Tap Water Served On Airlines To Be Tested For Safety From Now On

Tap water served during flights in the US will now have to be tested in accordance with the request issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The water will have to be tested for germs and disinfected before being offered to passengers. The cost of the new water...

Toxins In Tap Water Harm Many Americans: Study

A survey conducted by the New York Times has revealed that tap water in the United States may be extremely bad for your health. The paper found that tap water is causing rashes and skin burns in many Americans, as...

Libby Montana to get $130 million asbestos cleanup grant

The town of Libby Montana is getting a $130 million asbestos cleanup grant from the U.S Government after over 200 people have died from asbestos contamination in this area of northwestern Montana. The Environmental...

API Slams EPA’s Proposed Endangerment Finding

Jack Gerard, president of the American Petroleum Institute, issued the following statement today, slamming the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed endangerment finding for greenhouse gases: "“The...

Inhofe Slams EPA Over Proposed Endangerment Finding

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said today that the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed endangerment finding will unleash a torrent of regulations that will destroy jobs, harm consumers, and extend the agency's...

Bedbug summit held in Washington to tackle infestation

A bedbug summit is being held in Washington to help deal with the nightmare of bedbug infestation that is sweeping the country. These tiny insects have infested college dorms, homeless shelters and even upscale...

National cell phone recycling week starts Monday

UPDATE 1: "Dubai: People typically have five mobile phones cluttering up drawers waiting to be resold or just left to collect dust, but now Nokia has extended its recycling scheme to the UAE to give old phones a...

Where Gadgets Go to Die: Facility Strips, Rips and Recycles

" Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency came under fire for allowing U.S. tech companies to export millions of pounds of hazardous, used electronics to Asian countries where they are recycling with a lot less environmental oversight. Negative press, new e-waste...

Smog Exposure Linked to Early Death

A large study has demonstrated for the first time that long-term exposure to smog significantly increases the risk of dying from lung disease. The risk of dying from respiratory disease is more than three times...

EPA: 37 States Have Inadequate Clear Air Act Plans

The year 2064 seems awfully far away, but this is the target date of a national program intended to restore parks and wilderness areas to their once natural splendor. "In a Federal Register notice Friday, EPA said...

Tennessee Spill: EPA Finds High Levels of Arsenic, Heavy Metals

A week after a nasty sludge spill in Kingston, Tennessee, there are still numerous safety concerns surrounding the incident. There was enough sludge from the coal ash spill to fill 1,660 Olympic-size swimming pools...

EPA Wants to Turn Cows Into Goats — Scapegoats

It appears the folks at the Environmental Protection Agency want to turn cows into goats — or, more accurately, scapegoats — by charging fees to people who raise air-polluting animals.According to an...

Keep Rocket Fuel out of US Drinking Water

Get info and take action to keep Perchlorate, or rocket fuel, out of your drinking water. Already found in drinking water in DC and 35 states, Perchlorate has been linked to health risks and more data is being suppressed. Now, the lame-duck Bush Administration is trying to...

Ireland to miss key environmental targets

Ireland is on track for missing key targets for tackling waste, carbon dioxide emissions and water quality, unless drastic action is taken now.The Environmental Protection Agency said that even the best action...

Environmental anomalies at the World Trade Center: evidence for energetic mat...

"Abstract  Investigators monitoring air quality at the World Trade Center, after the September 11th attacks, found extremely high levels of volatile organic chemicals as well as unusual species...

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