#environmental-health

#environmental-health

The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court charges Sentinel Peak Resources California, Freeport-McMoran Oil & Gas, Plains Resources and Chevron U.S.A. with failing to properly clean up at least 227 idle and exhausted wells in the oil field. The wells "continue to leak toxic pollutants into the air, land, and water and present unacceptable dangers to human health, safety, and the environment," the complaint says.

Researchers from Moss Landing Marine Laboratories measured more than 100 locations at Elkhorn Slough, an expanse of sensitive marshes just north of the plant, and found high levels of nickel, cobalt and manganese on the top of the soil all metals contained in the thousands of lithium-ion batteries that burned and which were spread in microscopic pieces through the billowing smoke that poured from the fire.

It was shocking to read that a few neighbors are opposed to having a cricket field in the proposed Palm Avenue Community Park in Fremont. The main fear is that flying cricket balls could injure a child or elderly person or damage homes or cars. Do baseballs ever fly out of the field and cause personal injury? Balls flying over to the street or neighborhood will be rare and can easily be prevented in the design and construction of the stadium.

Ten years ago this week, (Oct. 23, 2015) the largest U.S. methane leak was discovered at Aliso Canyon in northwestern Los Angeles County. It focused attention on the state's aging gas wells. The well that leaked was one of 115 connected to a subsurface storage reservoir in the Aliso Canyon gas field. The field has been used for natural gas storage since 1973 and is the second-largest facility of its kind in the U.S., capable of holding up to 86 billion cubic feet.

The most likely cause of an increase in childhood deaths is malaria, which kills more than 400,000 children a year and can cause seizures. But there was no report of the spiking fevers that characterize malaria. Lack of fever also made pneumonia, the most common cause of childhood death, less likely. The absence of diarrhea and dehydration ruled out cholera and other intestinal infections, the third most common cause of death.

The MTA says residents in Bushwick need not worry about donning masks while crews strip toxic lead paint from the elevated tracks at Myrtle Avenue. But some commuters through the century-old structure aren't convinced. The agency insists the work, which involves blasting away layers of paint more than 100 years old and recoating the steel structure, is being done inside airtight containment tents, with monitoring at "dozens of different points" around the site. Officials told amNewYork the tests so far show no cause for concern.

"Over time, the body will get rid of the mercury," Moline said.

Martha Stewart recommends using paper towels to soak up cooking oil before disposal, preventing blockages in drains caused by solidified oil.

The industrial economy has created more than 100 million novel entities, or chemicals not found in nature, with somewhere between 40,000 and 350,000 in commercial use and production.

Benefield remembered the white dust that covered her father's clothes when he got home from work, and she learned later that the whole family had been exposed to asbestos.

Environmental health officers from Havering have visited local businesses to ensure compliance with hygiene regulations set by the Food Standards Agency, focusing on cleanliness and food safety management.

We are seeing dramatic variations in the concentration of the pollen in different parts of Miami-Dade County, as well as different species of pollen.

"It's going to a real loss," said deputy editor Dana Boyd Barr, a professor at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health. "I didn't think that environmental health was going to be something that was targeted for decreased funding."

It's reducing the ability for people to have good information that can be used to make good decisions.

The fire at Chevron's Richmond refinery could have been prevented if the company acted on its internal safety recommendations about a corroded pipe.

"It seems to correspond with low [water] flows [and] the warmer water temperatures," Brent Bellinger, conservation program supervisor with the Watershed Protection Department, said.

Long-term exposure to ethylene oxide has been linked to increased cancer risks, yet storage facilities are often situated near residential areas, posing health hazards.

"The concentrations were so high that touching only one receipt with BPS for 10 seconds resulted in exposure above the safe harbor level which requires a clear and reasonable warning to consumers," Mihir Vohra, science lead at CEH, said in a statement about the findings.