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The Value of Water

Henry Henderson | Posted 11.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Asian Carp, Lake Michigan, Nrdc, Invasive Species, Pollution, Chicago River, Chicago River Sewage, Natural Resources Defense Council, Atrazine, Water Pollution, Water, Chicago, Great Lakes, Privatization, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Ballast-Water, Chicago News
Henry Henderson

The water rich communities of the Great Lakes region do not understand the nature and value of their most precious resource.

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BP Slapdown: EPA Really is Back on the Job!

Henry Henderson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Lisa Jackson, Bp, Nrdc, Northwest Indiana, Epa, British Petroleum, Bp Whiting Refinery, Indiana, Coal Industry, Lake Michigan, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Environmental Protection Agency, Atrazine, Water Pollution, Asthma, Air Pollution, Chicago News
Henry Henderson

The EPA is back: it just weighed in on the controversial BP refinery expansion on Lake Michigan and issued an objection to the lax pollution permit that Indiana had lavished on the project.

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EPA Decides to Take a New Look at Atrazine

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Pesticides, Drinkingwater, Simplesteps, Atrazine, Toxics, Midwest, Health, Ecosytems, Pesticide, Frogs, Green News
Andrew Wetzler

Today the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it will initiate a review of the health and environmental effects of atrazine, one of the most widely used pesticides in the United States.

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In Reversal Of Bush Policy, EPA Launches New Study of Atrazine's Health Effects

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green

Read More: EPA Drinking Water, Atrazine, Barbara Boxer, Atrazine Water, Epa, Environment, Drinking Water, EPA Atrazine, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Green News

The Environmental Protection Agency today reversed its stance on the potential hazards of atrazine, one of the most commonly-used herbicides in the co...

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Diabetes and Endocrine Disruption: Connecting the Dots

Maria Rodale | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Endocrine Disruptors, Toxic Chemicals, Pesticides, Atrazine, Diabetes, Living News
Maria Rodale

I consider myself fairly well-read, and educated about health. I've researched the endocrine disruption effects of chemicals--that is, the ways that c...

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EPA's Failure To Publicize Drinking Water Data Prompts Agency, Congress To Rethink Policies

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Atrazine, Atrazine Water, Weed Killer Water, EPA Atrazine, Herbicide Water, Green News

There is some evidence that Congress -- and the Environmental Protection Agency -- are rethinking their policies on a commonly used weed-killer after ...

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Syngenta, Maker Of Weed-Killer Atrazine, Wants Lobbying Documents Excluded From Class-Action Lawsuit

HuffPost Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Lobbyists, Lobbying, Atrazine, Politics, Weed-Killer, Syngenta, Chemical Company, Illinois. Class-Action Lawsuit, Business, Drinking Water, Herbicide, Green News

Lawyers representing the maker of the herbicide atrazine are asking that documents related to the company's lobbying and trade association activities ...

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The Food-Climate-Atrazine Connection Explained

Grist.org | Tom Philpott | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Atrazine, Roundup, Sustainable Food, Climate, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas, Food Politics, Environment, Food, Global Warming, Green News

By Tom Philpott. This post originally appeared at grist.org. In the ongoing debate about whether sustainable agriculture can "feed the world," it's i...

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Thirsting for Truth: No "Safe" Level of Atrazine

Timothy LaSalle | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Organic Farming, Pesticides, Atrazine, Water, Diabetes, Pollution, Organic, Industrial Agriculture, Green News
Timothy LaSalle

Even atrazine's advocates do not deny the toxicity of the chemical outright -- it is, in fact, a substance created to kill. The legal pollution in our water has unacceptable human consequences.

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Green News Report - August 27, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Fracking, Dairy, Green News, Salmonella, Green News Report, Hydraulic-Fracturing, Mpg, Atrazine, Water, Africa, Electric Cars, Oil, Cash for Clunkers, Sen. Edward Kennedy, Hurricane Katrina, Climate Change, Industrial Agriculture, Global Warming, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Happy Anniversaries -- sort of; The Politics of "Fracking"; How about some weed-killer in your drinking water?... PLUS: Another sad loss for the environment... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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Water Utilities Lack Proper Filters For Weed-Killer

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Iowa, Herbicide, Indiana, Epa, Ohio, Utilities, Filtration, Lawsuit, Syngenta, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Atrazine, Filter, Kansas, Weed-Killer, Tillery, Water, Missouri, Illinois, Drinking Water, Green News

Results from a federal drinking water monitoring program show that many public water companies are ineffective at removing a widely used weed-killer f...

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NRDC Report: Widespread Atrazine Contamination in Drinking Water and Streams

Jennifer Sass | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Water-Contamination, Herbicide, Atrazine Report, Atrazine, Endocrine Disrupting Chemical, Green News
Jennifer Sass

Say no to the unnecessary use of toxic agriculture chemicals, where safer alternative methods or materials exist. Do it for the future gonads of America!

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Danielle Ivory Discusses The EPA's Failure To Inform Public About Weed-Killer In Drinking Water On "Democracy Now" (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Environmental Protection Agency, Video, Atrazine, Green News

The Huffington Post Investigative Fund recently published an article revealing that the EPA had failed to inform customers about the presence of a wid...

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EPA Fails To Inform Public About Weed-Killer In Drinking Water (VIDEO)

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Atrazine, Weed-Killer in Drinking Water, Weed-Killer, Epa, EPA Atrazine, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Green News

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 h...

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Actualities: Weed Killers in Your Water

Dan Agin | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Epa, Atrazine, Weed Killers, Fetal Development, Environmental Pollution, Green News
Dan Agin

The basic question for toxicologists and pediatricians (and for the EPA) is whether there is indeed such a thing as a "safe" concentration of a toxic substance for an embryo or fetus. My own view is no.

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