Environmental Health in the News Archives

Stories previously listed on the EH News Homepage:

February 28, 2007

Scientists Offer Plan to U.N. for Civilization to Rise to Climate Challenge
ENN, By Charles J. Hanley, Associated Press

February 26, 2007

Dung Power at U.S. Ethanol Plant
ENN, By Carey Gillam, Reuters

February 21, 2007

Nine States Sue over Mercury Emissions, Questioning Rule on Cement Plants
ENN, By John Flesher, Associated Press

February 15, 2007

UN Says World Needs Tougher Toxic Trade Rules
ENN, By Alister Doyle, Reuters

Study Shows Yellowstone Air Quality Improves
ENN, By Associated Press

Asian Cities to Generate 1.8 Million Tons of Waste Per Day by 2025
ENN, By Associated Press

February 14, 2007

Green Buildings Need More Incentives in U.S.
ENN, By Nick Carey and Ilaina Jonas, Reuters

Sea Level Rise Could Hit Poor Countries Hard, Study Finds
ENN, By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters

February 9, 2007

Keep Cats Away from Bird Flu Areas, U.N. Agency Says
ENN, By Reuters

February 8, 2007

Global Warming to Require More Robust Disaster Monitoring
ENN, By Laura MacInnis, Reuters

Environmental Law Institute Report Explains What's Wrong with Sprawl
ENN, By the Environmental Law Institute

February 6, 2007

Drought Triggers U.S. Water Wars, Pits Montana against Wyoming
ENN, By Matthew Brown, Associated Press

Global Warming to Hit Poor Worst, Says U.N.'s Ban
ENN, By Daniel Wallis, Reuters

Environmentalists Demand Curbs on Mercury Trade
ENN, By Daniel Wallis, Reuters

February 1, 2007

Some Cool to Hot Term, 'Carbon Neutral'
ENN, By John Leicester, Associated Press

Study Says Polluting Particles in Air Hurt Women's Hearts
ENN, By Jeff Donn, Associated Press

January 29,2007

Australian State Leader Says Drinking Water Must Be Recycled
ENN, By Rod McGuirk, Associated Press

Indonesia May Lose 2,000 Islands to Climate Change
ENN, By Reuters

January 26, 2007

Warming to Raise Seas for 1,000 Years
ENN, By Alister Doyle, Reuters

Monsanto Cites Milk Tests, Says Consumers Being Misled
ENN, By Carey Gillam, Reuters

January 25, 2007

Clean Energy 50 Percent of World Supply by 2050, Report Says
ENN, By Alister Doyle, Reuters

January 24, 2007

California Legislator, Growers Prepare Dueling Plans to Prevent E. Coli Outbreaks
ENN, By Jacob Adelman, Associated Press

Survey Finds Mercury in Fish in West
ENN, By Jeff Barnard, Associated Press

January 23, 2007

EU Chief Backs Rules to Force Car Makers to Cut CO2 Emissions
ENN, By Constant Brand, Reuters

Post-War Lebanon Faces Major Environmental Harm, UN Says
ENN, By Reuters

Industry Executives Call on Bush to Accept Mandatory Action Against Climate Change
ENN, By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press

January 18, 2007

Sex-Changing Chemicals Found in U.S. Potomac River
ENN, By Reuters

Doomsday Clock Moves Closer to Midnight
ENN, By Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press

January 16, 2007

Environment Ministers Lack Clout on Global Warming
ENN, Reuters

January 15, 2007

Exxon Meets Green Groups as Climate Focus Surges
ENN, By Timothy Gardner, Reuters

Hindus Defy Pollution to Bathe in Ganges Festival
ENN, By Alistair Scrutton, Reuters

January 11, 2007

Health Experts Call on EU to Impose Total Ban on Use of Mercury
ENN, By Constant Brand, Associated Press

January 10, 2007

Studies Find Northeast Mercury Hotspots
ENN, By Philip Elliott, Associated Press

January 9, 2007

U.N. Official Wants World Summit on Global Warming
ENN, By Francois Murphy, Reuters

EPA Rejects Proposed Lumber Treatment
ENN, By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press

January 8, 2007

Building a Green Revolution
ENN, By Ermina Karim, The Tribune

January 4, 2007

Report Says ExxonMobil Cultivates Global Warming Doubt
ENN, By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters

Scientists Say 2007 May Be Warmest Yet
ENN, By Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press

January 3, 2007

Edward James Olmos Accuses Puerto Rico, Washington of Delaying Vieques Bombing Range Cleanup
ENN, By Associated Press

January 2, 2007

E. Coli Outbreaks Have Industry, Government Increasing Safety Efforts
ENN, By Linda A. Johnson, Associated Press

Study Shows Louisiana Slowly Slipping Into Gulf
ENN, By Cain Burdeau, Associated Press

Is the Yucca Dump Doomed?
ENN, By Lisa Friedman, Daily News, Los Angeles

December 28, 2006

FDA Set to OK Food From Cloned Animals
ENN, By Libby Quaid, Associated Press

China Fears Disasters, Grain Cut from Global Warming
ENN, By Chris Buckley and Chen Aizhu, Reuters

December 27, 2006

Ten Simple Things You Can Do to Go Green
ENN, By Della De Lafuente, Associated Press

Democrats Want to Redistribute Big Oil Money to Conservation, Renewables
ENN, By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press

Researchers Find Baking Impacts Puget Sound
ENN, By Associated Press

December 12, 2006

Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism, 2006
Trust for America's Health

December 11, 2006

In Epochal Shift, Half Humanity to Become Urban
ENN, By Alister Doyle, Reuters

December 7, 2006

EPA to Begin Final World Trade Center Health Air and Dust Testing
ENN, By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press

December 5, 2006

Children’s Necklaces Recalled Due to Lead Poisoning Hazard
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission News Release

Scientists Criticize Bird Flu Search
ENN, By Libby Quaid, Associated Press

December 1, 2006

U.S. Opposes European Global Warming Cuts Scheme for Airliners
ENN, By John Heilprin, Associated Press

Environment Agency Drops Part of Its Plan to Ease Pollution Reporting Rules
ENN, By John Heilprin, Associated Press

November 30, 2006

Report Says Global Warming Big Issue in N.Y.
ENN, By Michael Virtanen, Associated Press

November 29, 2006

Freshly Baked Handouts Forbidden in Fairfax County Says Health Of Homeless Is at Issue
Washington PostBy Jacqueline L. Salmon, Washington Post Staff Writer

Research Shows Acceleration in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
ENN, By Meraiah Foley, Associated Press

Study Finds Great Lakes Threatened by Aging Sewage Systems
ENN, By Associated Press

Global Warming Case Goes before U.S. Supreme Court
ENN, By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters

November 27, 2006

U.N. Meeting to Tackle Growing E-Waste Menace
ENN, By Daniel Wallis, Reuters

Pivotal Case on Global Warming Case Confronts High Court
ENN, By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press

Scientists Find Climate Change Clues in the Sky
ENN, By Beth Duff-Brown, Associated Press

Clean Coal Power Plant Planned for 2011 in Norway
ENN, By Alister Doyle, Reuters

November 23, 2006

Consumers Not Warned of Mercury in Fish
ENN, By Vicki Smith, Associated Press

EPA to Regulate a Form of Nanotechnology for the First Time
ENN, By John Heilprin, Associated Press

November 22, 2006

EPA Exempts Some Pesticide Use
ENN, By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press

China Agency Says Pollution Worsening Amid Economic Boom
ENN, By Associated Press

November 21, 2006

Global Warming Said to Be Killing Some Species
ENN, By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

November 20, 2006

Pressure at OSHA to alter warning: Author of advisory on asbestos in brakes faces suspension for refusing to revise it
Baltimore Sun, By Andrew Schneider, Sun reporter

November 16, 2006

Top Scientists Say Man May Need to Dirty Skies to Shield against Warming
ENN, By Charles J. Hanley, Associated Press

Democrats to Bush: Greenhouse Gas Limits Needed
ENN, By Reuters

November 14, 2006

Sweden Tops Climate Change Efforts, U.S. Near Bottom, Environmentalists Say
ENN, By Elizabeth A. Kennedy, Associated Press

Study Finds Hollywood Contributes to Los Angeles' Poor Air Quality
ENN, By Noaki Schwartz, Associated Press

Ice-Melt Isolates Remote Communities in Canada
ENN, By Jonathan Spicer, Reuters

November 13, 2006

Children showing hardening of arteries: study
Yahoo! News, By Kim Dixon

November 10, 2006

Scientists Say Millions Could Flee Rising Seas
ENN, By Daniel Wallis, Reuters

Millions in Asia Suffering from Lack of Water and Proper Sanitation
ENN, By Ker Munthit, Associated Press

November 9, 2006

Climate Change Threatens Agricultural Crisis, UN Says
ENN, By Gordon Bell, Reuters

November 7, 2006

Toxic Waste That Sickened Ivory Coast Arrives in French Port
ENN, By Associated Press

November 3, 2006

Indian PM Slams Ozone Pact over Trade Sanctions
ENN, By Reuters

U.S. Pesticide Stockpile Under Scrutiny at World Ozone Meeting in India
ENN, By Rita Beamish, Associated Press

Ocean Fish, Seafood Could Collapse by 2048
ENN, By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters

November 1, 2006

Environmental Groups Defend Clinton-Era Clean Air Program Before Supreme Court
ENN, By Pete Yost, Associated Press

October 2006

Scientists Uncover New Bird Flu Strain
ENN, By Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press

A Snapshot of Changes Global Warming Could Cause
ENN, By Associated Press

A Precautionary Tale about Nature -- An ENN Commentary
ENN, By James P. Leape, WWF International

Climate Extremes Are Coming, Study Says
ENN, By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Ozone Hole Size Sets Record
ENN, By Associated Press

Pollution Shortens Life Expectancy Worldwide
ENN, By Tracee Herbaugh, Associated Press

Eat More Fish, U.S. Study Urges, Despite Toxin Risk
ENN, By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters

Ivory Coast Tragedy Highlights Hazardous Waste Trade on Rise
ENN, By Todd Pitman, Associated Press

California U.S. Northeast to Unite on Forming CO2 Market
ENN, By Timothy Gardner, Reuters

Antarctic Ice Collapse Tied to Greenhouse Gases
ENN , By Alister Doyle, Reuters

In Malibu, officials to investigate causes of beach contamination
The Seattle Times, By Martha Groves, Los Angeles Times

U.S. FDA Told to Watch Nanotech Products for Risks
ENN, By Lisa Richwine, Reuters

World Hits Annual Sustainable Resource 'Overshoot'
ENN, By Jeremy Lovell, Reuters

Lettuce recalled over E. coli fears
CNN Health

Md. Scientists Toil to Transform Bug's Fatal Bite
Tweaking Mosquito's Genes Could Prevent It From Spreading Malaria
ENN, By Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post

Get Ready for Freak Weather, World's Polluters Told
ENN, By Catherine Bremer, Reuters

U.S. Northeast Could Warm Drastically by 2100, Study Says
ENN, By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters

WHO Calls for Improved Air Quality, Says Pollution Kills Two Million People Each Year
ENN, By Teresa Cerojano, Associated Press

EPA Chided Over 'Intersex' Fish Concerns
ENN, By Brian Westley, Associated Press

Scientists Question U.S. Government Air Pollution Decision
ENN, By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters

Sewage, Coastal Destruction Threaten Marine Life
ENN, By Anna Mudeva, Reuters

Brown Widow Makes Its Home on Gulf Coast
ENN, By Associated Press

U.S. Population to Top 300 Million This Month
ENN, By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters

Ozone Hole Matches Record Size
ENN, By Associated Press

Vietnam, U.S. Set New Tone on Dioxin War Legacy
ENN, By Grant McCool, Reuters

U.S. FDA Says Spinach Safe but Has Bigger Concerns
ENN, By Maggie Fox, Reuters

September 2006

Two of Five Feople Around the World Without Proper Sanitation
By Anna Dolgov, Associated Press

White House Says No Change on U.S. Carbon Strategy
By Timothy Gardner, Reuters

Earth May Be at Warmest Point in One Million Years
By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters

Diaper Component Tested to Protect Water
By Associated Press

Antarctic Ozone Hole Nears Record, U.N. Agency Says
By Reuters

Dealing with Canada's Wastewater
By The GLOBE Foundation of Canada

New U.S. Air Pollution Rules Rankle Health Groups
By Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters

May 2006

Canada Pays Environmentally for U.S. Oil Thirst
Washington Post -- By Doug Struck, Washington Post Foreign Service

Climate Change Threatens Development of Billions of World's Poorest People, Charity Says
ENN -- By Associated Press

Texas Plans Nation's Largest Offshore Wind Farm
ENN -- By Lynn Brezosky, Associated Press

Climate change tied to spread of diseases
Seattle Times -- By Doug Struck, The Washington Post

Nuclear Industry Adopts New Detection, Disclosure Policy on Radioactive Water
ENN -- By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press

Seattle schools to turn water off; arsenic detected
Seattle Times -- By Emily Heffter, staff reporter

Tacoma woman on long road back from battle with botulism
Seattle Times -- By Erik Lacitis, staff reporter

Red Tide Fears Broaden Shellfishing Ban
ENN -- By Associated Press

April 2006

WHO Says 9,300 Likely to Die from Chernobyl Effects, Greenpeace Says More than 90,000
ENN -- By Mara D. Bellaby, Associated Press

On Beyond Organic: Michael Pollan, 'Food Detective'
ENN -- By Icicle Networks

Scientists Say Red Tide Encore Not Certain
ENN -- By Andrew Ryan, Associated Press

EPA Plan Could Let Many Plants Skirt Strictest Cuts in Air Pollutants
ENN -- By John Heilprin, Associated Press

China Grapples with Growing Water Shortages
ENN -- By Ben Blanchard, Reuters

March 2006

Warming will change NW
Less snow in winter, worse wildfires are likely
Seattle P-I -- By ROBERT McCLURE

On Beyond Organic: GMO Lawsuits & Health Risks
ENN -- By Icicle Networks

Bio-Diesel Car Rental Opens in World's Car Capital
ENN -- By Reuters

Computers Utilized for Quickly Checking Fish Mercury Levels
ENN -- By Gwen Schoen, Sacramento Bee

Bill May Undo States' Rules on Safe Food

February, 2006

EU Ready for More Bird Flu from Africa Migration
ENN -- By Jeremy Smith, Reuters

The Good and Bad about Organics
ENN -- By Lisa Roberts, Orlando Sentinel

El Nino May Affect Africa's Food Supply
ENN -- By Associated Press

Development May Spread Old Pesticides
ENN -- By Associated Press

Intensified Development Raises Catastrophic Flood Risk around U.S., Experts Say
ENN -- By Andrew Bridges, Associated Press

Study Suggests Bad Corn Caused Birth Defects in the Rio Grande Valley
ENN -- By Associated Press

Science Panel Concludes Nuclear Waste Transport Generally Safe
ENN -- By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press

January, 2006

Landslides Could Worsen with Global Warming
ENN -- By Alister Doyle, Reuters

General Electric Workers Sue Monsanto over PCBs
ENN -- By Carey Gillam, Reuters