From healthmaps@comcast.net Mon Oct 18 13:34:05 2004 Received: from mxe7.u.washington.edu (mxe7.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.169]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.13.1+UW04.08/8.13.1+UW04.08) with ESMTP id i9IKY591031198 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:34:05 -0700 Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by mxe7.u.washington.edu (8.13.1+UW04.08/8.13.1+UW04.09) with ESMTP id i9IKY1Qc022062; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:34:02 -0700 Message-Id: <200410182034.i9IKY1Qc022062@mxe7.u.washington.edu> Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (localhost[127.0.0.1]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2004101820340101100675j0e>; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:34:01 +0000 Received: from harriet (c-24-19-157-164.client.comcast.net[24.19.157.164]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with SMTP id <2004101820285301100720n5e>; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:28:56 +0000 X-Comment: AT&T Maillennium special handling code - c From: "Richard Hoskins" To: "WAPHGIS \(WAPHGIS\)" Subject: Links to articles in today's press about environmental health Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:28:57 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0079_01C4B516.6E7A18E0" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__C230066_P5 0, __CT 0, __CTYPE_HAS_BOUNDARY 0, __CTYPE_MULTIPART 0, __CTYPE_MULTIPART_ALT 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __KNOWN_SPAMMER_ADDRESS_5 0, __MIME_HTML 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __NEXTPART_ALL 0, __NEXTPART_NORMAL 0, __TAG_EXISTS_HEAD 0, __TAG_EXISTS_HTML 0, __TAG_EXISTS_META 0' This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0079_01C4B516.6E7A18E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Please see below. This email newsletter has a wealth of stuff.=20 =20 Dick Hoskins=20 =20 _____ =20 From: abovethefold-bounces@lists.environmentalhealthnews.org [mailto:abovethefold-bounces@lists.environmentalhealthnews.org] On = Behalf Of abovethefold@lists.environmentalhealthnews.org Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 7:27 AM To: abovethefold@lists.environmentalhealthnews.org Subject: Links to articles in today's press about environmental health =20 Above the fold: Daily links to top stories in the news about = environmental health. A news service provided by www.EnvironmentalHealthNews.org =20 Can't wait till AboveTheFold reaches your inbox mid-morning? Visit our website. We start posting stories at 6 am ET. And if big stories hit the news during the day, we'll bring them to you as they are published. All content from EnvironmentalHealthNews.org is now available through completely customizable RSS feeds. An introduction to this service is available on our = syndication page. Have a friend who might want to subscribe to Above the Fold? Send them a link to our subscription page.=20 Standoff = in Congress Blocks Action on Environmental Bills. For another year, the confluence of partisan tensions, ideological differences, regional = conflicts and interest group politics has blocked action on key environmental legislation including reducing air pollution and protecting endangered species, according to lawmakers, advocates and academics. Washington = Post [related = stories] [Registration Required]=20 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40564-2004Oct17.html Fears about drilling may tilt vote in New Mexico. = Bush administration push for oil and gas drilling in New Mexico has alienated some local supporters. St. Louis Post-Dispatch = , Missouri. [related stories]=20 http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/election2004/story/C7F2= 02D BBCC3735F86256F310019556B?OpenDocument&Headline=3DFears+about+drilling+ma= y+til t+vote+in+New+Mexico++ Environmental issues lose political clout. To the frustration of environmentalists, their issues are having only marginal impact on a bitterly contested race that has been overwhelmingly = dominated by the war in Iraq and the struggling economy. Chicago Tribune , Illinois. [related stories]=20 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/printedition/chi-0410180177oct18,1,370= 334 2.story?coll=3Dchi-printnews-hed In Michigan, environment is a hot political topic. Presidential candidates learn the = hard way not to mess around with Michigan's environment. Detroit Free Press , Michigan. [related stories]=20 http://www.freep.com/news/mich/evote18e_20041018.htm Airlines Find Benefits In Reducing Pollution. Airlines are = embracing efforts to cut pollution and boost efficiency that they once considered headaches to offset surging jet fuel prices and cushion their bottom = lines. Wall Street Journal [related stories] [Subscription Required]=20 http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109778636199445761,00.html?mod=3Dtoday= s_us_ marketplace New cars on a low-fuel diet. With oil prices soaring above $50 a barrel and terrorism surging in the Middle East, it seems appropriate that 2005 becomes the = year Americans finally give up big SUVs and turn toward more fuel-efficient vehicles. Christian Science Monitor [related stories]=20 http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1018/p13s01-wmgn.html Mexico's floating gardens endangered. The pastoral scene so rooted in ancient = Mexico that one can't help thinking of a Diego Rivera mural of idealized pre-Hispanic life. Below the surface, however, where industrial heavy = metals and other contaminants lurk in Xochimilco's water and mud, the worst of modernity intrudes. Cox News Service [related stories]=20 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/195611_pac18.html Waste = leads to worry in Indonesia. Residents of Buyat Beach blame Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp., the world's largest gold-mining company, for = poisoning their idyllic tropical bay with arsenic and mercury. Washington Post [related = stories] [Registration Required]=20 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40666-2004Oct17.html Gulf may see change due to runoff in hurricanes' wake. Stormwater = pollution that has degraded Gulf of Mexico waters for decades flowed to Florida's shoreline this summer like it rarely has as four major hurricanes dumped several feet of rain and churned up sediments in lakes, rivers and = streams. Naples Daily News , Florida. [related stories]=20 http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/news/article/0,2071,NPDN_14940_3261991,00.= htm l Sellafield's = =C2=A3600m nuclear fuel factory faces closure before opening A British nuclear fuel plant that has so far cost the taxpayer more than =C2=A3600m without = generating any income may be shut down. London = Guardian, England. [related = stories] http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1329787,00.html Effect = of Waste Vote, Not Outcome, Is at Issue There is little doubt that Washington voters will approve a ballot question in November to tell the federal government not to truck more radioactive waste to the Hanford nuclear reservation, which is already an environmental mess. The = question is what happens when the measure passes. New York Times [related stories] [Registration Required]=20 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/18/national/18waste.html?oref=3Dlogin Postcard = from hell. Eighteen years ago, it was the site of the world's worst = nuclear reactor disaster. Now Chernobyl is becoming a tourist attraction. London Guardian, England.=20 http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,2763,1329885,00.html Anglers = hooked on NYC. Three decades after the 1972 Clean Water Act, conditions have improved dramatically in the East and Hudson Rivers, and now most people = - except children and women of childbearing age - can eat New York-area = fish about once a week. State limits on catches also have helped fish thrive. Philadelphia Inquirer , Pennsylvania. [related stories] [Registration Required]=20 http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/nation/9945928.htm Smoke agitates = casino workers. While smoking bans protect many U.S. workers, those who = deal cards and serve drinks in casinos get no relief. But contamination = levels can be as much as 50x higher than in air on rush-hour highways. = Philadelphia Inquirer , Pennsylvania. [related stories] [Registration Required]=20 http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/9947392.htm US to quit inspecting tobacco. = Legislation just passed by Congress abolishes the requirement that the government inspect imported tobacco to ensure it is not laced with chemicals and pesticides banned in the United States but permitted elsewhere. = Associated Press =20 http://www.newsday.com/news/health/sns-ap-tobacco-buyout-inspections,0,59= 493 70.story?coll=3Dny-health-headlines Environment fears = over household chemical. New research was called for today over fears that tricoslan-- a common anti-bacterial agent used in soap, toothpaste, mouthwash and cosmetics-- might be having an effect on the environment = and wildlife. Edinburgh Scotsman, Scotland. [related stories]=20 http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3D3640704 Separating the trash. For decades, India has been the final destination for = much of the world's trash: rusty cargo ships, plastic scraps, rags and used engine oil. Trouble is, it's often hazardous. And now it includes live artillery rounds. Time Magazine [related stories]=20 http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501041025-725180,0= 0.h tml Endicott group wants second opinion on water. An Endicott, New York community = group has asked a team of federal scientists to recalculate health risks associated with chemical mixtures in the village's drinking water, after = the original assessment excluded several harmful chemicals, including trichloroethylene. Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin, New York. [related stories]=20 http://www.pressconnects.com/today/news/stories/ne101804s124109.shtml How we lag = in future of food. Australia is lagging the world in the booming $30 = billion global market for organic products - and the Government is being blamed because it has failed to set standards or regulate the industry. There = is not even legislation defining organic products. Sydney Morning Herald , Australia. [related stories] [Registration Required]=20 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/17/1097951558979.html Exposed, Japan's hot springs come clean. In a scandal that has precipitated a nationwide crisis of confidence in Japan's beloved onsen, or hot spring resorts, scores of sites nationwide have been found to be deceiving customers with tainted waters. Washington = Post [Registration Required]=20 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40566-2004Oct17.html Limits = of ocean preservation being tested. Many marine experts are suggesting = that 20 percent to 30 percent of the seas should be "no take" -- off-limits = to fishing, drilling and other habitat-disturbing activities -- but less = than half a percent of the oceans are now fully protected. Washington Post [related = stories] [Registration Required]=20 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40569-2004Oct17.html More news from today =95Gulf War: syndrome won't be solved =95New technique to switch genes on and off; Vitamin bitter pill =95Kyoto plans in Canada, Russia, India =95NOAA checking planet's pulse =95Organic battle in Australia, New Zealand; Garbage in Shanghai =95Big asbestos victory in England =95Air in CT, NC, IN, MT =95Contamination in ME, NY, MI, KY, WI, IA, NM, WA, CA =95Water/sewage in MA, NY, PA, MN, IL =95Passive smoking risks =95Opinion: John Kerry's green thumb and much more, all at http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives.jsp?todaycount=3D13 &date=3D2004-10-18 You can also read last weekend's news = .=20 Plus: If you were on vacation last week, don't miss last week's top stories...=20 www.EnvironmentalHealthNews.org now offers a daily RSS feed of top = stories. 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From: abovethefold-bounces@lists.environmentalhealthnews.org = [mailto:abovethefold-bounces@lists.environmentalhealthnews.org] On Behalf Of = abovethefold@lists.environmentalhealthnews.org
Sent: Monday, October 18, = 2004 7:27 AM
To: abovethefold@lists.environmentalhealthnews.org
Subject: Links to = articles in today's press about environmental health

 

Above the = fold: Daily links to top stories in the = news about environmental health.
A news service provided by www.EnvironmentalHealthN= ews.org

Can't wait till AboveTheFold reaches your inbox mid-morning? Visit our = website. We start posting stories at 6 am ET. And if big stories hit the news = during the day, we'll bring them to you as they are published.

All content from EnvironmentalHealthNews.org is now available through completely customizable RSS feeds. An introduction to this service is = available on our syndication page.

Have a friend who might want to subscribe to Above the Fold? Send them a = link to our subscriptio= n page.

Standoff in Congress Blocks Action on Environmental = Bills. For another year, the confluence of partisan tensions, ideological differences, = regional conflicts and interest group politics has blocked action on key = environmental legislation including reducing air pollution and protecting endangered = species, according to lawmakers, advocates and academics. Washington Post = [related stories] [Registration Required]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40564-2004Oct17.htm= l

Fears about drilling may tilt vote in New Mexico. Bush = administration push for oil and gas drilling in New Mexico has alienated some local supporters. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri. [r= elated stories]
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/election2004/sto= ry/C7F202DBBCC3735F86256F310019556B?OpenDocument&Headline=3DFears+abo= ut+drilling+may+tilt+vote+in+New+Mexico++

Environmental issues lose political clout. To the frustration of environmentalists, their issues are having only marginal impact on a = bitterly contested race that has been overwhelmingly dominated by the war in = Iraq = and the struggling economy. Chicago = Tribune, Illinois. [related stories]
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/printedition/chi-0410180177oct1= 8,1,3703342.story?coll=3Dchi-printnews-hed

In Michigan, environment is a hot political = topic. Presidential candidates learn the hard way not to mess around with = Michigan's = environment. Detroit Free Press, Michigan. [related stories]
http://www.freep.com/news/mich/evote18e_20041018.htm=

Airlines Find Benefits In Reducing Pollution. = Airlines are embracing efforts to cut pollution and boost efficiency that they once considered headaches to offset surging jet fuel prices and cushion their = bottom lines. Wall Street Journal = [related stories] [Subscription Required]
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB109778636199445761,00.html?mod=3D= todays_us_marketplace

New cars on a low-fuel diet. With oil prices soaring = above $50 a barrel and terrorism surging in the Middle = East, it seems appropriate that 2005 becomes the year Americans finally give = up big SUVs and turn toward more fuel-efficient vehicles. Christian Science Monitor = [related stories]
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1018/p13s01-wmgn.html<= font size=3D2 face=3DArial>

Mexico'= s floating gardens endangered. The pastoral scene so = rooted in ancient Mexico that one can't help thinking of a Diego Rivera mural of idealized = pre-Hispanic life. Below the surface, however, where industrial heavy metals and = other contaminants lurk in Xochimilco's water and mud, the worst of modernity intrudes. Cox News Service = [related= stories]
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/195611_pac18.html

Waste leads to worry in Indonesia. Residents of Buyat Beach blame Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp., the world's largest gold-mining company, for poisoning their idyllic tropical bay with arsenic and = mercury. Washington Post = [related stories] [Registration Required]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40666-2004Oct17.htm= l

Gulf may see change due to runoff in hurricanes' = wake. Stormwater pollution that has degraded Gulf of Mexico waters for decades flowed to Florida's shoreline this summer like it rarely has as four major = hurricanes dumped several feet of rain and churned up sediments in lakes, rivers = and streams. Naples Daily News, = Florida. = [related stories]
http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/news/article/0,2071,NPDN_14940_3261= 991,00.html

S= ellafield's =C2=A3600m nuclear fuel factory faces closure before = opening A British nuclear fuel plant that has so far cost the taxpayer more than = =C2=A3600m without generating any income may be shut down. London Guardian, England. [related stories]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1329787,00.html

Effect of Waste Vote, Not Outcome, Is at Issue There = is little doubt that Washington voters will approve a ballot question in November = to tell the federal government not to truck more radioactive waste to the = Hanford nuclear reservation, which is already an environmental mess. The = question is what happens when the measure passes. New York Times [related stories] [Registration Required]
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/18/national/18waste.html?oref=3Dlog= in

Postcard from hell. Eighteen years ago, it was the site of the = world's worst nuclear reactor disaster. Now Chernobyl is becoming a tourist attraction. London Guardian, England.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/nuclear/article/0,2763,1329885,00.html

Angle= rs hooked on NYC. Three decades after the = 1972 Clean Water Act, conditions have improved dramatically in the East and = Hudson = Rivers, and now most people - except children and women of childbearing age - = can eat New York-area fish about once a week. State limits on catches also have = helped fish thrive. Philadelphia = Inquirer, Pennsylvania. = = [related stories] [Registration Required]
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/nation/9945928.htm<= /font>

Smoke = agitates casino workers. While smoking bans protect = many U.S. = workers, those who deal cards and serve drinks in casinos get no relief. But contamination levels can be as much as 50x higher than in air on = rush-hour highways. Philadelphia Inquirer, = Pennsylvania. = [= related stories] [Registration Required]
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/9947392.htm

US to quit inspecting tobacco. Legislation just passed by = Congress abolishes the requirement that the government inspect imported tobacco = to ensure it is not laced with chemicals and pesticides banned in the = United = States but permitted elsewhere. Associated = Press
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/sns-ap-tobacco-buyout-inspectio= ns,0,5949370.story?coll=3Dny-health-headlines

Environment fears over household chemical. New research was called = for today over fears that tricoslan-- a common anti-bacterial agent used in soap, toothpaste, mouthwash and cosmetics-- might be having an effect on the environment and wildlife. Edinburgh Scotsman, Scotland. [related stories]
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3D3640704

Separating the trash. For decades, India has been the final destination for much of the world's trash: rusty cargo ships, plastic = scraps, rags and used engine oil. Trouble is, it's often hazardous. And now it = includes live artillery rounds. Time Magazine = [related stories]
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501041025-7= 25180,00.html

Endicott group wants second opinion on water. An = Endicott, New York = community group has asked a team of federal scientists to recalculate health risks = associated with chemical mixtures in the village's drinking water, after the = original assessment excluded several harmful chemicals, including = trichloroethylene. Binghamton Press & = Sun-Bulletin, New York. [related stories]
http://www.pressconnects.com/today/news/stories/ne101804s124109.sh= tml

How= we lag in future of food. Australia is lagging the = world in the booming $30 billion global market for organic products - and the = Government is being blamed because it has failed to set standards or regulate the industry. There is not even legislation defining organic products. Sydney Morning Herald, = Australia. = Exposed, Japan's hot springs come clean. In a scandal that has = precipitated a nationwide crisis of confidence in Japan's beloved onsen, or = hot spring resorts, scores of sites nationwide have been found to be = deceiving customers with tainted waters. Washington Post [Registration Required]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40566-2004Oct17.htm= l

Limits of ocean preservation being tested. Many = marine experts are suggesting that 20 percent to 30 percent of the seas should = be "no take" -- off-limits to fishing, drilling and other = habitat-disturbing activities -- but less than half a percent of the oceans are now fully protected. Washington Post = [related stories] [Registration Required]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40569-2004Oct17.htm= l

More news from today
•Gulf War: syndrome won't be solved
•New technique to switch genes on and off; Vitamin bitter = pill
•Kyoto plans in Canada, Russia, = India
•NOAA checking planet's pulse
•Organic battle in Australia, New Zealand; = Garbage in Shanghai
•Big asbestos victory in England
•Air in CT, NC, IN, MT
•Contamination in ME, NY, MI, KY, WI, IA, NM, WA, CA
•Water/sewage in MA, NY, PA, MN, IL
•Passive smoking risks
•Opinion: John Kerry's green thumb

and much more, all at http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/archives= ..jsp?todaycount=3D13&date=3D2004-10-18=

You can also read last weekend's news. =

Plus: If you were on vacation last week, don't = miss last week's top stories...

www.EnvironmentalHealthNews.org now offers a = daily RSS feed of top stories. For more information...

If your email program has filtered out the active = links in this message, all can be followed by visiting = www.EnvironmentalHealthNews.org

Compiled by Environmental Health Sciences, White Hall, Virginia.

To end your subscription to this service, simply send = an email to abovethefold-unsubscribe@lists.environmentalhealthnews.org or go to the unsubscri= be page.

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