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environmentalhealthnews.org » Environmental Health News - Jun 9, 2008
Natural carbon dioxide vents on the sea floor are showing scientists how carbon emissions will affect marine life.
Also tagged: international, biological, surface water, ocean, atmosphere, greenhouse gases, fossil fuel, ecosystem, shellfish, sea level rise, climate consequences, climate ocean acidification, climate top stories
environmentalhealthnews.org » Environmental Health News - Jun 9, 2008
Top economic powers have declared that the world is entering a new era of nuclear energy amid rising concerns over high oil prices and global warming, but Germany stood firmly as an exception.
Also tagged: climate change, nuclear, economics, oil, atmosphere, greenhouse gases, electricity, climate solutions, climate top stories
environmentalhealthnews.org » Environmental Health News - Jun 9, 2008
When Union Electric Co. pulled the plug on a second nuclear reactor in Callaway County in 1982, few could have guessed that a new generation of executives would be back 25 years later with plans for another plant.
Also tagged: climate change, law, activism, economics, domestic, atmosphere, environmental politics, greenhouse gases, electricity, fossil fuel, coal, power grid, climate solutions
environmentalhealthnews.org » Environmental Health News - Jun 9, 2008
The U.S. system for regulating commercial chemicals may be on the verge of a major shake-up.
Also tagged: international, law, activism, domestic, us contamination and people, endocrine disruption, legislative, regulatory, environmental politics, federal, reach, green chemistry, bisphenol, green chemistry drivers
environmentalhealthnews.org » Environmental Health News - Jun 9, 2008
A weak mix of pesticides in river water dampens a salmon's sense of smell, say researchers.
Also tagged: international, law, pesticides, fish, river, triazine
environmentalhealthnews.org » Environmental Health News - Jun 9, 2008
Across Europe, longstanding landfill sites are filling up quickly, and in Europe's small spaces there is little room for new ones. The problem has made it imperative for European nations to cut their waste.
Also tagged: international, law, mountain, economics, automobile trucks, metal, surface water, landfill, recycling, atmosphere, greenhouse gases, waste disposal landfill
environmentalhealthnews.org » Environmental Health News - Jun 9, 2008
A pest control operator has been found to be spraying an extremely harmful pesticide at a primary school in Groblersdal, in Limpopo, despite a local agreement to be careful about using dangerous chemicals.
Also tagged: cancer, international, law, activism, pesticides, children s health, circulatory system disorder, organophosphate, cleansing products, accidental exposure, edcs, endocrine disruption, allergy hypersensitivity, disinfectants, pesticide use, chlorines
environmentalhealthnews.org » Environmental Health News - Jun 9, 2008
The federal government's Superfund cleanup of the Duwamish River sets the stage for a new wave of development of the long-polluted Duwamish Valley.
Also tagged: activism, economics, domestic, us contamination and people, metal, fish, river, pcbs, phthalate
environmentalhealthnews.org » Environmental Health News - Jun 9, 2008
Under seige from zebra mussels, habitat loss and pollution, this species is 'the most endangered animal group in North America'.
Also tagged: international, lake, pesticides, soil sediment, birds, fish, river, ocean, drugs and medical products, ecosystem, pharmaceutical, mammals, reptiles, pcbs, arthropods, organotin, shellfish, invertebrate, mollusks
environmentalhealthnews.org » Environmental Health News - Jun 9, 2008
A court is expected to rule this week on whether a central Pennsylvania township has the right to prohibit the use of human sewage as fertilizer on agricultural land, a practice that some critics believe can be harmful …
Also tagged: law, death, domestic, us contamination and people, surface water, landfill, state local, prosecution, food additives, sewage systems, pathogens, sewage sludge