EPA Releases Reports on Dioxin Emitted During Deepwater Horizon BP Spill/Reports find levels of dioxins created during controlled burns were below levels of concern (HQ)

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released two peer reviewed reports concerning dioxins emitted during the controlled burns of oil during the Deepwater Horizon BP spill. Dioxins are a category that describes a group of hundreds of potentially cancer-causing chem… Source:EPA Releases Reports on Dioxin Emitted During Deepwater Horizon BP Spill/Reports find [...]

EPA Urges Citizens to Clear out Medicine Cabinets for Drug Take-Back Events (HQ)

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is lending its support and expertise for drug take-back events sponsored by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). The events will take place at 1,700 sites around the country on Saturday, September 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Citizens… Source:EPA Urges Citizens to Clear out Medicine [...]

President Signs America Recycles Day Proclamation/Proclamation, new task force focus on electronic waste (HQ)

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, on America Recycles Day, President Obama signed a proclamation celebrating the strides the country has made in recycling generally, while also highlighting the need for greater attention to addressing electronic waste (e-waste). Last week, the Council on Environmental Qualit… Source:President Signs America Recycles Day Proclamation/Proclamation, new task force focus on electronic waste [...]

Oct. 29 Event to Announce University of Iowa?s Sustainability Goals and Partnership in EPA Program in Iowa City, Iowa (IA)

Environmental NewsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE(Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 27, 2010) - News media representatives and the public are invited to attend an Oct. 29 event in Iowa City, Iowa, to highlight sustainability priorities at the University of Iowa. The University of Iowa is the first univer… Source:Oct. 29 Event to Announce University of Iowa?s Sustainability Goals [...]

Oregon?s Bear Creek Cleaner Thanks to Watershed-Wide Projects (OR)

Local groups, armed with a protection plan and $5.4 million in state & federal funding dramatically improve water quality in Bear Creek (Seattle – Nov. 18, 2010) After years of hard work by local groups and $5.4 million in state and federal investment, areas of Bear Creek watershed are sho… Source:Oregon?s Bear Creek Cleaner Thanks [...]

Oregon?s Bear Creek Cleaner Thanks to Watershed-Wide Projects (OR)

Local groups, armed with a protection plan and $5.4 million in state & federal funding dramatically improve water quality in Bear Creek (Seattle – Nov. 18, 2010) After years of hard work by local groups and $5.4 million in state and federal investment, areas of Bear Creek watershed are sho… Source:Oregon?s Bear Creek Cleaner Thanks [...]

EPA Screens 1,000 Chemicals Using ToxCast (HQ)

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ToxCast screening program has entered a new phase, screening 1,000 chemicals for potential toxicity to people and the environment. ToxCast is designed to determine how chemical exposures impact the human body and how the chemicals mo… Source:EPA Screens 1,000 Chemicals Using ToxCast (HQ)

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