Pollution News
Associated Press
Peru Judge Orders Cleanup of Town Polluted by U.S.-Based Metals Producer AP April 18 2005 (lead, arsenic, cadmium, Doe Run)
EPA Gets More Time to Address Park Haze AP April 16 2005
Norwegian Authorities Order Rig Shutdown AP April 15 2005
EPA Likely to Miss Deadline for Issuing Rule on Views, Air Quality in National Parks AP April 15 2005
Democratic Senator Blocks Vote on Bush Nominee to Head EPA AP April 15 2005 (Thomas Carper, D-Del.) (SO2, sulfur dioxide, NOX, nitrogen oxides, mercury, CO2, carbon dioxide, 'Clear Skies')
EPA Likely to Miss Nat'l Parks Deadline AP April 14 2005
Polluted Places Update Blacksmith Institute April 14 2005
Tattoo Ink Composition: What's in There? Arizona Daily Sun April 14 2005
Lawmakers and Environmentalists Push New Marine Pollution Law on Cruise Ship Waste AP April 14 2005m (sewage)
Alternatives to Ozone-Depleting Chemicals also Contributing to Climate Change, U.N. Says AP April 12 2005
In Latin America, a New Gold Rush Runs into Opposition over Strip Mines, Cyanide AP April 12 2005
Villagers, Police Clash over Pollution Protest in Southern China AP April 12 2005
Saipan Volcano Erupts Over Pacific Islands AP April 06 2005
21 Counties Removed From Dirty-Air List AP April 05 2005 (soot) (USA)
U.S. Presses China to Invest in Cleaner Energy AP April 06 2005 (zero-emissions coal-fired power plant)
New Cotton Fabric May Absorb Toxins AP March 05 2005
Panamanian Shipping Company to Pay $25 Million for Dumping Waste around U.S.AP April 05 2005
European Commission Seeks Chemical Testing AP April 04 2005
Snowplaners Sue Over Grand Teton Lake Ban AP April 01 2005
Virginia Task Force Probes Fish Deaths AP March 31 2005
Expert Finds Dandruff in Air Pollutants AP March 31 2005
Study Finds High Toxins in Wash. Fish AP March 29 2005 (PBDEs)
Air Pollution in Munich Exceeds EU Limit, Prompting Calls for Action AP March 29 2005
BBC
Pollutant affects sex chromosome BBC April 27 2005 (organochlorine, DDE, CB-153, fatty fish, salmon)
Gold mine campaigner wins award April 19 2005 (cyanide, nuclear waste)
EU pollution deaths cost billions BBC April 15 2005 (particulate matter (PM), diesel, Clean Air for Europe (CAFE))
Crop archive shows pollution link BBC April 12 2005
India in effort to save vultures BBC March 22 2005 (livestock painkiller diclofenac)
Traffic fumes 'damage human DNA' BBC March 22 2005
Gadget growth fuels eco concerns BBC January 20 2005 (recycling, recharging, energy, chromium, lead, cadmium)
Durban poor take the pollution issue into their own hands BBC December 13 2004
Toxins study 'shocks' family BBC October 08 2004
The deafening sound of the seas BBC September 22 2004
Plutonium traced in British soil BBC September 06 2004
Chemical 'harms' young brains BBC June 02 2004
Q&A: 'Risky' chemicals BBC May 13 2004
How to make computers greener BBC March 08 2004
Traffic 'damages male fertility' BBC April 30 2003
Car fumes linked to child coughs BBC December 03 2003
Tougher bugs beat pesticides BBC July 30 2002
Diesel fumes risk to children BBC November 16 2001
New Scientist
Detritus of life abounds in the atmosphere NS March 31 2005
US cancels Agent Orange study in Vietnam NS March 20 2005
US pollution cuts could save 17,000 lives a year NS March 11 2005
Seabirds ingest bellyfuls of plastic pollution NS January 08 2005 ($)
Dioxin may cause Yushchenko long-term problems NS December 13 2004
Toxic trade-off NS November 06 2004 (pesticides, PCBs, asbestos)
World's pollution hotspots revealed from space NS October 12 2004
European deaths from air pollution set to rise NS September 07 2004
Third of Europe's child deaths environment-related NS June 17 2004
Blackout gave cities a breath of fresh air NS May 29 2004
Industrial pollution may double twin births NS May 25 2004
Small babies linked to 9/11 smoke plume NS August 06 2003
Traffic pollution damages men's sperm NS April 30 2003
Lead may cause mystery male infertility NS February 06 2003
Danger of toxic metals in soils underestimated NS December 23 2002
Snails snack on poison metals NS December 21 2002 (cadmium)
Pollution is plunging us into darkness NS December 14 2002 ($)
Fresh evidence on Bhopal disaster NS December 07 2002
Tainted wells pour arsenic onto food crops NS December 06 2002 (Bangladeshi)
WHO sets out world's deadly top 10 NS October 30 2002
Leaded-wick candles create dangerous pollution NS June 16 2002
No link to leukaemia? NS March 09 2002 (Agent Orange)
Exported e-waste results in "environmental wasteland" NS February 25 2002 (China)
Simple stove hoods slash indoor pollution NS January 31 2002
Toxic chemicals released from World Trade Center wreckage NS October 29 2001
Health benefits from greenhouse gas curbs NS August 17 2001
Incense burning releases cancer-causing chemicals NS August 01 2001 (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PAHs, benzopyrene, total suspended particles, TSPs)
Superbug genes are getting into soil and water NS April 18 2001 (antibiotics as growth promoters)
Reuters
Pollution Worse Inside School Buses Than Out: Study RT April 06 2005
Dandruff, Fur, Pollen Affect Atmosphere, Study Reveals RT April 01 2005
Pollution Plagues China's Giant Irrigation Scheme RT March 22 2005
Pollution Killing Asia's River Dolphins, WWF Says RT March 21 2005
Study: Tattoo Ink May Contain Heavy Metals March 14 2005
News from other sources
Governments Meet to Launch Global Campaign to Eliminate 12 Most Hazardous Chemicals UNEP April 26 2005
CLP must pay $29b for role in global warming: greens The Standard (HK) April 20 2005 (CO2, acid rain, air pollution, coal, Greenpeace)
EPA Proposal to Weaken Water Quality Spurs Outrage BushGreenwatch April 18 2005 (selenium)
Children's Advocates Celebrate Six Years of Protecting Student Health: Reformed Pesticide Policy Set National Model California Safe Schools April 12 2005
Neighbors Challenge Tyson Food Poultry Plant's Air Quality The Charlotte Observer April 12 2005 (NC)
Sweet Dreams… In Roach Killer and Formaldehyde? Pure Slumber April 11 2005 (dioxins, boric acid)
Fish prevent heart attacks, cancer despite contaminants! Newindpress April 10 2005 (India, mercury, PCBs)
When chlorine + antimicrobials = unintended consequences Environmental Science & Technology April 06 2005
Maui Police Adopt Environmentally-Safe Traffic Control System PowerFlare Corporation April 04 2005
Pollution-control debate is now contest of ideas. Louisville Courier-Journal, Kentucky April 03 2005
Global study reveals algae in world’s water is causing Alzheimer’s disease. Glasgow Sunday Herald, Scotland April 03 2005
Chlorine-affected villagers resettled. China Daily April 01 2005 (China)
Deadline extensions sought. Fort Worth Star-Telegram Texas April 01 2005 (smog, ozone, USA) (free registration)
State seeks delay in work on 5 Superfund sites. Minneapolis Star Tribune April 01 2005 (Minnesota)
In bid to cut mercury, US lets other toxins through Christian Science Monitor March 31 2005 (lead, chromium, arsenic)
White House Weakens EPA Cancer Safeguards to Protect Chemical Industry instead of Children NRDC March 29 2005
IAQ Solution...EnviroGLAS® Terrazzo EnviroGLAS March 23 2005
Ski Wax Ingredients Deemed Toxic Pollutants Hillbilly Wax-Works/Ethica Enviro-Wax March 15 2005 (perfluorocarbons, PFCs, PFOA, perfluorooctanoic acid)
Bush's EPA pick comes with outsider insight Christian Science Monitor March 07 2005
China Beyond 2012 Cicerone March 03 2005
Ozone decline stuns scientists Denver Post March 02 2005
Perchlorate found in breast milk Nature February 24 2005 (rocket fuel) (%)
For economic growth, tougher environmental laws? Christian Science Monitor February 24 2005
Attack of the Metal-Eating Plants Wired News February 12 2005 (selenium, California)
Clash over policies on energy, pollution Christian Science Monitor February 10 2005
Environmentalists push for a 'greener' iPod Christian Science Monitor February 09 2005
Apocalypse now: how mankind is sleepwalking to the end of the Earth
Independent February 06 2005
Satellite data reveal immense pollution pool over Bihar, India News Bureau, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign January 27 2005
Children exposed to pesticides The Beyond Organic Show January 5 2005
Abnormal Fish Found Closer to Washington Washington Post December 19 2004
Bush's second-term stamp on environment Christian Science Monitor November 18 2004
Mutant fish found within Colo. rivers Frisco Summit Daily News November 13 2004
Male fish becoming female? NBC Nightly News November 09 2004
Cheaper vs. cleaner: big differences Christian Science Monitor September 28 2004
Drug Company Fights to Keep Toxin in Vaccines; United Kingdom to Ban It Completely National Autism Association August 12 2004
Water Study Yields a Few Surprises for New England Earth Observatory July 08 2004
CDC Data Leads Scientists to Shocking Discovery National Autism Association February 09 2004