Drinking Water Not Tested For Tens Of Thousands Of Chemicals : The Salt. Hide captionAl Jones of the West Virginia Department of General Services tests water as he flushes faucets and opens a rest room at the State Capitol in Charleston, W. Va., on Jan. 13, four days after a chemical spill into the Elk River. It wasn't until Jan. 21 that state officials were told by Freedom Industries that a second contaminant had also entered the river. Steve Helber/AP Al Jones of the West Virginia Department of General Services tests water as he flushes faucets and opens a rest room at the State Capitol in Charleston, W.
Va., on Jan. 13, four days after a chemical spill into the Elk River. It wasn't until Jan. 21 that state officials were told by Freedom Industries that a second contaminant had also entered the river. Freedom Industries earlier this week revealed it had spilled two chemicals, not just one. Experts say it's not surprising that the drinking water company did not detect a second contaminant during its search for MCHM. Labs Can Hunt Unknown Chemicals. Hold Freedom Industries accountable. Last week, a chemical leak at a facility maintained by Freedom Industries dumped an estimated 7,500 gallons of a dangerous chemical called 4-methylcyclohexane methanol into the Elk River just over a mile from a water intake facility that provides drinking water to 300,000 West Virginians.1 In violation of West Virginia law, Freedom Industries failed to report the spill to authorities in a timely manner.
Even Governor Earl Ray Tomblin -- who is known for being a coal industry apologist -- criticized the company for not being forthcoming about the danger posed to West Virginia residents by the spill.2 U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin has launched a federal investigation to determine whether criminal charges are warranted,3 but in coal-friendly West Virginia he’ll likely come under pressure to let Freedom Industries off the hook with a slap on the wrist. We can’t allow that to happen. Tell U.S. 4-methylcyclohexane methanol is a frothing agent that is commonly used to wash dirty coal. 1. Calif. Ends Rule That Poisoned Us with Flame Retardants. Beginning in 2014, furniture no longer must be treated with toxics Chemicals like those used in flame retardants in household furniture often escape as vapor or airborne particles.
(PSR LA) Chemical flame retardants, which are present in a wide array of household products, have been linked to cancer and developmental, neurological and reproductive problems. And chances are, if you are sitting on a padded chair or couch, it contains these noxious chemicals. The reason most furniture sold in this country contains flame retardants is a 1975 California regulation called TB 117, which requires furniture foam to withstand an open flame for 12 seconds before igniting.
Given the widespread presence of flame retardants in consumer products containing foam, this change comes none too soon. Carolyn Cox, co-author of the study, said: An additional concern is that when these chemicals are present in products that burn, the chemicals make the smoke more toxic, presenting risks to firefighters. War on weeds loses ground. Bill Barksdale/AgStock Images/Corbis Standing tall: glyphosate-resistant pigweed growing in Roundup Ready cotton.
With its jumble of leaves and pointy, green, flower spikes, the plant known as pigweed or palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) isn’t much to look at. But to farmers in the southeastern United States, it is a formidable foe. Having evolved the ability to withstand glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s popular herbicide Roundup, it now flourishes unchecked alongside crops such as cotton and soya bean that are genetically modified to be glyphosate tolerant. And it is not unique, says agronomist Harold Coble at the Office of Pest Management Policy in Raleigh, North Carolina, part of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), who notes that 383 known weed varieties have the genetic defences to survive one or more herbicides. The conventional approach is to switch to a different herbicide and engineer crops to withstand it. New machinery could also help. Chemical manufacturers rely on fear to push flame retardant furniture standards.
Dr. David Heimbach knows how to tell a story. Before California lawmakers last year, the noted burn surgeon drew gasps from the crowd as he described a 7-week-old baby girl who was burned in a fire started by a candle while she lay on a pillow that lacked flame retardant chemicals. "Now this is a tiny little person, no bigger than my Italian greyhound at home," said Heimbach, gesturing to approximate the baby's size. "Half of her body was severely burned. Heimbach's passionate testimony about the baby's death made the long-term health concerns about flame retardants voiced by doctors, environmentalists and even firefighters sound abstract and petty.
But there was a problem with his testimony: It wasn't true. Records show there was no dangerous pillow or candle fire. Neither did the 9-week-old patient who Heimbach told California legislators died in a candle fire in 2009. Heimbach is not just a prominent burn doctor. "The fire just laughs at it," he said. The U.S. When Dr. Sroe@tribune.com. Monsanto. Poland Announces Complete Ban on Monsanto’s Genetically Modified Maize. Following the anti-Monsanto activism launched by nations like France and Hungary, Poland has announced that it will launch a complete ban on growing Monsanto’s genetically modified strain MON810.
The announcement, made by Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki, sets yet another international standard against Monsanto’s genetically modified creations. In addition to being linked to a plethora health ailments, Sawicki says that the pollen originating from this GM strain may actually be devastating the already dwindling bee population. “The decree is in the works. It introduces a complete ban on the MON810 strain of maize in Poland,” Sawicki stated to the press. Similar opposition to Monsanto occurred on March 9th, when 7 European countries blocked a proposal by the Danish EU presidency which would permit the cultivation of genetically modified plants on the entire continent. Source: naturalsociety.com Founder of WorldTruth.Tv and WomansVibe.com Eddie (4541 Posts) Illinois illegally seizes bees resistant to Roundup; kills remaining queens. H-and-article',' Superty-rights/" reliable aroundup/" rel="tag external nofollow" class="ext-link" rel="tag external nofollow" class="embed-youtube"> Of note, by ….”
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