Fwd: EHN Friday: Major fracking firm to disclose chemicals; Poultry workers' illness claims.
Ed Dickau
From: AboveTheFold <AboveT...@newsletters.environmentalhealthnews.org>
Date: Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 9:07 AM
Subject: EHN Friday: Major fracking firm to disclose chemicals; Poultry workers' illness claims.
To: ED DICKAU <ed.d...@gmail.com>
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Daily links to top stories in the news about environmental health. Major oil and gas firm to list fracking chemicals. A major supplier to the oil and gas industry says it will begin disclosing 100 percent of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing fluid, with no exemptions for trade secrets. The move by Baker Hughes of Houston is a shift for a major firm; it's unclear if others will follow suit. Associated Press Chicken plant workers say chemicals sprayed on carcasses making them sick. Producing 26 million pounds of chicken a day, Georgia is the poultry capital of the nation. But U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors and workers in poultry plants across the southeast say the process of preparing chicken for grocery store shelves has made them sick. Atlanta WSB TV, Georgia. South Africa's toxic hair scare. Top South African hairstylists and consumer groups have called for researchers to name and shame six popular Brazilian hair treatment products containing almost five times the legal limit of the carcinogenic chemical formaldehyde. IOL News, South Africa. Salmonella cases decline, but other foodborne illnesses up. There was little progress in reducing food poisoning rates in the U.S. last year, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Reuters Health Energy and the Amazon: Drilling in the wilderness. Camisea is Peru’s most important source of energy, pumping 1.6 billion cubic feet of gas a day. It has become a test of whether hydrocarbon exploitation can coexist with fragile environments and native peoples. Economist Al Gore is not giving up. The former vice president still geeks out when talking about the “cost-down curve for photovoltaic electricity,” his solar-powered houseboat and the infuriating refusal of the news media and the Republican Party to acknowledge the climate change gorilla in the room. Politico North Dakota finds more radioactive oil waste. North Dakota confirmed Thursday the discovery of a new radioactive dump of waste from oil drilling, and separately a company hired to clean up waste found in February at another location said it removed double the amount of radioactive material originally estimated to be there. Associated Press This land is your land. Feeding nine billion – and eventually ten billion – means growing crops faster, smarter and in new places. Do we need to find more land? National Geographic News Why South Sudan may face world's worst famine in quarter century. South Sudan, the world's youngest country, is on the verge of the world's worst famine. The UN estimates that a third of the country of 11 million are facing starvation unless farmers can plant a critical round of crops before the annual rains hit in May. National Geographic News Water in Brazil: Nor any drop to drink. Brazil has the world’s biggest reserves of fresh water. That most of it sits in the sparsely populated Amazon has not historically stopped Brazilians in the drier, more populous south taking it for granted. No longer. Economist Mining showdown in Andes over unique Páramo lands. High-altitude neotropical ecosystems known as páramos are increasingly at risk in Colombia and elsewhere in South America as major mining companies seek to exploit rich deposits of gold and other minerals. Such projects, scientists warn, could have serious impacts on critical water supplies. Yale Environment 360 China's pollution police are watching. As air pollution in China becomes a national crisis — only 3 of the 74 cities monitored last year had acceptable air quality, according to a March report from the Ministry of Environmental Protection — Hangzhou and other cities have declared war on dirty cars and trucks. Business Week Fire rages at Wyoming natural gas plant; town's evacuation lifted. Soaring flames kept a major natural gas plant in southwestern Wyoming closed on Thursday, affecting fuel supplies across the West. The fire followed an explosion Wednesday afternoon at one of the five natural-gas processing units at a Williams Cos. plant near Opal, Wyoming. Los Angeles Times [Registration Required] Manganese poisoning: Subtle effects. Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese began to totter and slur their speech. The poisoning soon ended in psychosis and death. Nowadays workers are exposed to far lower doses, but new research suggests manganism has not been eradicated. The metal’s detrimental effects on health may be widespread, contributing to other diseases. Economist CDC: Vaccines save hundreds of thousands of lives. Vaccines given to infants and young children over the past two decades will prevent 322 million illnesses, 21 million hospitalizations and 732,000 deaths over the course of their lifetimes, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. USA Today National Science Foundation's science board criticizes bill to alter agency's programs. The presidentially appointed oversight body to the National Science Foundation has taken the unprecedented step of publicly criticizing pending legislation that it feels would be harmful to the $7 billion research agency. 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