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State issues alert on seven children's products.
Oregon authorities alerted the public on Thursday that seven products for children sold in Target, Wal-Mart and other big retailers contain excessive amounts of lead. Portland Oregonian, Oregon. 20 November 2009.
Seized web drugs overwhelmingly fake, often dangerous.
Buying discount drugs over the Internet can be like playing Russian roulette with your health. BC Local News, British Columbia. 20 November 2009.
Soil cleanup proposed at 7 Chanute sites.
The Air Force has proposed removing 6 inches or more of soil from seven separate sites on the old Chanute Air Force Base property as a way of cleaning up the property and making it available for redevelopment. Urbana-Champaign News-Gazette, Illinois. 20 November 2009.
EPA wants to get more lead out of the air.
Like the gasoline motorists pump into their vehicles, Utah's air is unleaded. It has been for the past three decades. But, to prove that to federal regulators, the state DEQ will have to expand its network of lead monitors the next few years to collect data at key locations, a task that could cost an estimated $100,000. Salt Lake Tribune, Utah. 20 November 2009.
Opponents present biomass health hazards.
Arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury are just some of the chemicals that will be emitted into the air at close range, if a Page Blvd. biomass plant is passed, says one woodburning opponent. Springfield WSHM TV, Massachusetts. 19 November 2009.
Health group finds high lead levels in toys.
Children's toys carrying the Barbie and Disney logos have turned up with high levels of lead in them, according to a California-based advocacy group — a finding that may give consumers pause as they shop for the holiday season. Associated Press. 18 November 2009.
State orders store to pull lead-tainted toys.
Six major stores with retail outlets in the Bay Area have been ordered by the state to remove from their shelves children's products containing dangerous levels of lead. San Francisco Chronicle, California. 18 November 2009.
Stores must remove lead-laced toys.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown said Tuesday that he sent a letter to six major retailers, warning them that a number of children's products on their store shelves in California contained lead above legal thresholds and directing them to pull the products immediately. Sacramento Bee, California. 18 November 2009.
7 toys and other products exceed lead limits, California says.
California Atty. Gen. Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued a safety warning today, alleging that seven toys and children's products tested by the Center for Environmental Health this month contained lead levels far above the legal limit. Los Angeles Times, California. 18 November 2009.
A town hall to discuss toy safety.
The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission’s chairwoman, Inez Tenenbaum, on Tuesday morning held a town-hall-style meeting in Manhattan to discuss toy safety hazards and to assure parents of the agency’s efforts to protect American children this winter. New York Times. 18 November 2009.
Williston gun club neighbors concerned about lead.
A Williston couple said a gun club near their home has left a brook that runs through their property tainted with lead. Burlington Free Press, Vermont. 18 November 2009.
Battery manufacturer says new lead standards met.
A Lyons battery manufacturer Tuesday opened the doors to its operations to Berks County officials and reporters to show the steps it has taken to keep lead emissions under control. Reading Eagle, Pennsylvania. 18 November 2009.
U of M removing toxic waste from family student housing site.
The University of Minnesota has quickly, if quietly, begun to address threats posed by a toxic waste dump it discovered under student family housing in Southeast Minneapolis. Minnesota Independent, Minnesota. 18 November 2009.
Brownfield cleanups in New Orleans set example for nation, EPA leader says.
New Orleans provides an example of environmental remediation and revitalization to the rest of the country, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said at the 2009 National Brownfields Conference. New Orleans Times-Picayune, Louisiana. 18 November 2009.
Migratory eagles studied for lead ingestion.
New research on the impacts of lead bullet fragments in hunter-killed meat could help scientists determine whether Jackson Hole’s gut piles are poisoning eagles from other regions. Jackson Hole News&Guide, Wyoming. 18 November 2009.
New regs for old homes.
The Environmental Protection Agency just finished rules about home renovation and lead paint, but children's advocacy groups said they weren't strong enough. Environment Report, Michigan. 16 November 2009.
Epidemiologist: No safe lead threshold.
Bruce Lanphear is an epidemiologist from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, and he says there are levels of lead in big cities, as well as lead mining and smelting towns, that are dangerous to both children and adults. ABC News, Australia. Opinion, 16 November 2009.
Frisco plant exceeds new limit on lead levels.
Even with no expansion, airborne lead levels around the 45-year-old vehicle battery recycler owned by Exide Technology are among the highest measured anywhere in the country. Dallas Morning News, Texas. 15 November 2009.
Fate of 'Easterly's pile' at ArcelorMittal remains unknown.
The heaping mounds of metallic-gray, lumpy steelmaking waste and rusty metal pieces tower up to 35 feet in the air, spread across a 33-acre sandy area in the northeast corner of ArcelorMittal's Burns Harbor property. Merrillville Post-Tribune, Indiana. 15 November 2009.
Chinese abandon lead-poisoned villages.
About 15,000 people will be evacuated from Chinese villages poisoned by decades of lead manufacturing, authorities say. The 10 villages lie in the city of Jiyuan around lead-production facilities. United Press International. 15 November 2009.
AG to area landlords: You must comply with lead laws.
Vermont's Attorney General has sent letters to 22 landlords in Windham and Bennington counties, asking that they prove they are in compliance with the state's lead paint law. Brattleboro Reformer, Vermont. 15 November 2009.
China faces reckoning over lead production.
Since late summer, there has been a spate of lead poisoning cases in Hunan, Henan, Yunnan and Shanxi provinces. More than 3,200 cases have been confirmed, most of them in children. Now, thousands of Chinese are trying to flee a landscape poisoned by decades of lead manufacturing. Los Angeles Times, California. 14 November 2009.
Call to tell tenants about toxins.
Another former tenant of a contaminated home has come forward and is calling for more information to be made available to those renting properties. Otago Daily Times, New Zealand. 14 November 2009.
Zinc smelter proud of environmental record, says GM.
In an age of environmental consciousness, employees at the Xstrata Zinc Canada Brunswick Smelter don't want to compromise health and safety for the sake of production. Saint John Telegraph-Journal, New Brunswick. 14 November 2009.
Painting company cited for OSHA violations.
A Cincinnati-based painting company is facing $321,000 in fines for alleged violations incurred while blasting paint from two bridge overpasses on I-75 near Middletown. Middletown Journal, Ohio. 14 November 2009.
'E-waste capital of the world' tries to clean up image.
The southern Chinese city of Guiyu is where pc's, cellphones and Playstations go to die. The workers who recycle them are exposed to dangerous chemicals. Rotterdam NRC Handelsblad, Netherlands. 13 November 2009.
Researchers try to get the lead out of piezoelectronics.
Gadget makers often rely on piezoelectricity—the ability that some solids have to produce voltage when pressure is applied to them—to power tiny embedded systems, such as a BlackBerry Storm 2's touch screen or a car's airbag sensor. Scientific American. 13 November 2009.
Piezoelectronics gets green makeover.
A new generation of lead-free piezoelectric materials could lead to greener actuators, sensors and even ultra-dense data storage. New Scientist. 13 November 2009.
25 yrs after Bhopal tragedy, MP govt to open site for public.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy, Madhya Pradesh government has decided to throw open for public the defunct Union Carbide factory that claimed thousands of lives following leakage of toxic gases. Deccan Herald, India. 13 November 2009.
Lawsuit targets lead paint.
A lawsuit filed Thursday in Vanderburgh Circuit Court targets two Evansville landlords for allegedly refusing to fix a house in which a tenant's child was found to have elevated blood lead levels. Evansville Courier & Press, Indiana. 13 November 2009.
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