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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

The Dirt on Sewage Sludge
What's the downside to clean water? Dirty sludge. A nationwide survey of sewage treatment plants shows that the sludge they produce--the residue from cleaning up wastewater--contains a wide variety of toxic metals, pharmaceuticals, flame retardants, and other compounds, including some antibiotics in... Continued...

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

China inspects poultry after bird flu death
China's government has begun disinfecting poultry markets and inspecting farms in the capital and a nearby province after bird flu killed a woman in Beijing earlier this week, the country's first death from the illness in nearly a year. China's Agriculture Ministry said Tuesday that inspections o... Continued...

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Bird flu triggers alert in Nepali border areas with India
KATHMANDU, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Following the reported outbreak of Avian Influenza in bordering Indian state of West Bengal a few days ago, Nepali Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has directed local administrations in the areas bordering the Indian state to fully prohibit the import of birds, ... Continued...

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

EPA Finds Record PFOS, PFOA Levels in Alabama Grazing Fields
Because of very high levels of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), and other perfluorochemicals found in agricultural soils near Decatur, Ala., scientists with the U.S. EPA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are in... Continued...

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Massive Crackdown on the Use of Scores of Toxic Pesticides
Britain is to get its toughest crackdown on toxic substances in food and the environment, despite determined resistance to the safety measures from Gordon Brown. The pesticide regulations will provide better protection for bees, whose numbers have fallen alarmingly across Europe. Scores of pe... Continued...