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S. Phila. refinery creates toxic air as well as jobs
2015-04-13 14:05:01| Energy - Topix.net
NICOLE JONIEC'S biggest regret, five years after moving into a century-old rowhouse in South Philadelphia with her husband and their two cats, is that she didn't zoom out a little more when she had checked out her new address on Google Maps. Joniec, 37, who works at the Free Library, said she now feels "silly" that she didn't realize how close they would live to the ancient, sprawling refinery on the banks of the Schuylkill, then owned by Sunoco and which today - with a new owner, Philadelphia Energy Solutions - is booming with crude oil fracked in North Dakota.
Toxic Weed Killer Glyphosate (Monsanto's Roundup) Found in Breast Milk, Infant Formula
2015-04-11 18:57:37| Chemicals - Topix.net
The widely-used herbicide glyphosate, now classified as probably carcinogenic to humans by the World Health Organization, has been found in a number of items, including honey, breast milk and infant formula, according to media reports . "When chemical agriculture blankets millions of acres of genetically engineered corn and soybean fields with hundreds of millions of pounds of glyphosate , it's not a surprise babies are now consuming Monsanto's signature chemical with breast milk and infant formula," said Ken Cook, president and co-founder of EWG.
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Thai Enviros Pay for Activism on Toxic Dumping, Coal Plants with Their Lives
2015-04-06 14:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Environmental activist Jintana Kaewkao confronts a member of the Forestry Department in Bangkok, Thailand, about the suspicious way forest land near her village was acquired by the owners of a steel plant. Jintana Kaewkao, a 53-year-old activist, shop-owner and mother of three, arrived at the district government office on March 12 ready for a fight. With local tensions rising over the planned construction of a steel manufacturing plant amid the wetlands and coconut trees of this seaside community...
Toxic time bomb ticking in metal hips
2015-04-04 16:30:28| Biotech - Topix.net
Hundreds of Australians with metal hip replacements fear their bodies have been poisoned by cobalt and chromium leaching from the implants. While the national Therapeutic Goods Administration maintains there is "insufficient evidence" of a definite link, many patients have reported matching symptoms -- nausea, vertigo, headaches, heart problems and more.
Deep Panuke resumes production after excess toxic gas burned off
2015-03-31 20:30:23| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Excess hydrogen sulphide in the natural gas produced by Deep Panuke was burned off at the end of the pipeline that runs from the project platform, pictured here, to Goldboro. The Deep Panuke field has resumed production after temporarily being shut down because its natural gas contained too much of a toxic, flammable gas.
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