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Toxic Algae Bloom Leaves 500,000 W/out Drinking Water in Ohio
2014-08-03 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The City of Toledo has issued a Do Not Drink advisory for residents served by Toledo Water after chemical tests confirmed the presence of unsafe levels of the algal toxin Microcystin in the drinking water plants finished water. The advisory, spanning three counties in Ohio and one in Michigan, leaves more than 400,000 people in the Toledo area without drinking water. Do not drink the water, Melanie Amato, public information officer for the Ohio Department of Health, told Circle of Blue....
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Frackings untold health threat: How toxic contamination destroying lives
2014-08-02 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: If we`re going to talk about fracking, we can`t just talk about energy independence, or the economy, or the potential for natural gas to act as a "bridge fuel" to help solve the global warming crisis. We also need to talk about the effect that hydraulic fracturing is having on the communities where it`s taking place, and to ask whether that cost - to people`s health and property - is too high. The main barrier to that conversation, of course, is that it`s one the industry definitely doesn`t want...
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Slimy toxic algae will hit Lake Erie again this summer
2014-07-11 15:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: This is the third year the agency has forecast the amount of toxic slime that would choke Lake Erie during the late summer. The forecast is based on models of fertilizer runoff and satellite tracking of precipitation and snowmelt. The noxious blooms occur when fertilizer runoff feeds the runaway growth of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae. The algae are harmful to marine life and to humans. Decaying cyanobacteria suck up oxygen, creating dead zones. Some kinds of algae also emit toxins that damage...
New Data Says Huge West Virginia Chemical Spill May Have Been More Toxic Than Reported
2014-07-10 21:03:55| Chemicals - Topix.net
The mysterious chemical that tainted drinking water for 300,000 West Virginians this past January may have been more toxic than what was previously reported, according to new federally funded research released this afternoon.
Tyson Foods dumps more than 18 million pounds of toxic chemicals into America's waterways each year
2014-06-29 20:23:03| Food - Topix.net
Our most precious natural resource, clean water, is threatened by the continued environmental release of toxic chemicals from heavy industry, which includes the factory food industry.
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