toxicity sampling News
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EPA region 7 to begin issuing orders to obtain access to residential properties in Omaha for environmental sampling
EPA Region 7 will soon begin to issue administrative orders to a small group of residential property owners in Omaha, Neb., allowing the Agency legal access to those properties to conduct environmental sampling for toxic lead in soil and exterior paint, all at no cost to the property owners. Under the authority of the Superfund program, EPA has been working in Omaha since 1999 to identify and ...
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Air toxics near harriet tubman school are below levels of concern
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final report on analysis of air toxics monitoring data near Harriet Tubman School in Portland, Oregon. EPA and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will host a public meeting on the air monitoring report at Harriet Tubman School on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. EPA found that concentrations of the majority of air toxics ...
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Biomonitoring study suggests exposure to environmental chemicals varies greatly across the EU
The framework for a Europe-wide biomonitoring programme has been established by a new study. The preliminary investigation of 17 European countries showed that monitored levels of toxic chemicals varied significantly between countries. Although the levels were mostly within recognised health-based guidance values, in a few cases these values were exceeded. The researchers suggest that a ...
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California Could be the First State to Require Lead Free Ammunition
Earlier this month, the California Senate easily passed Assembly Bill 711 which had previously been passed in the Assembly back in May. The new legislation, if signed by the governor, would make California the first state to require the use of non-lead ammunition for the taking of all wildlife in California. It would include hunting for game mammals, game birds, nongame birds and nongame ...
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EPA continues sampling for air toxics near Vonore, Tenn. schools (TN)
EPA has completed its analysis of monitoring data collected at two locations near three Tennessee schools as part of an initiative to evaluate levels of toxic pollutants in the outdoor air at schools. Air samples and meteorological data were collected near Vonore Elementary and Middle Schools in Vonore, Tenn., and at West Greene High School in Mosheim, Tenn. The air outside these schools was ...
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Los Angeles Area Residents Concerned Over Lead & Arsenic Hazards from Recycling Plant
Last month, the Los Angeles Times published a report about area residents’ concerns over exposure to lead and arsenic from a Vernon battery recycling plant. The plant is one of the largest of its kind on the West Coast. It has been around for decades and is located in an area with a dense population. The Los Angeles County Department of Health has announced it will be offering free blood ...
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ASTM E1366 - 11 standard practice for standardized aquatic microcosms: fresh water
A microcosm test is conducted to obtain information concerning toxicity or other effects of a test material on the interactions among three trophic levels (primary, secondary, and detrital) and the competitive interactions within each trophic level. As with ...
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