Environmental Toxins Topics

The On-Topic Netowork

Environmental Toxins > Contamination


Contamination
Contamination
Contamination
Contamination
Contamination

The following information is about Contamination.

Contamination Defined

The presence of foreign materials, chemicals or radioactive substances in the environment (soil, sediment, water or air) in significant concentrations.

This definition is in context to Environmental Toxins. See more contextual defintions for Contamination.


Navigation: [ 1 2 3 4 5 Next ]

EPA complaint targets hospital redevelopment

Published November 21, 2008, 3:43 pm, Springfield News-Sun

An Ohio union has filed a complaint with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over the hospital redevelopment project.

Full Story


SPIN CYCLE Pollution problems on the run

Published November 21, 2008, 1:19 pm, Elmira Independent

Every now and again I question the validity, and my wife says the sanity, of getting up before the sun rises for a morning run. And as fall gives way to winter, leaving the warmth of the duvet gets increasingly harder, especially when the furnace is cranked down for the night.

Full Story


GMO crop critics fear USDA will ease regulations

Published November 21, 2008, 1:04 pm, Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News

Critics of biotech crops were trying to head off rule changes by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the waning days of the Bush Administration that the critics said would ease restrictions on the controversial crops.

Full Story


Decontamination plan outlined at public meeting

Published November 21, 2008, 12:10 pm, Kirksville Daily Express

Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers discussed a proposed plan Thursday night to deal with contaminated ground water at a former Air Force base north of Kirksville.

Full Story


Real Estate

Published November 21, 2008, 11:15 am, Mondaq

In recent years there has been an increase in redevelopment of industrial land to residential land in NSW. As a result, regulatory focus on the management and control of contaminated land has increased.

Full Story


Safety tips take wing as Thanksgiving nears

Published November 21, 2008, 11:13 am, Columbus Telegram

Local health officials are urging people to observe some food safety tips while preparing their turkey for this years T...

Full Story


Mercury Tarnishes Louisiana Fish

Published November 21, 2008, 10:24 am, Newswise

In 1994, Kohl became concerned about high levels of mercury in the sediment and fish of the Pearl River, a popular fishing spot in Louisiana where people had little knowledge of mercury contamination. He took his concerns to the legislature.

Full Story


Shampoo leak killed stream fish

Published November 21, 2008, 8:55 am, BBC News

A company is ordered to pay nearly £8,000 after shampoo leaked into a stream killing hundreds of fish.

Full Story


Amazon Defense Coalition: U.S. Congressman Finds Humanitarian Crisis In Ecuadors Amazon Rainforest

Published November 21, 2008, 6:14 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

WASHINGTON----U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, who chairs the House Human Rights Caucus, has released a letter written to President-Elect Barack Obama that describes a “terrible humanitarian and environmental crisis” in Ecuador’s Amazon where Texaco operated a large oil concession from 1964 to 1990.

Full Story


Healthy Skin from the outside in

Published November 21, 2008, 6:12 am, Westerly Sun

Take a closer look at what to look for (and what to watch out for!) in various skin care products. Holly Potter is available by appointment at Stonington Natural Health Center, Quiambaug Cove, 107 Wilcox Road, Suite 103, Stonington, Conn. Call 860-536-3880 for more information.

Full Story


Navigation: [ 1 2 3 4 5 Next ]

Are you looking for additional Environmental Toxins > Contamination news? Try our new "Contamination News Focus" area.

Off-site Contamination Links, User Submitted

The following links have been collected through user bookmark submission in the Contamination category. Please note, because these resources are off-site we cannot guarantee the accuracy or quality of any information.

Fri Nov 21

  • Filters For Families - Donate
  • Uranium contamination concerns at Ranger (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): The Australian Conservation Foundation says another contamination incident at the Ranger uranium mine should stop the Fed and NT Governments from allowing the operation to expand. Mining company, ERA has admitted several workers were contaminated clearing up a big yellow cake spill three weeks ago. Earlier this week, it announced a new possible 30,000 tonne deposit. Annotated link http://www.dii go.com/bookmar k/http%3A%2F%2 Fwww.abc.net.a u%2Fnews%2Fsto ries%2F2008%2F 11%2F21%2F2426 053.htm
  • Evidence Of Many More Radioactive Particles Near Beach (from The Herald ): The number of radioactive particles from Dounreay threatening to contaminate a public beach two miles from the plant is six times greater than previously thought, according to experts. The Dounreay Particles Advisory Group, which advises the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) on the hundreds of thousands of particles believed to have been dispersed from the Caithness plant in the early-1960s, said that around 400 or 500 particles were extending into Sandside Bay on the north coast.
  • CDC Radiation Emergencies | Radioactive Contamination and Radiation Exposure
  • TheStar.com | Canada | 'Atomic veteran' seeks cash, apology from government: OTTAWA?He is known as an "atomic veteran" and said his last wish would be to thank the federal government for something he believes it has not yet done. Bren Keetch, 70, remembers being loaded into trucks with other recruits and taken from the Petawawa military base to the Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. plant in Chalk River, Ont., to clean up after a nuclear reactor accident in 1958. "We were dressed in calf-high rubber boots, wearing a pair of coveralls, woollen mittens and a First World War gas mask," he said. "That was our protective equipment when we were in nuclear wastewater over our boots and mopping up the spill."

Mon Nov 17

Sun Nov 16

If you would like to find additional social bookmark based links on the topic of we recommend the Open Tag Directory > Contamination. If you would like to find related tags we recommend Tag Patterns > Contamination

Off-site Contamination Research Links

If you still need additional information on Contamination then we suggest the following off-site resources. Please note, because these resources are off-site we cannot guarantee the accuracy or quality of any information.

Environmental Toxins

If you know the Environmental Toxins Term Name use the links below to quickly jump to your desired focus.



Bookmark Us

The On Topic Network

This website is part of The On Topic Network.

Thank You

Environmental-Toxins.On-Topic.net was developed by Odin Metatech, Inc and runs on the Odin Assemble platform.

Best Viewed With

License

Creative Commons License This work is licensed under Creative Commons.




Powered by Odin Assemble 2.5a