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EPA Confirms That Granite Countertops Pose No Significant Health Risk, Undercutting 'Junk Science' Fear Mongering, Says Marble Institute of America

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

In Surprise Move, EPA Bans Carbofuran From Food

Free Internet Press (Free subscription) | yesterday

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Thursday that it will no longer allow residue of the toxic pesticide carbofuran on domestic or imported food, a decision that would effectively remove the chemical from the U.S. market. EPA officials said they made the decision - which surprised environmentalists as well as the pesticide's sole U.S. manufacturer - on the grounds that the chemical...

• Carbofuran Residue On Food Banned By The EPA - VitaBeat
• EPA bans a food-crop pesticide - Seattle Times
• See the 6 articles on the same subject

New EPA Regional Administrator for the Great Lakes

BLACK BEAR SPEAKS (Free subscription) | yesterday

Lynn Buhl will become Regional Administrator for EPA Region 5, which encompasses Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. Bharat Mathur, EPA's Acting Regional Administrator since May of 2008, will resume his position as Deputy Regional Administrator. Since September 2006, Buhl has served as Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance at EPA...

EPA Bans Crop Pesticide

The Washington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

Agency's decision will effectively remove carbofuran from the U.S. market.

EPA Confirms That Granite Countertops Pose No Significant Health Risk, Undercutting 'Junk Science' Fear Mongering, Says Marble Institute of America

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

CLEVELAND, July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- New U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) statements reaffirm that granite countertops pose no significant health risk, discounting recent alarmist reports about the safety of granite countertops, said the Marble Instit...

In Surprise Move, EPA Bans Carbofuran Residue on Food

HealthLawProf Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Washington Post reports that the EPA has announced that it will no longer allow residue of the toxic pesticide carbofuran on domestic or imported foods as a result of the safety risks posed to toddlers. Juliet Eilperin writes, The...

EPA Confirms That Granite Countertops Pose No Significant Health Risk, Undercutting ‘Junk Science’ Fear Mongering, Says Marble Institute of America

News & Information (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

CLEVELAND, July 25 /PRNewswire/ — New U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) statements reaffirm that granite countertops pose no significant health risk,……Read more

EPA Email Contained Greenhouse Gas Warning

A DC Birding Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Remember the email from the EPA that the White House refused to open? In it, the EPA administrator reported that greenhouse gases caused significant global warming, and he advised the administration to set limits on carbon dioxide emissions in accordance with a Supreme Court ruling. The 38-page document says EPA Administator Stephen Johnson believes there is "compelling and robust" evidence that the...

• Voluntary efforts on administration-touted greenhouse gas reductions are having limited effect - Star Tribune
• Few volunteering to cut greenhouse gases - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

Leahy Outlines What EPA Inspector General Should Investigate

TPMmuckraker (Free subscription) | yesterday

As we mentioned yesterday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman called-off a hearing on the White House interference with EPA decision-making when EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson refused to testify. Today, Leahy released a letter he sent to William A. Roderick the Deputy...

EPA Chief Won't Explain Climate Choices

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

WASHINGTON — Environmental Protection Agency chief Stephen Johnson has declined to explain before Congress how a conclusion he made last year that global warming put the public in danger could lead to a decision not to regulate greenhouse gases. In a 28-page document the White House and EPA have refused to release, the agency last December said global warming could endanger public welfare, according...

• EPA chief declines invitation to appear before Congress to discuss global warming decisions - Star Tribune
• EPA chief won't explain climate choices - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Lawsuit Asks EPA to End Use of Hazardous Pesticide in USA

Climate of Our Future (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Earlier this year, more than 13,000 Americans concerned about these health and environmental risks signed a petition urging EPA to discontinue endosulfan use. More than 100 environmental and public health groups recently sent a letter to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson outlining their concerns about endosulfan. Further, more than 50 international scientists, medical doctors, nurses, and other health...

Senators Fight for Backwater Project -- EPA Plans to Block 67-Year- Old Yazoo Flood-Control Effort

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

The EPA is weeks away from a likely veto of the project because it would destroy wetlands, water quality and habitat for threatened species. Since officials announced they are considering a veto, they have received overwhelming public comment against the project and expanded the area off-limits to the pumps.

EPA Moves To Ban Potentially Dangerous Pesticide From Domestic And Imported Food [Carbofuran]

The Consumerist (Free subscription) | yesterday

The EPA has announced that it intends to ban a pesticide, carbofuran, from both domestic and imported food because of the danger it poses to "general population" particularly small children. The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Nanotechnology Regulation: Former EPA Official Highlights Shortcomings Of Current Federal Oversight

Science Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

Nanotechnology will significantly change virtually every facet of the way we live. The next president has the opportunity to shape these changes and to ensure that nanotechnology's benefits will be maximized and its risks identified and controlled. A new report by former EPA official J. Clarence (Terry) Davies lays out a clear roadmap for the next presidential administration and describes the immediate...

EPA Wants To Ban Carbofuran Pesticide Residue On Food Crops Now; Plans To Ban Use Later

VitaBeat (Free subscription) | yesterday

United States Environmental Protection Agency officials told AHN Media Corp. on Friday that the proposed ban on detectable residue of the pesticide carbofuran on food crops it announced Thursday is only the beginning because the agency plans to ban use of carbofuran in the future. Carbofuran is a broad spectrum insecticide sprayed directly onto soil and plants just after the plant emerges to control...