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Water at Marine base linked to birth defects
A long-awaited study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a link between tainted tap water at a U.S. Marine Corps base in North Carolina and increased risk of serious birth defects and childhood cancers. The authors of the study on Camp Lejeune released late Thursday by the CDC's Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry warned it is based on a small sample ...
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Help protect children from environmental risks
October is Children’s Health Month. To heighten awareness about environmental issues impacting children, EPA is providing parents and caregivers simple tips they can use to help protect children in their homes, schools and communities. “As both EPA Administrator and a mother, I understand the importance of protecting our children from environmental threats,” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. ...
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Groundwater Awareness Week in the US - March 9-15
'Time to schedule your annual water well checkup!' Just as you check your furnace or smoke detector batteries seasonally, spring is a good season to have an annual water well check-up before the peak water use season begins, according to the National Ground Water Association (NGWA) and The Groundwater Foundation. Why is it a good idea to have my water well checked annually? An annual checkup ...
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January is National Radon Action Month in Puerto Rico
This is the time to test, fix and save a life according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Those three actions are the cornerstone of the EPA’s message for its recognition of National Radon Action Month, taking place all this month. Radon is a cancer-causing radioactive gas that has been found in homes, schools and other institutional and commercial buildings in parts of ...
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Two California Startups Team Up to Challenge Halliburton’s Costs for Cleaning Produced Water and Frack Water
OriginOil, Inc. (OTCBB: OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough energy production process for the oil and algae industries, teamed up with its first licensee, PACE spinoff PearlH2O, to challenge industry giant Halliburton’s published costs for cleaning flowback water for reuse in wells. “Halliburton reported on its cost to operate their CleanWave system in the Haynesville shale in ...
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17 Groups Petition EPA For Public Reporting Of Chemical Releases From Fracking, Other Oil And Gas Operations
127,000 Tons of Undisclosed Hazardous Emissions: Oil and Gas Would Join Other Industries, Including Coal, That Already Report to the Toxics Release Inventory; Federal Disclosure for O&G Not Yet Required Despite Surge in Fracking Chemical Pollution. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2012/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), along with 16 other local, regional, and national ...
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