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Enjoy Wild Game Safely This Season

State health officials are reminding hunters, their families, and anyone who serves or eats wild game to make sure the meat is cooked thoroughly before eating. Last year, an outbreak of trichinellosis (trichinosis), a disease people can get by eating raw or undercooked meat from animals infected with the microscopic parasite, Trichinella, sickened three...
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ChemDraw adopts HELM notation for biomolecules

In an exciting development, the HELM standard has now been adopted by Perkin-Elmer’s ChemDraw 17, launched at the ACS Fall … The post ChemDraw adopts HELM notation for biomolecules appeared first on Pistoia Alliance.
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Chemical Safety Board Releases Final Report into 2016 Refinery Fire that Seriously Injured Four Workers

Report Issues Key Lessons to Prevent Future Incidents September 18, 2017, Washington, D.C. -the U.S. Chemical Safety Board released a safety bulletin on the November 22, 2016 fire that severely burned four workers at the ExxonMobil refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Link to Safety Bulletin: http://www.idevmail.net/link.aspx?l=4&d=86&mid=414620&m=1889 The fire occurred during maintenance activities when operators...
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Excellent new paper on health effects from Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Dr. Jennifer Rusiecki and her co-workers have just published a very strong study of nearly 9000 Coast Guard responders to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in Occupational & Environmental Medicine. http://oem.bmj.com/content/early/2017/09/12/oemed-2017-104343 They found positive associations between crude oil exposure and various acute physical health symptoms among responders, as well as medium term health...
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Our Bodies Are Becoming Plastic

Dr. Mercola: With plastics now entering the farthest reaches of the globe, what does that mean for the environments where these pollutants are known to accumulate? Mismanaged waste is particularly problematic in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines, which together make up the top five countries for plastic pollution.3 In the U.S., one of the...
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National Preparedness Month — September 2017

Every September, CDC, private and public health institutions, and approximately 3,000 government organizations support preparedness efforts and encourage Americans to take action before, during, and after an emergency. Every community in the United States should be ready to respond to an infectious disease outbreak, chemical or radiological release, or natural disaster (1). Public health...
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UVic scientist says peak contamination levels from Fukushima disaster are now known

The disaster created concern over the potential impact on marine life and human health, but UVic chemical oceanographer Jay Cullen said contamination never reached a level where it was a significant threat to marine or human life in this area of the North Pacific. According to Cullen, radioactive isotopes from Fukushima were first detected...
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Global Treaty to Halt Invasive Aquatic Species Now in Effect

(PIANT.ORG) The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments (BWM Convention) went into effect on Sept. 8, 2017. The BWM Convention seeks to stop the spread of potentially invasive aquatic species by requiring ships to manage their ballast water to remove, render harmless, or avoid the uptake or...
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The Hidden Health Hazards After Flooding

MERCOLA: Across the world, countries have experienced significant changes in weather patterns in the past decades.1 Recently, the southern U.S. coastline was again hit with category 4 hurricane winds, dumping over 50 inches of rain on Texas.2 People in Louisiana are still digging themselves out of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and experts...
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Energy Department Announces up to $8.8 Million for Innovations in Algae Technology

The U.S. Department of Energy announced the selection of four additional projects from the Productivity Enhanced Algae and ToolKits funding opportunity to receive up to $8.8 million. These projects will deliver high-impact tools and techniques for increasing the productivity of algae organisms in order to reduce the costs of producing algal biofuels and bioproducts. The funding...
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Texas Chemical Plant Sued For Millions, First Responders Charge Gross Negligence

International Business Times: Seven first responders filed a lawsuit Thursday against a chemical company whose Houston-area facility exploded after Hurricane Harvey. The lawsuit against Arkema and three of the company’s executives is seeking over $1 million in monetary relief, and alleges that the company did not adequately warn law enforcement and public health agencies about hazardous materials...
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Something Powerful in the Crosby Air

This vivid description is included in the original petition of a lawsuit filed today againstArkema, operators of the chemical plant off the Beaumont Hwy. in Crosby — by 7 first respondersinjured after incidents there last week: “In the early morning hours of August 31, 2017, the first of several explosions occurred as a result of the abandoned chemicals heating up and igniting. Although the...
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CHEMOPHOBIA…the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety Discussion

Chemicals – The Good, Bad, and the Ugly S.B. Sigmann Public Perception of the Chemical Enterprise The Good The Bad and the Uncertain. M.E. Jones ACS role in Communicating chemical safety. J. Kemsley Developing design principles for ‘lesson learned’ laboratory safety videos. H. Weizman It’s no accident that many journalists don’t write clearly about lab...
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Lead in Flint water increased fetal deaths, lowered fertility, study says.

After Flint switched its water source from Detroit to Flint River water in 2014, the city’s fertility rates decreased by 12 percent among Flint women, while fetal death rates rose by 58 percent.
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Federal panel votes to warn public about flame retardants in baby products, furniture.

For the first time a federal agency is moving to outlaw an entire class of toxic flame retardants, a policy change intended to protect Americans from chemicals linked to cancer, neurological deficits, hormone disruption and other health problems.
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How Monsanto manufactured outrage at chemical cancer classification it expected.

Three years ago this month Monsanto Co. executives realized they had a big problem on their hands.
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Genetically-modified corn found in over 90 percent of Mexico tortillas.

The researchers also found the herbicide glyphosate in approximately 27.7 percent of the samples that tested positive for transgenic corn.
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Taxpayer dollars fund most oversight and cleanup costs at Superfund sites.

Hundreds of companies responsible for contaminating water paid little to nothing, an analysis of congressional budget data shows.
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Monsanto’s new weed killer, dicamba, divides farmers.

Twenty-five million acres have been planted with genetically modified seeds to encourage the spraying of the chemical. Farmers worry about damage to crops.
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Trump hires campaign workers instead of farm experts at USDA.

President Donald Trump’s appointees to jobs at Agriculture Department headquarters include a long-haul truck driver, a country club cabana attendant and the owner of a scented-candle company.
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At EPA, guarding the chief pulls agents from pursuing environmental crimes.

Scott Pruitt’s round-the-clock personal security detail, which demands triple the manpower of his predecessors at the EPA, has pulled in agents from around the country who otherwise would be investigating environmental crimes.
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Homeowners join lawsuit against Crosby chemical plant that burned after Hurricane Harvey.

Eleven additional plaintiffs and a new defendant have been added to a lawsuit against the company whose manufacturing plant experienced a series of chemical fires as a result of floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey.
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The world is running out of antibiotics, WHO says.

Too few new antibiotics are under development to combat the threat of multidrug-resistant infections, according to a new World Health Organization report published Tuesday.
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Along the Texas coast, food banks brace for post-Harvey need.

Food banks, pantries and other food access advocates are bracing for increased need in communities that struggled with food insecurity even before Hurricane Harvey.
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Nashville’s water wars.

The growing metro area is full of rivers and creeks that keep spilling over. In order to design a solution, officials will have to bridge the urban-rural divide.
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California lags in testing toddlers for lead exposure.

A third of young California children at risk for lead poisoning are not being tested despite state and federal laws that require it, according to a new study – a problem at least partly addressed by legislation now on the governor’s desk.
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The next Standing Rock showdown could be over nuclear waste.

As the Trump administration moves forward on a waste site at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain, local tribes are ready for the fight.
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Grim news from the front line of China’s battle against air pollution.

Pollution peak arrives early as factories in Hebei ramp up production.
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More than 60 years on, Japan’s mercury-poison victims fight to be heard.

Shinobu Sakamoto is one of a shrinking group of survivors from a 1950s industrial disaster in which tens of thousands of people were poisoned after waste water from a chemical plant seeped into the Minamata bay.
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Pruitt eyes changes to air pollution permitting regime.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt signaled a renewed effort to challenge an air pollution permitting program, known as New Source Review, through a task force that is looking to provide “certainty” to industry.
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Hurricane Maria churns through Caribbean as ravaged Puerto Rico takes stock of an ‘island destroyed.’

Maria — now a Category 3 hurricane — was expected to gather some fresh strength over open water before taking aim at the Turks and Caicos Islands, which were battered earlier this month by Hurricane Irma.
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Climate change is already making people sicker.

Climate change is a central issue at this year’s United Nations General Assembly, with multiple high-level meetings on the issue happening amid several devastating natural disasters.
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Coal ash: Duke Energy to face lawsuit over emergency action plans.

Environmental groups say they will sue Duke Energy for not telling the public what would happen if any of its dozens of coal ash dams fail.
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Navassa, North Carolina, soil contamination contained.

Soil contaminated with a wood preservative used for decades at a defunct wood treatment plant here still appears to be confined mainly within the boundaries of the former facility.
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California condors return to the skies after near extinction, including Utah.

In a remote, rugged valley overlooking the Pacific Ocean, researchers closely monitor an endangered icon: the California condor.
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Sea turtles appear to be bouncing back around the world.

Researchers analyzed all existing public data of sea turtle nesting sites around the world and found a tale of “cautionary optimism.”
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Cross currents: Mega-dams and micro-hydro offer two different futures for rural Borneo.

Collective efforts at local control by Ulu Papar residents are competing with urban interests seeking a new water source for the growing population of the nearby Kota Kinabalu area.
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Nicotine in e-cigs: Addictive, increases your risk of heart disease.

Nicotine can affect a smoker’s health in more than one way.
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What will happen to the Gulf Coast if the oil industry retreats?

Hurricane Harvey pummeled the country’s energy infrastructure, and there are few incentives in place to promote renewables.
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The Paris agreement dispute is a distraction. the real battle is playing out in the EPA., The Paris agreement dispute is a distraction. The real battle is playing out in the EPA.

Members of the Trump administration are quietly unraveling a slew of policies, precedents, and regulations in ways that could make it much more difficult to plan for a low-carbon future after they’re gone.
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San Francisco, Oakland sue oil giants over climate change.

The lawsuits argue that Exxon, Chevron and the other companies knew the global warming risks their products were creating.
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Climate report says Montana must adapt to warmer, drier seasons.

Montana’s average temperatures are increasing, mountain snowpacks are declining, large wildfires are more frequent, and all that is expected to continue in the coming decades.
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Trump administration nominee wants to open pristine Alaskan refuge to drilling.

Over the course of his career, former Alaska official Joe Balash has been strongly in favor of developing Alaska’s natural gas and oil resources and in favor of transferring public lands to Alaska control so the state could offer oil and gas leases.
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Unprecedented levels of nitrogen could pose risks to Earth’s environment

Source: Phys.org, 9/6/17. Human production of fixed nitrogen, used mostly to fertilize crops, now accounts for about half of the total fixed nitrogen added to the Earth both on land and in the oceans, according to a new study by researchers at North Carolina State University and Duke University.
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Wisconsin Works for Everyone: Thousands of Wisconsin Residents Gain Employment Through the FoodShare Employment and Training (FSET) Program

According to a new report issued by the Department of Health Services (DHS), the FoodShare Employment and Training program (FSET), which helps people remove the barriers that prevent them from gaining employment, continues to successfully assist thousands of participants in securing good jobs. As part of Governor Scott Walker’s Wisconsin Works for Everyone reform,...
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Waiting for the final startups to enter this years President’s Challenge

“Burning the midnight oil” So as part of my role for Pistoia Alliance I run the President’s Challenge. Tonight is … The post Waiting for the final startups to enter this years President’s Challenge appeared first on Pistoia Alliance.
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Elsevier donate prizes to our 2017 President’s Challenge

As the entries deadline draws near, we’re excited to say that Elsevier are kindly providing access to their complete R&D … The post Elsevier donate prizes to our 2017 President’s Challenge appeared first on Pistoia Alliance.
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Pistoia Alliance Conference – Meet the Sponsors

We are delighted to thank all our sponsors for their support. For more information on their services, please see below. … The post Pistoia Alliance Conference – Meet the Sponsors appeared first on Pistoia Alliance.
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NEW Fact Sheet—EMS Workers: How Employers Can Prevent Injuries and Exposures

NEW Fact Sheet—EMS Workers: How Employers Can Prevent Injuries and Exposures More than 22,000 EMS workers visited emergency departments each year for work-related injuries, according to a four-year study. This new NIOSH fact sheet, co-branded with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, provides EMS employers with recommendations for preventing injuries and exposures among workers.
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Free Webinars Will Promote Agriculture Safety Sept. 18-22

AgriSafe Network, a Susan Harwood Training Grant awardee, is sponsoring several free daily webinars in recognition of National Farm Safety and Health Week, Sept. 17-23. Topics include reducing heat illness; respiratory protection, strategies to reduce respiratory exposures, and illnesses; and ATV safety. Visit the AgriSafe Network website to register.
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Nicaragua To Sign Paris Deal, Leaving US, Syria Only Countries Opposed

“The Nicaraguan government is preparing to join the Paris climate agreement, making Syria the only country not to be a party to the deal and the United States the...
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“San Francisco, Oakland Sue Oil Giants Over Climate Change”

“San Francisco and Oakland sued five major oil companies in the state courts on Wednesday in the latest attempts to hold fossil fuel producers accountable for the effects of...
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Coal Ash: Duke Energy Faces Suit Over Emergency Action Plan Disclosure

“Environmental groups say they will sue Duke Energy for not telling the public what would happen if any of its dozens of coal ash dams fail.” Activism Chemicals Disasters...
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“Homeowners Join Lawsuit Against Arkema Chemical Plant That Burned

“Eleven additional plaintiffs and a new defendant have been added to a lawsuit against the company whose manufacturing plant experienced a series of chemical fires as a result of...
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Appeals Court Blocks San Francisco’S Ordinance For Soda Health Warnings

“A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday sided with the beverage industry, granting a preliminary injunction to block a San Francisco ordinance mandating health warnings for soda.” Environmental Health Food...
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“Air Pollution: Audit Slams Flagging EPA Bid To Curb Farm Emissions”

“More than a decade after agreeing to keep tabs on emissions from large-scale animal feedlots, U.S. EPA isn’t close to getting the job done, the agency’s inspector general said...
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CPSC Votes To Warn Public on Flame Retardants In Baby Products, Furniture

“The Consumer Product Safety Commission voted Wednesday to immediately warn the public about the dangers of chemicals known as organohalogens in baby and toddler products, mattresses, upholstered furniture and...
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If Your Private Well Has Been Flooded…

by Catherine Magliocchetti EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region is home to millions of residents who rely upon private wells for their drinking water supply. As local conditions and weather may present...
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California Sues Trump Over Environmental Waivers for Border Wall

“Opening a new front in its broad legal battle against policies of President Trump, California filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging that the administration has overstepped its powers in expediting...
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Maria Deals Heavy Blow To Puerto Rico’s Bankrupt Utility, Electric Grid

“Hurricane Maria has dealt a new blow to Puerto Rico’s bankrupt electric company — knocking out power for the entire island and imposing costly repair burdens on a utility...
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Guarding the EPA Chief Pulls Agents From Pursuing Environmental Crimes

“Scott Pruitt’s round-the-clock personal security detail, which demands triple the manpower of his predecessors at the Environmental Protection Agency, has prompted officials to rotate in special agents from around...
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Four new toads discovered in Sumatra

BOGOR, Indonesia — Scientists described four new toads from the hills of Sumatra, adding to the island’s already astounding biodiversity. The discoveries mark the first Sumatran additions to the Philautus genus...
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Doctors, public health workers, patient advocates — even insurers — oppose latest ACA repeal

Senate Republicans are again trying to ram through an Affordable Care Act replacement that threatens the health and well-being of millions of Americans. It’s shameful. But don’t take my...
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Historical nautical maps show coral loss more extensive than previously believed

A team of researchers based in Australia and the United States have used historical nautical maps to determine that coral reef loss in the Florida Keys is much more...
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“Lawsuit Aims To Block Oil Drilling on US Land In Nevada”

“Environmentalists have sued a U.S. agency to try to stop it from allowing oil and gas drilling on a vast stretch of federal land in Nevada, where the government...
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“Building a Better Coral Reef”

“As reefs die off, researchers want to breed the world’s hardiest corals in labs and return them to the sea to multiply. The effort raises scientific and ethical questions.”...
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Message To Auto Industry: 10 Top Companies Commit to Electric Vehicles

“A group of large corporations, including utilities and an international delivery company, launched a global campaign today to accelerate the shift to electric vehicles and away from gas- and...
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“Permits Invalidated For Big Washington State Methanol Plant”

“U.S. environmental groups opposed to the Pacific Northwest becoming an international fossil fuels gateway scored a major victory when a Washington state board invalidated two permits for a $2...
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“Internal Watchdog Says EPA Mismanaging Toxic Site Cleanups”

“Cleanups at some U.S. hazardous waste sites have stopped or slowed down because the Environmental Protection Agency does not manage its Superfund staff effectively to match its workload, an...
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CSB Says Arkema Generators Vulnerable; Photos Show Aftermath

“The U.S. Chemical Safety Board on Monday released stark photos of the scorched remains of containers at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, Tex., that burned in the aftermath...
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“French President: Paris Climate Deal ‘Will Not Be Renegotiated’”

“French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated Tuesday that the Paris climate agreement “will not be renegotiated,” despite calls to do so from the Trump administration.” Climate Change Environmental Politics International...
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“Chemical Industry Ally Faces Critics in Bid for Top E.P.A. Post”

“The scientist nominated to head the federal government’s chemical regulatory program has spent much of his career helping businesses fight restrictions on the use of potentially toxic compounds in...
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“Mexicans Dig Through Quake Rubble Overnight as Death Toll Passes 200”

“The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck Mexico on Tuesday jumped to 217, government officials said Wednesday, as searchers worked desperately to find survivors in the ruins...
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Thousands Shelter As Puerto Rico Gets Direct Hit From Hurricane Maria

“SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Thousands of Puerto Ricans heeded the calls of government officials and have taken refuge in shelters as the Caribbean island braces for Hurricane Maria’s...
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“Missing EPA Report Warned Of Flooding At Superfund Dumps”

“U.S. EPA officials determined in 2014 that ‘flooding and inundation from more intense’ storms could spur Superfund sites to spew contaminants.” Chemicals Disasters Pollution Water & Oceans National (U.S.)...
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“AP Exclusive: Evidence of Spills At Toxic Site During Floods”

“PASADENA, Texas — The U.S. government received reports of three spills at one of Houston’s dirtiest Superfund toxic waste sites in the days after the drenching rains from Hurricane...
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Category 5 Hurricane Maria Targeting the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

“Hurricane Maria, once again a Category 5 hurricane, has its sights set on a potentially catastrophic strike on the already storm-weary Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, following a first-on-record...
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CSB Releases Final Report into 2016 Refinery Fire that Seriously Injured Four Workers

CSB releases Safety Bulletin into 2016 fire at Exxon Baton Rouge Refinery
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One more GOP “healthcare” bill that would gut Medicaid and wreck individual insurance market

Republican Senators have proposed one more bill to repeal the ACA. The Graham-Cassidy (or Cassidy-Graham) proposal would dramatically shrink the pool of federal money going to healthcare and revise...
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More deregulation by Trump: Ditching mine safety requirements

The Trump Administration is proposing to scrap a requirement for mine operators to conduct safety checks before miners begin their work. Identifying hazards and fixing them is key to...
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CHIP provides health insurance to nearly 9 million kids. Its funding expires on Sept. 30.

Earlier this week, members of the Senate Finance Committee announced an agreement to extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The announcement had been anxiously awaited by families...
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Cal/OSHA’s disappearing funds – where’s the money?

Starting in July 2015, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) was authorized to hire several dozen more field compliance officers to protect the state’s 19 million...
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Invertebrate Investigators

by Jon Markovich In the previous Healthy Waters blog, my colleague Micka Peck wrote about the stream sampling we did for benthic macroinvertebrates. Pulling on a pair of waders...
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Stream Critters Reveal Much About Water Quality

by Micka Peck I was never a huge ‘bug person’ as a kid. It wasn’t that I bolted in terror at the sight of anything crawling my direction, but...
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“Sanofi Quietly Pulls The Plug On Its Zika Vaccine Project”

“Vaccine giant Sanofi Pasteur has quietly pulled the plug on its Zika vaccine project, a move that underscores how difficult it may be at this stage to develop a...
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“NC Sues Company Accused Of Polluting Cape Fear River”

“Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration is suing a manufacturer accused of dumping pollutants into the river that serves as the main source of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of...
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“EPA: Pruitt Declined To Prosecute Fraud Allegations as Okla. AG”

“When his investigators dug into corruption allegations at a Superfund site, Oklahoma State Auditor Gary Jones believed they’d found criminal wrongdoing. But Scott Pruitt, then Oklahoma’s attorney general, didn’t...
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“Hackers Gain Entry Into U.S., European Energy Sector, Symantec Warns”

“Advanced hackers have targeted United States and European energy companies in a cyber espionage campaign that has in some cases successfully broken into the core systems that control the...
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“Potent Mix of Record Heat and Dryness Fuels Wildfires Across the West”

“Wildfires burned across hundreds of thousands of acres in the American and Canadian West this week, fueled by scorching temperatures that are breaking heat and fire records across the...
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After Refinery Damaged by Harvey, Benzene Is Detected in Houston Area

“The city of Houston, the Environmental Protection Agency and an environmental advocacy group are investigating a potentially hazardous plume of a carcinogenic substance in one neighborhood after a nearby...
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“Oroville Dam Investigators Say Inspectors Missed Clues”

“There was no shortage of red flags at Oroville Dam. It was a matter of knowing where to look.” Disasters Technology Water & Oceans California Public Source: ,
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Enviros Gear Up To Defend Obama EPA’s Gas-Mileage Standards

“The tug of war over how much more fuel efficient new cars and trucks should be in coming years — a fight that once seemed all but settled —...
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EPA Now Requires Political Aide’s Sign-Off For Agency Awards, Grants

“The Environmental Protection Agency has taken the unusual step of putting a political operative in charge of vetting the hundreds of millions of dollars in grants the EPA distributes...
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“Hurricane Irma: Category 5 Storm Makes Landfall in the Caribbean”

“Hurricane Irma, packing winds of 185 m.p.h., made landfall in Barbuda, an island of about 2,000 people, around 2 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said.” Disasters...
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DNA barcoding helps identify endangered species from market specimens of sharks and rays

Markets around the world sell products made from the processed parts of wild animals and plants, which are sometimes illegal and mislabeled. A research team using DNA barcoding technology...
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A global view from a mountain town: how conservation became ingrained in Monteverde

Sitting in a cloud forest on top of the Cordillera de Tilarán, the mountaintop town of Monteverde, Costa Rica seems isolated. But, its view stretches far beyond its boundaries....
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New yearbook recaps worker safety highs and lows at the federal level

Kim Krisberg and I published yesterday—Labor Day 2017—the sixth edition of “The Year in U.S. Occupational Health & Safety.” It’s our effort to record the key events which advanced...
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India and Nepal team up to rescue flooded rhinos

The devastating monsoons hitting South Asia this year haven’t just affected the region’s human populations. At least 15 greater one-horned rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros unicornis) have been swept across the Indo-Nepal...
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Fishing mortality of mako sharks ten times higher than fisheries’ estimates

It’s no secret that widespread overfishing is driving many shark species to extinction. Many of these apex predators are ensnared incidentally as bycatch in longline fisheries targeting tuna or...
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Indigenous communities resist Chinese mining in Amazonian Ecuador

Indigenous community speakers during a ceremony at last weekend’s tribunal which accused the Ecuadorian government and a Chinese mining consortium of human rights and environmental abuses. Photo by Max Nathanson...
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