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EPA ruling unlikely to affect AVX.
Efforts to strengthen cleanup standards for trichloroethylene pollution probably will not impact Myrtle Beach-based AVX Corp. because any new regulations would not be retroactive, according to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. Myrtle Beach Sun News, South Carolina. 21 November 2009.
Victoria officials worry Corps is washing its hands of airport mess.
The public is being asked to help airport officials find potential environmental problems at the Victoria Regional Airport stemming from when it was a military base. Victoria Advocate, Texas. 21 November 2009.
Soil cleanup proposed at 7 Chanute sites.
The Air Force has proposed removing 6 inches or more of soil from seven separate sites on the old Chanute Air Force Base property as a way of cleaning up the property and making it available for redevelopment. Urbana-Champaign News-Gazette, Illinois. 20 November 2009.
Texas plant won't burn Mexican hazardous materials.
The company cited the economy for its decision to abandon the chemical waste importation plan, but environmental groups claimed victory in stopping the area from becoming a "dumping ground for the world." Associated Press. 20 November 2009.
Texas plant won't burn Mexican PCB materials.
A southeast Texas industrial plant is scrapping plans to import and incinerate 20,000 tons of hazardous materials from Mexico, the facility's general manager said Wednesday. Associated Press. 19 November 2009.
Cleanup at comm site.
A three-month effort to remove hazardous waste and remnants of an old military communications site in Black River-Matheson was completed this week. North Bay Nugget, Ontario. 19 November 2009.
Camp Lejeune vets, check toxic clues.
Investigators suspect that for as long as 30 years—right up until the wells were closed in 1985—hazardous materials from spills, dump sites, and underground tanks had been infiltrating drinking water at Camp Lejeune. Weymouth News, Massachusetts. Editorial, 18 November 2009.
Falluja's babies: The difficulties of pinning the blame.
War's effects on health can be much harder to identify than death and horrendous physical injuries. London Guardian, United Kingdom. 15 November 2009.
Navy’s Vieques training may be tied to health risks.
The federal agency that assesses health hazards at sites designated for Superfund environmental cleanups said it had reversed its conclusion that contamination posed no risks to residents in Puerto Rico. New York Times. 14 November 2009.
Climate rage.
The only way to stop global warming is for rich nations to pay for the damage they've done - or face the consequences Rolling Stone. Opinion, 12 November 2009.
Soldiers claim war zone contractors exposed them to toxins.
U.S. military contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan are fouling the nests of U.S. soldiers with pollution, poisoning the troops in the very bases meant to be their sanctuaries. That's the central allegation in a new set of lawsuits against three military contractors. Nashville Post, Tennessee. 9 November 2009.
U.S. open to environmental pact for bases.
The United States is ready to discuss the possibility of forming a special bilateral pact with Japan to address environmental damage at U.S. military bases in Japan, the governor of Kanagawa Prefecture said Friday. Japan Times, Japan. 9 November 2009.
Alarm at toxic mine deal.
An Australian mining company caught up in war crimes allegations in Africa is about to sign off on a deal that will tie it to a British firm responsible for dumping toxic chemical waste that has killed or affected thousands of people. Sydney Morning Herald, Australia. 7 November 2009.
Former Portsmouth scrap yard deemed hazardous.
A former metal scrap facility along Paradise Creek will be added to the national Superfund program today, becoming the ninth contaminated site in South Hampton Roads on the Environmental Protection Agency's hazardous properties list. Hampton Roads Virginian-Pilot, Virginia. 4 November 2009.
Wind turbine on line for base cleanup.
More than 200 people were invited to celebrate the completion of the $4.6 million, 1.5-megawatt turbine and a milestone in the massive cleanup of pollution at the Massachusetts Military Reservation. Cape Cod Times, Massachusetts. 3 November 2009.
Report notes few toxic cleanup successes.
An international antipollution group turned its gaze toward successes in the cleanup of toxic sites in the developing world, but found few candidates worthy of recognition, according to a report released on Wednesday. New York Times. 30 October 2009.
The environmental revival.
With all the talk about a new green revolution, new energy paradigms, and climate change, it’s easy to overlook how many of the pillars of modern environmentalism are not, in fact, new. Seed Magazine. Opinion, 28 October 2009.
Gaza thirsts as sewage crisis mounts.
Gaza's aquifer and only natural freshwater source is "in danger of collapse," the UN is warning. BBC. 27 October 2009.
High cancer risk from Tel Aviv-area pollution.
Industrial contamination of groundwater in the Dan region puts residents of Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Givatayim and other cities at an increased risk of cancer, a recent Water Authority survey shows. Haaretz, Israel. 25 October 2009.
State drops Fort Meade cleanup lawsuit.
The state has dropped an environmental lawsuit against the Army, acknowledging that cleanup plans for Fort George G. Meade are finally adequate. Glen Burnie Gazette, Maryland. 24 October 2009.
Marines need answers.
The federal government needs to answer for recklessly allowing U.S. Marines and their families to drink contaminated water over a 30-year period at Camp Lejeune. St. Petersburg Times, Florida. Editorial, 24 October 2009.
A few good men and bladder cancer.
Those that served and were exposed to toxic chemicals have a critical need to know what chemicals they were exposed to and access to medical screening to stay healthy. In fact, there's no government program to screen veterans who worked and lived in highly toxic environments. Salem News, Oregon. Opinion, 24 October 2009.
Irvine's Great Park Corporation overlooks El Toro's deadly toxicity.
Poor environmental stewardship for over half a century left the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station a toxic waste zone, seething with chemicals that have already killed and sickened more Marines that we will probably ever accurately know. Salem News, Oregon. Opinion, 24 October 2009.
Suit filed over pollution from Bay Pines defense plant.
In seven years of environmental detective work for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Bob Ankenbauer never saw anything as alarming as the abandoned chemical lab littered with open jars of acid and cyanide. Tampa WFLA TV, Florida. 23 October 2009.
Cleanup funds possible for south Macon industrial properties.
New test results for contamination on south Macon industrial properties show enough pollution to make them contenders for the Superfund list, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Macon Telegraph, Georgia. 23 October 2009.
City sues several parties involved in bay cleanup.
San Diego has sued more than a dozen current and former companies, along with the Navy and the port district, to minimize any city payments for cleaning up tainted sediment in San Diego Bay. San Diego Union-Tribune, California. 22 October 2009.
Fossil fuels' hidden cost is in billions, study says.
Burning coal and oil adds up to about $120 billion a year for the United States in health costs, including those tied to thousands of premature deaths from air pollution, researchers say. New York Times. 20 October 2009.
Greece polluted site remains uncleaned.
Eight years after agreeing to clean up contamination at an old shipyard and military plant on Dewey Avenue in Greece, the property owner has given up, leaving New York state with the task of overseeing remediation of the heavily polluted site. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, New York. 20 October 2009.
Camp Lejeune water contamination history detailed in documents.
The U.S. Marine Corps has long assured the public that it closed drinking water wells at Camp Lejeune as soon as it found they were tainted with toxic chemicals. But documents show that the base failed to close the wells for years St. Petersburg Times, Florida. 17 October 2009.
War remnants, pollution behind rise in cancer deaths?
Remnants from Iraq's three recent wars coupled with the absence of adequate government controls on emissions and industrial effluent, have turned Iraq into one of the world's most contaminated countries, say officials. UN IRIN. 14 October 2009.
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