Newsletters of February 2012
Week of February 27th, 2012
Anglers flock to contaminated Texas reservoir
Associated Press
Signs bearing a skull and crossbones dot the banks of a reservoir and canal near this town on the U.S.-Mexico border, but the fishermen standing in the reeds nearby ignore them, casually reeling in fish that are contaminated with toxic chemicals and banned for human consumption.
High levels of arsenic found in rice
Morning Edition
Researchers at Dartmouth College recently found high levels of arsenic in rice. Particularly high amounts were found in brown rice syrup — a sugar substitute used in foods aimed at young children.
Tests found high levels of mercury
Christchurch Press, New Zealand
OceanaGold employees exposed to mercury vapour at the Macraes gold mine in North Otago had elevated levels of mercury in their bodies, according to a Labour Department report.
China lead pollution poisons 160 children: Report
Reuters
Lead emission from factories and the natural environment in China's manufacturing heart of Guangdong has poisoned 160 children, Xinhua said on Sunday in the country's latest case of unfettered industrial toxins.
China still targeting heavy-metal polluters
China Daily
China's environmental watchdog will continue to crack down on heavy-metal pollution amid a renewed wave of lead poisoning cases in recent months, according to Wu Xiaoqing, deputy minister of environmental protection.
Residents in plea for better water source
Shanghai Daily, China
While many parts of Shanghai now receive tap water from the Qingcaosha Reservoir at the mouth of the Yangtze River, residents in Jinshan District rely on the local Huangpu River. They say that faces contamination threats and is unreliable.
China still targeting heavy-metal polluters
China Daily, China
China's environmental watchdog will continue to crack down on heavy-metal pollution amid a renewed wave of lead poisoning cases in recent months, according to Wu Xiaoqing, deputy minister of environmental protection.
'Green' products leave cancer-causing cleaners in the dust
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin
When Chris Binder's 3-year-old son, Everett, wants to help his dad with housecleaning duties, Binder fills up a spray bottle with water, some vinegar and a few other natural ingredients and lets the little guy go to town.
Corps continues cleanup at contaminated Shpack industrial site in Norton.
Taunton Gazette, Massachusetts
The Army Corps of Engineers have finished their job excavating the former Shpack landfill to remove waste that polluted the soil there, but there is still some work to be done to remove chemical contamination from the site, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Scientists launch probe on spread of toxic mercury in Arctic Ocean
Anchorage Alaska Dispatch, Alaska
A phenomenon Arctic explorers long relied on for drinking water on the frozen ocean is linked to the latest bad news – as well as a silver lining – accompanying climate change.
Week of February 20th
Unsafe levels of lead still found in California youths
Los Angeles Times
Despite enormous strides over the last 20 years in protecting children from lead, health workers still find unsafe levels in thousands of youngsters every year. At the same time, programs to combat lead poisoning are being slashed.
Judge orders Florida water pollution limits
Fort Myers News-Press, Florida
U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle's ruling in Tallahassee on Saturday ended years of delays in setting and enforcing specific limits on sewage, manure and fertilizer contamination in Florida waters. The rules must take effect March 6, Hinkle ruled.
ExxonMobil fined 'record' £2.8m over carbon dioxide emissions
BBC News
Energy giant ExxonMobil was fined £2.8m for failing to report carbon dioxide emissions from its Mosmorran chemical plant in Fife, it has emerged. The fine, believed to be the biggest ever in the UK, dates to 2010 but the details have only just been published.
Scientists find arsenic in baby formula sweetener
Epoch Times
Scientists are warning parents to avoid some infant formulas that may contain high levels of arsenic, an extremely poisonous metallic element that has been shown to cause cancer.
Health fears allayed over arsenic in rice
Hong Kong Standard
Half of food samples tested contain inorganic arsenic - but not in amounts sufficient to pose serious threats to health, according to the Centre for Food Safety.
Arsenic in rice syrup raises concern at Lundberg Family Farms
Chico Enterprise Record, California
Recent articles about a study of arsenic in rice syrup created a buzz at Lundberg Family Farms. One of the largest producers of organic rice products, the family-run company knows its customer base is informed and concerned about healthful eating.
New FDA rules to reduce mercury in fish
Cleveland Fox 8 News, Ohio
The federal standards to regulate toxic air and water emissions from coal-fired power plants will stop 90 percent of mercury and 80 percent of acid base emissions, leading to better-quality fish, according to Susan Hedman, regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Company admits to cyanide spill
Durban Mercury, South Africa
A Newcastle company says it will compensate the owners of cattle which died of cyanide poisoning following pollution of the town’s Ngagane River last week.
Seeing China’s pollution from space
Chinadialogue
The Great Wall may not, after all, be visible from space – but Chinese air pollution is. US scientists have used satellite data to assess a decade’s worth of PM 2.5 levels.
Apple plans environmental audits of China suppliers
USA Today
Apple has told prominent environmental activists in the US and China that it will soon allow independent environmental reviews of at least two suppliers' factories in China, the activists said.
The tale of Toronto's tainted soil
Globe and Mail, Ontario
Record construction activity in downtown Toronto has produced massive amounts of surplus excavated soil, some of it contaminated, that must be dumped somewhere.
EPA seeks feedback on $204M plan to clean polluted American Cyanamid Superfund site
New Brunswick Home News Tribune, New Jersey
The federal Environmental Protection Agency is backing a $204.1 million clean-up plan for the polluted American Cyanamid site along the Raritan River. The site’s owner, Pfizer, last year announced its own remediation proposal it estimated would cost $205 million.
Pallone calls for regulation of lead, arsenic in fruit juices
Asbury Park Press, New Jersey
Rep. Frank J. Pallone Jr. was at Acelero Learning Early Childhood Center Wednesday to call for the passage of legislation to protect children from arsenic and lead in fruit juice.
Anglers flock to contaminated Texas reservoir
Associated Press
Signs bearing a skull and crossbones dot the banks of a reservoir and canal near this town on the U.S.-Mexico border, but the fishermen standing in the reeds nearby ignore them, casually reeling in fish that are contaminated with toxic chemicals and banned for human consumption.
High levels of arsenic found in rice
Morning Edition
Researchers at Dartmouth College recently found high levels of arsenic in rice. Particularly high amounts were found in brown rice syrup — a sugar substitute used in foods aimed at young children.
Tests found high levels of mercury
Christchurch Press, New Zealand
OceanaGold employees exposed to mercury vapour at the Macraes gold mine in North Otago had elevated levels of mercury in their bodies, according to a Labour Department report.
China lead pollution poisons 160 children: Report
Reuters
Lead emission from factories and the natural environment in China's manufacturing heart of Guangdong has poisoned 160 children, Xinhua said on Sunday in the country's latest case of unfettered industrial toxins.
China still targeting heavy-metal polluters
China Daily
China's environmental watchdog will continue to crack down on heavy-metal pollution amid a renewed wave of lead poisoning cases in recent months, according to Wu Xiaoqing, deputy minister of environmental protection.
Residents in plea for better water source
Shanghai Daily, China
While many parts of Shanghai now receive tap water from the Qingcaosha Reservoir at the mouth of the Yangtze River, residents in Jinshan District rely on the local Huangpu River. They say that faces contamination threats and is unreliable.
China still targeting heavy-metal polluters
China Daily, China
China's environmental watchdog will continue to crack down on heavy-metal pollution amid a renewed wave of lead poisoning cases in recent months, according to Wu Xiaoqing, deputy minister of environmental protection.
'Green' products leave cancer-causing cleaners in the dust
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin
When Chris Binder's 3-year-old son, Everett, wants to help his dad with housecleaning duties, Binder fills up a spray bottle with water, some vinegar and a few other natural ingredients and lets the little guy go to town.
Corps continues cleanup at contaminated Shpack industrial site in Norton.
Taunton Gazette, Massachusetts
The Army Corps of Engineers have finished their job excavating the former Shpack landfill to remove waste that polluted the soil there, but there is still some work to be done to remove chemical contamination from the site, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Scientists launch probe on spread of toxic mercury in Arctic Ocean
Anchorage Alaska Dispatch, Alaska
A phenomenon Arctic explorers long relied on for drinking water on the frozen ocean is linked to the latest bad news – as well as a silver lining – accompanying climate change.
Week of February 20th
Unsafe levels of lead still found in California youths
Los Angeles Times
Despite enormous strides over the last 20 years in protecting children from lead, health workers still find unsafe levels in thousands of youngsters every year. At the same time, programs to combat lead poisoning are being slashed.
Judge orders Florida water pollution limits
Fort Myers News-Press, Florida
U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle's ruling in Tallahassee on Saturday ended years of delays in setting and enforcing specific limits on sewage, manure and fertilizer contamination in Florida waters. The rules must take effect March 6, Hinkle ruled.
ExxonMobil fined 'record' £2.8m over carbon dioxide emissions
BBC News
Energy giant ExxonMobil was fined £2.8m for failing to report carbon dioxide emissions from its Mosmorran chemical plant in Fife, it has emerged. The fine, believed to be the biggest ever in the UK, dates to 2010 but the details have only just been published.
Scientists find arsenic in baby formula sweetener
Epoch Times
Scientists are warning parents to avoid some infant formulas that may contain high levels of arsenic, an extremely poisonous metallic element that has been shown to cause cancer.
Health fears allayed over arsenic in rice
Hong Kong Standard
Half of food samples tested contain inorganic arsenic - but not in amounts sufficient to pose serious threats to health, according to the Centre for Food Safety.
Arsenic in rice syrup raises concern at Lundberg Family Farms
Chico Enterprise Record, California
Recent articles about a study of arsenic in rice syrup created a buzz at Lundberg Family Farms. One of the largest producers of organic rice products, the family-run company knows its customer base is informed and concerned about healthful eating.
New FDA rules to reduce mercury in fish
Cleveland Fox 8 News, Ohio
The federal standards to regulate toxic air and water emissions from coal-fired power plants will stop 90 percent of mercury and 80 percent of acid base emissions, leading to better-quality fish, according to Susan Hedman, regional administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Company admits to cyanide spill
Durban Mercury, South Africa
A Newcastle company says it will compensate the owners of cattle which died of cyanide poisoning following pollution of the town’s Ngagane River last week.
Seeing China’s pollution from space
Chinadialogue
The Great Wall may not, after all, be visible from space – but Chinese air pollution is. US scientists have used satellite data to assess a decade’s worth of PM 2.5 levels.
Apple plans environmental audits of China suppliers
USA Today
Apple has told prominent environmental activists in the US and China that it will soon allow independent environmental reviews of at least two suppliers' factories in China, the activists said.
The tale of Toronto's tainted soil
Globe and Mail, Ontario
Record construction activity in downtown Toronto has produced massive amounts of surplus excavated soil, some of it contaminated, that must be dumped somewhere.
EPA seeks feedback on $204M plan to clean polluted American Cyanamid Superfund site
New Brunswick Home News Tribune, New Jersey
The federal Environmental Protection Agency is backing a $204.1 million clean-up plan for the polluted American Cyanamid site along the Raritan River. The site’s owner, Pfizer, last year announced its own remediation proposal it estimated would cost $205 million.
Pallone calls for regulation of lead, arsenic in fruit juices
Asbury Park Press, New Jersey
Rep. Frank J. Pallone Jr. was at Acelero Learning Early Childhood Center Wednesday to call for the passage of legislation to protect children from arsenic and lead in fruit juice.
Week of February 13th
Coming clean: Water companies call industry to account.
100Reporters
Now in its eighth year of litigation, a lawsuit playing out in small, rural Madison County Circuit Court in Southern Illinois could set a costly, possibly game-changing, precedent for chemical manufacturers: agrichemical giants whose products spread beyond their initial targets could be responsible for the price of cleanup.
China’s pollution costs $112bn in annual health care
USA Today
China's unprecedented growth is carrying a steadily steeper price tag as its air pollution hikes the nation's health care costs, finds a new study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Lasting scars on China's Longjiang River
Beijing Caixin
A toxic cadmium spill that threatened drinking water supplies for millions of people has local government offering words of regret – but not much else.
EPA proposal cuts water infrastructure funds, increases air, water pollution grants.
Bloomberg BNA
President Obama proposed a fiscal year 2013 budget containing $8.3 billion in discretionary funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, a $105 million decrease from fiscal 2012 achieved through cuts to state wastewater treatment and drinking water funds.
Pollution concerns over refinery expansion plans
Hindu, India
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd-Kochi Refinery and Kerala State Pollution Control Board faced ire at a public hearing Tuesday on environmental clearance for the refinery expansion project.
Obama seeks clean energy, pipeline funds in budget.
Reuters
The White House proposed more funds for renewable energy and pipeline safety in the 2013 budget while renewing the call to end subsidies for the oil and gas sector.
Caution: Poisonous vegetables for sale on Yamuna bridge
Deccan Herald, India
People stopping by on the Nizamuddin bridge to purchase seemingly fresh vegetables on their return from work is a common sight in east Delhi. Little do they realise that these vegetables are full of poisonous heavy metals, which have a long adverse health impact, particularly on children and the elderly.
EPA says cleanup complete at West Winfield Superfund site
Utica WKTV
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has completed the cleanup site of the Hiteman Leather Superfund site, a former tannery in West Winfield and deleted it from the Superfund National priorities List of the county's most hazardous waste sites.
Technology utilized in contamination search
Fremont News-Messenger, Ohio
Soil, water and gas samples will be collected from 14 sites within a seven-mile radius of the city of Clyde over the next few weeks in an U.S. EPA investigation into possible contamination.
Warning signs go up after arsenic found at Burien park
Seattle KOMO
Department of Ecology officials are blaming a long-closed Tacoma smelter for raining down arsenic throughout the south sound, and that has some parents worried.
UNEP and the global green economy
Euractiv, Belgium
Forty years ago, amid rising concern over pollution of the air, the land and the seas; the growing loss of species; and the dying of forests as a result of acid rain, governments agreed to create a UN body charged with coordinating a global response.
Coming clean: Water companies call industry to account.
100Reporters
Now in its eighth year of litigation, a lawsuit playing out in small, rural Madison County Circuit Court in Southern Illinois could set a costly, possibly game-changing, precedent for chemical manufacturers: agrichemical giants whose products spread beyond their initial targets could be responsible for the price of cleanup.
China’s pollution costs $112bn in annual health care
USA Today
China's unprecedented growth is carrying a steadily steeper price tag as its air pollution hikes the nation's health care costs, finds a new study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Lasting scars on China's Longjiang River
Beijing Caixin
A toxic cadmium spill that threatened drinking water supplies for millions of people has local government offering words of regret – but not much else.
EPA proposal cuts water infrastructure funds, increases air, water pollution grants.
Bloomberg BNA
President Obama proposed a fiscal year 2013 budget containing $8.3 billion in discretionary funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, a $105 million decrease from fiscal 2012 achieved through cuts to state wastewater treatment and drinking water funds.
Pollution concerns over refinery expansion plans
Hindu, India
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd-Kochi Refinery and Kerala State Pollution Control Board faced ire at a public hearing Tuesday on environmental clearance for the refinery expansion project.
Obama seeks clean energy, pipeline funds in budget.
Reuters
The White House proposed more funds for renewable energy and pipeline safety in the 2013 budget while renewing the call to end subsidies for the oil and gas sector.
Caution: Poisonous vegetables for sale on Yamuna bridge
Deccan Herald, India
People stopping by on the Nizamuddin bridge to purchase seemingly fresh vegetables on their return from work is a common sight in east Delhi. Little do they realise that these vegetables are full of poisonous heavy metals, which have a long adverse health impact, particularly on children and the elderly.
EPA says cleanup complete at West Winfield Superfund site
Utica WKTV
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has completed the cleanup site of the Hiteman Leather Superfund site, a former tannery in West Winfield and deleted it from the Superfund National priorities List of the county's most hazardous waste sites.
Technology utilized in contamination search
Fremont News-Messenger, Ohio
Soil, water and gas samples will be collected from 14 sites within a seven-mile radius of the city of Clyde over the next few weeks in an U.S. EPA investigation into possible contamination.
Warning signs go up after arsenic found at Burien park
Seattle KOMO
Department of Ecology officials are blaming a long-closed Tacoma smelter for raining down arsenic throughout the south sound, and that has some parents worried.
UNEP and the global green economy
Euractiv, Belgium
Forty years ago, amid rising concern over pollution of the air, the land and the seas; the growing loss of species; and the dying of forests as a result of acid rain, governments agreed to create a UN body charged with coordinating a global response.
Week of February 6th
The US Environmental Remediation Services Industry to Reach US$8.29bn in 2015 ...
DigitalJournal.com
The environmental remediation market has emerged as a critical global issue and any efforts to clean up the contaminated sites remain inadequate.
PG & E agrees to $3.6 million settlement; half goes to Hinkley...
San Bernardino Sun
By Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer HINKLEY - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has agreed to pay a $3.6 million fine for violating a regulatory agency's order to contain a plume of chromium 6 contaminated water to the boundaries known in 2008, ...
A new phase in demilitarization
Today's Zaman
The demilitarization that started by abolishing the “unofficial government” function of the National Security Council (MGK) -- a first step in terms of demilitarization taken within the scope of European Union reforms -- has today reached to over 58 ...
Obama administration slows environmental rules as it weighs political cost
The Washington Post
After pushing through some of the most sweeping and contentious environmental measures in years, the Obama administration has slowed action on several policies as it calculates what it should undertake before the end of the term.
Rules aimed at curbing emissions from cars and light trucks are on hold because the White House has yet to give the Office of Management and Budget the go-ahead to review them. And a proposal to regulate soot, ready last fall, will not be issued before June.
Army Corps: Over 1000 cubic yards of contaminated soil removed so far
Saipan Tribune
By Haidee V. Eugenio The US Army Corps of Engineers-Honolulu District has confirmed that over 1000 cubic yards of contaminated soil have so far been removed from I-Denni/Edoni on Capital Hill. This exceeds the original estimate of only up to 600 cubic ...
Council knew about toxic soil years before going public
The contamination at the Moanataiari subdivision which has 200 houses was only revealed publicly in August last year.
The Mayor of Thames-Coromandel says he was appalled to learn that the regional council knew as early as 2006 that soil in a subdivision was contaminated with arsenic.
Environmental Remediation Complete At Site Of Red Sludge Disaster In Hungary
XpatLoop.com
Speaking in Devecser, the Ministerial Commissioner of the Ministry of Rural Development also stated that contractors have completed the environmental remediation of the areas flooded by the red sludge. At the end of last year, Mecsekérc Plc. announced ...
UXB Balkans Helps Demilitarize Bosnia and Herzegovina
Defenseworld.net
... demilitarization services to Bosnia and Herzegovina to mitigate the hazard and associated risks with the storage and movement of unsafe ammunition
Environmental officials call public meeting on downtown water cleanup plan
Kansas.com
“This is the first step, as far as KDHE is concerned, toward getting the area cleaned up and the groundwater restored,” said Chris Carey with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Environmental Remediation.
EPA beach pollution proposal not strong enough, environmentalists say
The American Independent
An EPA proposal to address pollution at U.S. beaches is designed to protect swimmers from illnesses brought on by pathogens in recreational waters, but the Natural Resources Defense Council argues that the proposal isn’t stringent enough, and will allow one in 28 beach-goers to get sick.
The US Environmental Remediation Services Industry to Reach US$8.29bn in 2015 ...
DigitalJournal.com
The environmental remediation market has emerged as a critical global issue and any efforts to clean up the contaminated sites remain inadequate.
PG & E agrees to $3.6 million settlement; half goes to Hinkley...
San Bernardino Sun
By Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer HINKLEY - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has agreed to pay a $3.6 million fine for violating a regulatory agency's order to contain a plume of chromium 6 contaminated water to the boundaries known in 2008, ...
A new phase in demilitarization
Today's Zaman
The demilitarization that started by abolishing the “unofficial government” function of the National Security Council (MGK) -- a first step in terms of demilitarization taken within the scope of European Union reforms -- has today reached to over 58 ...
Obama administration slows environmental rules as it weighs political cost
The Washington Post
After pushing through some of the most sweeping and contentious environmental measures in years, the Obama administration has slowed action on several policies as it calculates what it should undertake before the end of the term.
Rules aimed at curbing emissions from cars and light trucks are on hold because the White House has yet to give the Office of Management and Budget the go-ahead to review them. And a proposal to regulate soot, ready last fall, will not be issued before June.
Army Corps: Over 1000 cubic yards of contaminated soil removed so far
Saipan Tribune
By Haidee V. Eugenio The US Army Corps of Engineers-Honolulu District has confirmed that over 1000 cubic yards of contaminated soil have so far been removed from I-Denni/Edoni on Capital Hill. This exceeds the original estimate of only up to 600 cubic ...
Council knew about toxic soil years before going public
The contamination at the Moanataiari subdivision which has 200 houses was only revealed publicly in August last year.
The Mayor of Thames-Coromandel says he was appalled to learn that the regional council knew as early as 2006 that soil in a subdivision was contaminated with arsenic.
Environmental Remediation Complete At Site Of Red Sludge Disaster In Hungary
XpatLoop.com
Speaking in Devecser, the Ministerial Commissioner of the Ministry of Rural Development also stated that contractors have completed the environmental remediation of the areas flooded by the red sludge. At the end of last year, Mecsekérc Plc. announced ...
UXB Balkans Helps Demilitarize Bosnia and Herzegovina
Defenseworld.net
... demilitarization services to Bosnia and Herzegovina to mitigate the hazard and associated risks with the storage and movement of unsafe ammunition
Environmental officials call public meeting on downtown water cleanup plan
Kansas.com
“This is the first step, as far as KDHE is concerned, toward getting the area cleaned up and the groundwater restored,” said Chris Carey with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Environmental Remediation.
EPA beach pollution proposal not strong enough, environmentalists say
The American Independent
An EPA proposal to address pollution at U.S. beaches is designed to protect swimmers from illnesses brought on by pathogens in recreational waters, but the Natural Resources Defense Council argues that the proposal isn’t stringent enough, and will allow one in 28 beach-goers to get sick.
Week of February 1st
Toxic Spill in South China Halted Before Tainting City Water
BusinessWeek
30 (Bloomberg) -- Officials in southern China said they've contained a toxic metal spill that threatened water for 1.5 million people and contaminated a tributary of the Pearl River, which supplies Hong Kong and Macau. Crews in the city of Liuzhou used ...
Man-made and visible from space
The Economist
“PM2.5” seems an odd and wonky term for the blogosphere to take up, but that is precisely what has happened in China in recent weeks. It refers to the smallest solid particles in the atmosphere—those less than 2.5 microns across…
Heavy Metal: US Military Primary Metal Purchases
Defense Industry Daily
Militaries order a lot of metal equipment, but they also order significant quantities of raw metal or basic metal forms directly for use in repair depots, machining shops, et. al. This DID article will cover these orders from FY 2007 to the present, offering a bit of visibility to purchases of steel….
Mercury limits may benefit wildlife, too
MiamiHerald.com
By SANDY BAUERS New rules limiting the amount of mercury emitted from coal-fired power plants are expected to have a significant impact on human health. In a report released Jan. 24, researchers say those rules also could benefit wildlife - from bats ...
Chicago water sampling shows high levels of lead
Chicago Tribune
In a new round of water testing by the Environmental Protection Agency, half of the 29 Chicago homes visited yielded at least one sample containing more than 15 parts per billion of lead, a level that can trigger regulatory action if detected during ...
UXB Balkans Helps Demilitarize Bosnia and Herzegovina
Defenseworld.net
Under a small arms control project, the UXB Balkans has delivered demilitarization services to Bosnia and Herzegovina to mitigate the hazard and associated ...
Public hearing on an environmental cleanup to be held Tuesday in Montville
TheDay.com
Environmental remediation is scheduled to start on April 30 and will run through June 30. The site has several environmental concerns because it was previously used for chemical storage, which included the use of underground tanks.
Could toxic chemical be source of tics in NY town?
CNN (blog)
... to the Le Roy Junior/Senior High School, in Le Roy, New York, this week to collect water and soil samples. The school is more than three miles from the train wreck site, but some worry that the school was built in 2006 with contaminated supplies.
Study: High Mercury Levels In North Shore Babies
CBS Local
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Minnesota researchers conducted the first ever study of its kind, looking at mercury exposure levels in newborn babies. The Minnesota Department of Health set out to see how much mercury newborns have in their blood,...
Water contamination update in West Lebanon Twp.
FOX43.com
Soil vapor sampling was conducted in order to screen the surrounding area for contamination associated with soil or ground water contamination. During December 2011, soil vapor sampling results were analyzed in the vicinity of Well #2 in areas showing ...
