June 7, 2012
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Health & Safety Newsletter June 7, 2012 |
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Unanswered questions on timing for data on EPA`s 2013 and 2014 work plan chemicals
On June 1, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) announced an additional 18 chemicals to be assessed under its Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Work Plan initiative. These additional assessments are scheduled to occur in 2013 and 2014, although it is not clear from EPA`s announcement which chemicals would be assessed in which year. EPA did announce, however, that it "would welcome the submission of additional relevant information on these chemicals, such as unpublished studies not already available through the existing literature, ... | ||
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Howarth To Congress: More Research Needed To Address Widespread Signs Of Health, Environmental Dangers Of Fracking
Modern hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") is so new that over half of all the shale gas ever developed in the world has been produced in the last three years, which has resulted in nearly all of the peer-reviewed scientific research on the environmental and public health consequences of shale gas having been done in the last 14 months. The resulting "research gap" is troubling since there are so many emerging signs of major health and environmental harms from fracking, according to Cornell Professor Robert W. Howarth, Ph.D., who testified today before the Subcommittee on Technology, Information ... | ||
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