SAFE HOMES Blog » Recycling http://www.safe-homes.com/blog Indoor Air Quality-Recycling Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:33:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 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) http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/epa-releases-reports-on-dioxin-emitted-during-deepwater-horizon-bp-spillreports-find-levels-of-dioxins-created-during-controlled-burns-were-below-levels-of-concern-hq/ http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/epa-releases-reports-on-dioxin-emitted-during-deepwater-horizon-bp-spillreports-find-levels-of-dioxins-created-during-controlled-burns-were-below-levels-of-concern-hq/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:00:13 +0000 http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/epa-releases-reports-on-dioxin-emitted-during-deepwater-horizon-bp-spillreports-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 [...]]]> 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…

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]]> http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/epa-releases-reports-on-dioxin-emitted-during-deepwater-horizon-bp-spillreports-find-levels-of-dioxins-created-during-controlled-burns-were-below-levels-of-concern-hq/feed/ 0 EPA Urges Citizens to Clear out Medicine Cabinets for Drug Take-Back Events (HQ) http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/epa-urges-citizens-to-clear-out-medicine-cabinets-for-drug-take-back-events-hq/ http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/epa-urges-citizens-to-clear-out-medicine-cabinets-for-drug-take-back-events-hq/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:00:02 +0000 http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/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 Cabinets for Drug Take-Back Events (HQ)

]]> http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/epa-urges-citizens-to-clear-out-medicine-cabinets-for-drug-take-back-events-hq/feed/ 0 President Signs America Recycles Day Proclamation/Proclamation, new task force focus on electronic waste (HQ) http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/president-signs-america-recycles-day-proclamationproclamation-new-task-force-focus-on-electronic-waste-hq/ http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/president-signs-america-recycles-day-proclamationproclamation-new-task-force-focus-on-electronic-waste-hq/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:00:04 +0000 http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/president-signs-america-recycles-day-proclamationproclamation-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 (HQ)

]]> http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/president-signs-america-recycles-day-proclamationproclamation-new-task-force-focus-on-electronic-waste-hq/feed/ 0 Oct. 29 Event to Announce University of Iowa?s Sustainability Goals and Partnership in EPA Program in Iowa City, Iowa (IA) http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/oct-29-event-to-announce-university-of-iowa%c2%92s-sustainability-goals-and-partnership-in-epa-program-in-iowa-city-iowa-ia/ http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/oct-29-event-to-announce-university-of-iowa%c2%92s-sustainability-goals-and-partnership-in-epa-program-in-iowa-city-iowa-ia/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:00:04 +0000 http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/oct-29-event-to-announce-university-of-iowa%c2%92s-sustainability-goals-and-partnership-in-epa-program-in-iowa-city-iowa-ia/ Environmental News
FOR 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 and Partnership in EPA Program in Iowa City, Iowa (IA)

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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 to Watershed-Wide Projects (OR)

]]> http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/oregon%c2%92s-bear-creek-cleaner-thanks-to-watershed-wide-projects-or-2/feed/ 0 Oregon?s Bear Creek Cleaner Thanks to Watershed-Wide Projects (OR) http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/oregon%c2%92s-bear-creek-cleaner-thanks-to-watershed-wide-projects-or/ http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/oregon%c2%92s-bear-creek-cleaner-thanks-to-watershed-wide-projects-or/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:00:06 +0000 http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/oregon%c2%92s-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 to Watershed-Wide Projects (OR)

]]> http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/oregon%c2%92s-bear-creek-cleaner-thanks-to-watershed-wide-projects-or/feed/ 0 EPA Screens 1,000 Chemicals Using ToxCast (HQ) http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/epa-screens-1000-chemicals-using-toxcast-hq/ http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/epa-screens-1000-chemicals-using-toxcast-hq/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:00:05 +0000 http://www.safe-homes.com/blog/2010/12/epa-screens-1000-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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