legislation' ever to be brought before Congress. The New York Times has gotten wise to the assault on clean air and water, and has a good piece detailing the various proposals, an...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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6:05 pm in epa, fishing, Food & Health, toxins by TreeHugger
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It seems that lead contamination is everywhere these days- in jewelry, in 85% of kids' drinks, even Alaskan waters. Lead is a major problem in soil throughout the country as well, spread by car ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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4:52 pm in china, drinking water, epa, Food & Health, food safety by TreeHugger
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You'd think the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would have established limits on things like arsenic and heavy metals in our food supply by now. There are limits for certain specified foods, but most items fall through the cracks—including popular, kid-friendly beverages like apple juice. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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11:23 am in diseases, epa, News, toxins by TreeHugger
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Glyme is a nickname for 1,2-dimethoxyethane, a solvent chemical in the glycol ether family. Glyme, and its close cousins diglyme, and ethylglyme, are suspected reproductive toxins. For example, monoglyme is officially required to carry the warnings "May impair fertility" and "May cause harm to the unborn child" on products sold in the European Union. 11 other substances in the glyme family are chemically similar, but hav...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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11:17 am in Business & Politics, coal, energy, epa, pollution by TreeHugger
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee will hear two bills this week, the TRAIN Act, which just promotes the false notion that environmental regulation is costly and bad for jobs, and a second bill that would limit federal oversight of state coal ash disposal standards, essentially preventing the EPA from regulating and enforcing rules on coal ash.
The TRAIN Act wo...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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10:45 am in air pollution, Business & Politics, epa, fracking, natural gas by TreeHugger
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As the New Jersey legislature votes to ban fracking, some word on what the EPA is doing to minimize the environmental damage which could be caused with unregulated hydraulic fracturing: Natural Gas Watch reports that EPA head Lisa Jackson has said that t...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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7:50 pm in Business & Politics, congress, epa, united states by TreeHugger
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4:49 pm in Business & Politics, chemicals, epa, toxins by TreeHugger
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Here's a little good news for people concerned about public health: the EPA released the names of 150 chemicals, the identities of which had been kept secret, to the public earlier this month. The New York Times describes the effort by the EPA as intended "to reform what it views as a flawed system for regulating toxic substances. It is the second disclosure of its kind this year, after the release of 40 chemicals' names in March." For those who aren't familiar with EPA regulations, che...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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12:17 pm in Business & Politics, congress, epa, united states by TreeHugger
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Ah, inflammatory headlines. You know I'd never deploy one if it weren't true, though -- and this time, sadly, egregiously, it is. The US Chamber of Commerce is using its vast lobbying muscle to try to block the regulation of some toxic chemicals that are routinely being used in consumer plastics. And yes, scientists have discovered that some of those chemicals have been found to mutate male genitalia. In other words, the Chamber of Commerce is fighting to keep chemicals believed to deform the hum...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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