Tag: epa
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Supreme Court Rulings Open Loopholes for Water Polluters
Thanks to a conservative shift in the U.S. Supreme Court, government regulators are now limited in enforcing the nation’s toughest water pollution law, a development that has put the drinking water of millions of Americans at risk.
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Rethink Your Drink: Studies Show Fecal Matter In Soda Fountains
Studies find that some soda fountain machines and lemon wedges in restaurants contain fecal matter. A study conducted in Roanoke Valley, Virginia reveals that nearly half of all sodas dispensed from a sample of 30 machines contained coliform bacteria.
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biowars/envirohealth: vaccines, quakes & secret chemicals
bill gates: ‘we must make this the decade of vaccines’*swine flu stirred profits, but fewer deaths than predicted*video: sanofi pasteur hired rand to determine how to vaccinate school children*canadians contract guillain-barre syndrome after swine flu shot from same doctor* vaccine study retracted as causes of autism remain elusive*”finish it off so it doesn’t suffer”:russian journalist…
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1/18 binge & purge: labels, cleanups & massive recalls
monsanto wins part of dupont license dispute* monsanto takes center for food safety legal victory to highest court*tyson food labeling lawsuits end*calories counts on food labels & menus don’t add up*e. coli alert: calif. company recalls 864k pounds of beef*parkers farm expands recall*more nuts recalled for salmonella*cfia issues warning over salad mix*walgreens adding fresh, prepared…
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millions in US drink dirty water, records show
but no, it’s that evil co2 we should worry about …move along, nothing to see here … from nytimes: More than 20 percent of the nation’s water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act over the last five years, according to a New York Times analysis of federal data. That…
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obama uses epa to declare life-giving co2 a toxic evil pollutant
from the folks who told you the air at ground zero was safe to breathe: you can drink poison & eat garbage, but that plant food you exhale must go … and then you’re next from ap: The Obama administration took a major step Monday toward imposing the first federal limits on climate-changing pollution from…
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obama’s pesticide-pushing nominee: islam ‘isi’ siddiqui
from mother jones: When Michelle Obama announced plans to plant an organic garden at the White House, nearly everybody thought it was a great idea. Everybody except for the pesticide industry. Representatives from a branch of the industry’s main trade association, CropLife America (CLA), wrote to the First Lady asking her to respect the role…
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epa fails to inform public about weed-killer in drinking water
from huffingtonpost: One of the nation’s most widely-used herbicides has been found to exceed federal safety limits in drinking water in four states, but water customers have not been told and the Environmental Protection Agency has not published the results. Records that tracked the amount of the weed-killer atrazine in about 150 watersheds from 2003…
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biowars/envirohealth: infections, declarations & mandatory vaccinations
obama gets billions for ‘pandemic’ swine flu*US swine flu cases now exceed 21,000; 87 deaths*swine flu ‘could infect up to half the uk population’*vaccinate canadians under 40 & natives first: experts*sign the ‘universal declaration of resistance to mandatory vaccination’*swedish govt recommends 2 h1n1 shots for every swede*mandatory h1n1 vaccine may be in the works*swine flu…
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court ok’s dumping gold mine waste in alaska lake
from ap: The Supreme Court has upheld a federal government permit to dump waste from an Alaskan gold mine into a nearby lake, even though all its fish would be killed. By a 6-3 vote Monday, the justices say a federal appeals court wrongly blocked the permit on environmental grounds. Environmentalists fear that the ruling…
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rocket fuel chemical found in baby formula
from ap: Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what’s considered a safe dose for adults if mixed with water also contaminated with the ingredient, a government study has found. The study by scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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envirohealth: the pharmaceutical-industrial complex
depression drug illegally marketed to kids from ecochildsplay: A five year probe of Forest Laboratories by the U.S. Justice Department into illegal marketing of Lexapro to children has an ironic twist to it: The FDA just approved the use of Lexapro for depression in children. “Federal health care programs have paid thousands of false and…
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police state int’l: biometrics, hazardous substances & insurrection
dhs to expand US-visit biometric collectionfrom fcw: The Homeland Security Department will soon begin collecting digital fingerprints and photographs from lawful permanent residents of the United States and people seeking to enter the country on an immigration visa or as refugees. The biometric data will be collected from additional groups of those persons when they…
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edwin black’s ‘plan,’ much-needed rational roadmap for oil interruption
from cutting edge news: I was expecting a dark tale of gloom and doom, a post-apocalyptic tableau of a born-again, prehistoric oil-free society. After all, Edwin Black is the author of the chillingly revelatory IBM and the Holocaust, a disheartening exposé of America’s disgusting attraction to the racist pseudo-science of eugenics, War Against The Weak,…