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Michael Crumbliss for redOrbit.com China has the worst pollution problems in the world. And it is getting worse as the utterly unchecked rush to industrialization continues. Much of this is pollution is linked to coal mining and power generation, but the sources of toxins are myriad. While air and water pollution are highly visible and overwhelming on an everyday basis, the worst long-term toxic buildup may be lurking quietly underfoot in the soil. Nowhere is the global push to restore...

BRUSSELS, June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Solutions to protect farmers and public health Over the next two days, a delegation of over 50 crop protection industry and authority representatives together with farmers from various European countries gather in Sinaia, Romania, for a conference on the safe and sustainable use of pesticides. Each year the conference is organised in one of the countries implementing ECPA's European crop protection industry-initiated Safe...

HARRISBURG, Pa., June 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael Krancer and Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary C. Alan Walker issued the following statement on inaccurate reports regarding the site remediation of the Horsehead facility in Monaca, Beaver County. "To address any concerns with potential environmental liability, we highlighted the Act 2, Land Recycling Program as a resource that Shell could...

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SOURCE The European Crop Protection Association

Lack of Research in Rushed Embrace of Shale Gas as "Bridge Fuel" Seen as Troubling WASHINGTON, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Modern hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") is so new that over half of all the shale gas ever developed in the world has been produced in the last three years, which has resulted in nearly all of the peer-reviewed scientific research on the environmental and public health consequences of shale gas having been done in the last 14 months. The...

PROVIDENCE, R.I., May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Providence Superior Court Judge Judith Savage approved a 7 Million Dollar Settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by the citizens of the Town of Pascoag, Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Water District against Exxon Mobil Corporation as a result of the contamination of their well water supply by MTBE in 2001. According to Attorney Brian Cunha, lead Rhode Island counsel, "this finally brings some satisfaction to the citizens...

Exposure to solvents at work may be associated with reduced thinking skills later in life for those who have less than a high school education, according to a study published in the May 29, 2012, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The thinking skills of people with more education were not affected, even if they had the same amount of exposure to solvents. "People with more education may have a greater cognitive reserve that acts like a...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- In many cases, work can challenge the brain and stimulate thinking. For the less-educated who work with solvents, however, the opposite might prove true over the course of time. After a study involving 4,134 people who worked for the French National Gas and Electric Company, a lifetime exposure of four types of solvents- chlorinated solvents, petroleum solvents, and benzene and non-benzene aromatic solvents – resulted in impaired thinking skills after a cognitive...

Corn created by Dow to be resistant to 2,4-D herbicide has not been tested for human safety; chefs say it threatens crops in the DC metro area, including Maryland and Virginia WASHINGTON, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday the Vietnam Veterans of America, preparing to observe the 50th anniversary of the start of the Vietnam War, called on President Obama to take strong and serious action regarding one of the newest genetically engineered crops pending approval at the...

MONTEREY, Calif., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- EOS XR is a new product developed by EOS Remediation, LLC to combat the unique challenges of matrix diffusion. The release of the new product by the North Carolina based company coincided with Battelle's Eighth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds occurring this week at the Monterey Conference Center. EOS XR is the first premium, food-grade oil/water emulsion that gradually releases electron...