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To wash hands of palm oil Unilever embraces algae.
As food and consumer-goods companies face problems obtaining the key ingredient palm oil without damaging the environment, Unilever is betting on a company that harvests algal oil, a liquid that can replace palm oil in foods, soaps and lotions and serve as biodiesel fuel to power airplanes. Wall Street Journal. 9 September 2010.
Buoyed by growing market, more farmers go organic.
With more Indian consumers turning to organic food as part of their quest for a healthier lifestyle, many of the country’s farmers are shifting to methods that are kinder not only to the environment but also to their own bodies. Inter Press Service. 9 September 2010.
Alabama steps up inspections to assure consumers Gulf seafood safe.
Alabama State Health Officer Donald Williamson said Gulf Coast states need to make a concerted effort to use their increased testing of seafood because of the oil spill to convince other states and the consumers in them that their seafood has never been safer. Montgomery Advertiser, Alabama. 9 September 2010.
Energy companies aim to better air along anticline.
Wyoming's Pinedale Anticline, one of the top-five natural gas fields in the U.S., has been a place of much debate on environmental issues. Gas companies in the area have been making strides to improve air quality, the rate of water consumption and wildlife conservation on the mesa. Associated Press. 9 September 2010.
Yakima Valley wells still contaminated with nitrates.
A colorless, odorless poison is seeping into the water and sickening families in eastern Washington's Yakima Valley. The federal government has launched an investigation to find the source of this contamination. Oregon Public Broadcasting, Oregon. 8 September 2010.
Once-lowly charcoal emerges as 'major tool' for curbing carbon.
Charcoal is taking root on the farm. Scientists are probing the limits of how high-grade charcoal, dubbed biochar, can be formed from plant and animal waste to squirrel away the atmosphere's carbon for centuries, or even millennia. Greenwire. 8 September 2010.
A lot of hot air.
In one end goes wood chips, garbage, tar-soaked railroad ties, lignite, grass, twigs, the meaty yuckiness that's left over from a poultry processing plant, and out the other end comes a substance not unlike natural gas. Grand Forks Herald, North Dakota. 8 September 2010.
BPA-laden dental materials prompt caution.
Just had a dental filling? You might be chewing on bisphenol A, a common plastics ingredient that could have harmful effects on your health. Reuters Health. 8 September 2010.
FDA warns green tea makers against health claims.
The FDA has warned producers of two popular green tea drinks not to make unauthorized nutrient claims, continuing its clampdown on misleading food labeling. Ingredients claiming to contain antioxidants "are not nutrients with recognized antioxidant activity," the letter said. Los Angeles Times, California. 8 September 2010.
South still battling to stop North’s biopiracy.
The United Nations declared 2010 the Year of Biodiversity. But 17 years after the Convention on Biological Diversity was adopted at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the issue of biopiracy is still pitching North against South. Inter Press Service. 8 September 2010.
Aquatic conservation efforts pay off.
Efforts to clean up the Potomac River, which forms part of the border between Maryland and Washington DC, have markedly improved conditions for fish and waterfowl, reports a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, raising hopes for success in restoring degraded tidelands and bays worldwide. Nature. 7 September 2010.
Light-harvesting complexes do it themselves.
A new technique may one day lead to solar cells that bring themselves together like a molecular flash mob and repair damage they sustain during the rough business of turning light into electricity. Science News. 7 September 2010.
Reality check on science at FDA.
To restore public trust and confidence in the U.S.’s food and drug supply, the Food & Drug Administration plans to strengthen its regulatory science and to take a lead in harmonizing international regulations for food and drug safety. Chemical & Engineering News. 6 September 2010.
Chemically-treated fruits flood markets.
Sales of seasonal fruits ripened and taken fresh with the harmful chemical carbide continued unabated in all the markets of Brahmanbaria town, posing a serious threat to public health, market sources said. Dhaka Financial Express, Bangladesh. 6 September 2010.
TN testing finds drugs, hormones in water.
Trace amounts of antidepressants, caffeine, herbicides and ibuprofen are among the chemicals found so far in state testing that began in mid-May of the raw water at community water treatment plant intakes. Nashville Tennessean, Tennessee. 5 September 2010.
Many Oklahoma water providers told to clean up their supply.
Nearly 140 public water supplies are operating in consistent violation of state and federal drinking water codes, pumping water containing chemicals linked to cancer, infant illness, and damage to the liver and nervous system. Oklahoma City Oklahoman, Oklahoma. 5 September 2010.
Honey bees need your help to live.
The bee population in the United States has declined substantially by about a third in the last few years; however, besides congressional hearings and increased funding for research, no real action has been taken to help the honey bee's survival. Aiken Standard, South Carolina. 5 September 2010.
Shellfish farmers at risk from 'too strict' toxin rules.
Shellfish farmers have warned they are being driven out of business by stringent food standards regulations banning them from harvesting from waters blighted with a toxic algal bloom. Edinburgh Scotsman, United Kingdom. 5 September 2010.
Gold mining leaves toxic legacy in KGF.
A decade after the gold fields in Kolar were closed by Bharat Gold Mines, residents have been left with arsenic in their water. The 4,850 million litres of water that has collected in its 75 abandoned mining shafts, creating a massive underground reservoir, has turned toxic with heavy metals, by-products of gold mining. Hindu, India. 5 September 2010.
Belching sheep.
Sheep burps produce methane - a gas that contributes to climate change. Now researchers are suggesting a novel solution to minimize the greenhouse gas: seasoning the sheeps’ food. Living On Earth. 4 September 2010.
Chemtura resolves butter flavor cases.
Chemtura has agreed to pay $50 million to settle 347 claims brought by individuals who allege that the diacetyl butter flavoring ingredient the firm supplied is responsible for causing a lung disease. Chemical & Engineering News. 4 September 2010.
EPA gives Florida new Everglades cleanup guidelines.
Under pressure from a Miami federal judge, U.S. environmental regulators on Friday laid out a detailed blueprint for how Florida can finally live up to its repeatedly postponed pledge to clean up pollution flowing into the Everglades. Miami Herald, Florida. 4 September 2010.
Obama fails to defend Great Lakes.
A lawsuit brought by Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin seeks to force the temporary closure of two shipping locks near Chicago to prevent Asian carp from finding their way into Lake Michigan. What's most disturbing is that the lawsuit had to be filed at all. Port Huron Times Herald, Michigan. Editorial, 4 September 2010.
Banning BPA a wise decision for Maine.
BPA is an endocrine disrupting chemical that can mimic or block hormones and disrupt normal functions. A growing body of research by independent scientists links BPA to breast and prostate cancer, diabetes, reproductive damage, learning and behavioral disabilities and obesity. Portland Press-Herald, Maine. Opinion, 4 September 2010.
Is organically produced food more nutritious?
Do organic fruits and veggies have more vitamins and antioxidants and all that good stuff that we assume is healthier for us and makes us better? If you're like most folks, I think you think so, and then say that's one of the top reasons that you buy organic. But the scientific jury is out. Still out. National Public Radio. Opinion, 4 September 2010.
Egg farmer has a history of problems.
Long before Austin "Jack" DeCoster became a central figure in one of the largest egg recalls in history, he paid more than $10 million in fines and lawsuit settlements, his eggs were banned in one state and quarantined in another, and he was responsible for new restrictions on child labor in Maine. Chicago Tribune, Illinois. 3 September 2010.
City bureau fails to yank cancer-linked edible oil.
In a sharp about-face, a Chinese edible oil maker has admitted that nine batches of its products contained excessive carcinogen, two weeks after vehemently denying the allegation. Shanghai Daily, China. 3 September 2010.
Feds warn residents near Wyoming gas drilling sites not to drink their water.
The federal government is warning residents in a small Wyoming town with extensive natural gas development not to drink their water, and to use fans and ventilation when showering or washing clothes in order to avoid the risk of an explosion. ProPublica. 2 September 2010.
More foreign dairy products found unsafe.
The amount of unsafe foreign dairy products seized during importation is on the rise in recent months amid the unalleviated public concern over unsafe milk formula in the country. China Daily. 2 September 2010.
Pavillion, Wyoming-area residents told not to drink water.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recommended that several Pavillion-area residents with private water wells find alternate sources of water for drinking and cooking. Casper Star-Tribune, Wyoming. 2 September 2010.
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