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October 4, 2010
A federal judge in Athens, GA is about to rule on a lawsuit filed by a former EPA research scientist and two dairy farmers over fake data EPA and the University of Georgia published to support a controversial EPA regulation. The case, which has... Read more
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October 11, 2010
The system Columbus water officials use to measure atrazine levels begins with an old, battered plastic bottle wrapped in duct tape and tied to a rope. Read more
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October 7, 2010
Every year nearly 30 billion gallons of wastewater filled with untreated sewage and pollution overflows into New York City's waterways. Last week New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Department of Environmental Protection unveiled a proposal... Read more
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September 13, 2010
People walking their dogs are encouraged to collect the feces, place them into the supplied biodegradable doggie bags and drop them into the digester feeding tube. They then turn a hand crank to stir the mixture of excrement and anaerobic bacteria... Read more
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September 13, 2010
Increasing numbers of consumers are turning to organic methods to maintain their lawns, according to a 2008 survey by the National Gardening Association. Read more
Scientific Study
August 30, 2010
New research shows that the drugs and contaminants that often contaminant sewage sludge that is used as fertilizer can be taken up by the plants grown in fertilized fields and gardens. Also called 'biosolids' these fertilizers are regularly... Read more
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August 26, 2010
The residents of Rio Vista could smell trouble.... Read more
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August 25, 2010
Back in 1999 Joe Harding told the Washington Post, "Everything was so safe, so riskless [at the Paducah enriched uranium gaseous diffusion plant] We know the truth, I can feel it in my body." Harding is no longer alive; he's one of the workers... Read more
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August 9, 2010
Silver nanoparticles, used for their potent antimicrobial properties in hospitals and consumer products, may negatively impact plant growth as they make their way into the environment, according to a new study. Whereas it may not spell the end of... Read more
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August 18, 2010
San Francisco, activists claimed, was poisoning its residents by giving away “toxic sewage sludge,” a mixture of treated sewage and yard waste for use on home gardens that's a stew of all that goes down the city's drains and sewers. Read more
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