ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGY
NEWS AND ARTICLES
2003-2007



The newest items are listed at the top of the below list. The dates that you see by each headline are the date when it was posted here. If you know if a news story, research, or information that should be posted here, please let us know what it is and please provide us with a link. The articles and links posted here and for informational and educational purposes only and do not necessarily imply endorsement by the World Natural Health Organization.


13 Dec 2007 - Study Reveals 17 Different Pharmaceuticals In Wastewater

26 Nov 2007 - Dioxin Spot In Mich. Could Be Worst Ever

23 Nov 2007 - Agricultural Antibiotics May Be The Cause Of Super-Bugs

15 Oct 2007 - Biofuels Worse For The Environment Than Fossil Fuels, Study Warns

03 Oct 2007 - Global Switch To Biofuels Could Spike Food Prices And Harm The Environment

27 Sep 2007 - Study: Ethanol Emissions Understated

05 Sep 2007 - Prozac 'Found In Drinking Water': Traces Of The Antidepressant Prozac Can Be Found In The Nation's Drinking Water, It Has Been Revealed

28 Aug 2007 - China's New Biofuels Project May Level Forests To Make Way For "Clean" Energy Farming

21 June 2007 - Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Contaminate The Environment With 30,000 Pounds Of Mercury Each Year

07 June 2007 - 7M Pounds Of Trash Pulled From Waterways

19 May 2007 - Peruvians Sue Oil Giant Over Amazon Pollution [It's amazing how we never see anything about this and other such things in the U.S. news media]

18 Apr 2007 - Study: Ethanol May Cause More Smog, Deaths

25 July 2006 - Mercury Levels Higher In Some Imported Tuna

25 Feb 2006 - Groups Sue EPA For Approving Unethical, Illegal Human Pesticide Testing

25 Feb 2006 - Korean Soldiers & Vietnamese Civilians Sue Dow & Monsanto For Poisoning Them with Herbicide Agent Orange

17 Feb 2006 - Development May Spread Old Pesticides

15 Feb 2006 - State Sues E.P.A. For Files On Household Pollutants

24 Jan 2006 - EPA To Accept Pesticide Tests On Humans [This is pure insanity and should NOT be allowed!]

24 Jan 2006 - If Your Suntan Oil Can Change The Sex Of Fish, What Can It Do To You? : The Stuff Is Not Only On Our Skin: It's In Our Tap Water And Lunches Too

23 Jan 2006 - United States Ranks 28th On Environment, A New Study Says

21 Jan 2006 - 11 Indicted In Cases Of Environmental Sabotage [This is the WRONG way to go about changing things. Changes should be brought about ONLY through legal means]

07 Jan 2006 - Environmental Hysteria Debunked

18 Dec 2005 - U.S. Proposes Dousing Wilderness Areas With Herbicides

15 Dec 2005 - Water Companies Forced To Reduce Arsenic Levels

07 Dec 2005 - Study Finds Hundreds Of Toxic Chemicals In Umbilical Cords Of Newborns

06 Dec 2005 - Lab Tests Find 60 Toxic Chemicals In Canadians' Blood [So why isn't this sort of testing done in the US?]

26 Nov 2005 - Battle Lines Set As New York Acts To Cut Emissions

17 Nov 2005 - Pharmaceutical Drugs Found In U.S. Water Supplies

14 Nov 2005 - Groups Propose Alternative To E.P.A. Rules On Mercury

03 Nov 2005 - Pesticide And Herbicide Contamination

08 Oct 2005 - Mercury Alert For Store-Bought Fish

22 Sep 2005 - EPA Wants To Ease Toxic Spill Reporting [This is why the environment is so messed up. They keep easing more and more of the restrictions]

25 Aug 2005 - Cold Fusion Shares Same Skeptics As Alternative Medicine

19 Aug 2005 - How To Poison A River

08 Aug 2005 - Hydrogen Green Fuel Comes A Step Closer

08 Aug 2005 - Atomic Waste Mishandled, Records Show

06 Aug 2005 - Is Your Unborn Baby Contaminated?

26 July 2005 - Is There Hidden Teflon In Your Water?

23 July 2005 - The Deadly Reach Of Environmental Toxins Across Generations

21 July 2005 - New Emission Rule For SF Bay Area Refineries

07 July 2005 - Big Utility Goes To Trial Over Pollution

02 July 2005 - Consumer Factsheet On: ACRYLAMIDE [Do you really want this stuff in your water? It causes cancer.]

01 July 2005 - NYC: Health Dept. Issues Warning On Tap Water

21 June 2005 - Pesticide Exposure Elevates Parkinson's Risks

16 June 2005 - EPA Reviewing Human Pesticide Experiments

13 June 2005 - Drought Casts Suicide Shadow Over Rural Australia

09 June 2005 - Mass. Gov. Declares Red Tide A Disaster

08 June 2005 - Casks Gain Favor As Method For Storing Nuclear Waste

21 May 2005 - What Is Depleted Uranium?

20 May 2005 - Eleven States Sue EPA To Block Second Mercury Rule

20 May 2005 - Save Our Waters from Sewage

20 May 2005 - Businessman Wants County's Garbage For A Biodiesel Plant [Interesting way to get rid of garbage and create fuel at the same time]

19 May 2005 - How Insecticides Harm You

12 May 2005 - Report Card: Pesticides In Produce

11 May 2005 - Huge Radioactive Leak Closes Thorp Nuclear Plant

11 May 2005 - Cortez Sophmore Builds Model Hydrogen Car [An answer to the fuel shortage problem?]

07 May 2005 - Barium: The Poison No One Talks About

29 Apr 2005 - Toxic Wastes 'Recycled' As Fertilizer Threaten U.S. Farms And Food Supply: Dioxin, Lead, Mercury Spread On Crops As States Scramble To Protect Public Health

29 Apr 2005 - Fear In The Fields: How Hazardous Waste Become Furtilizer

29 Apr 2005 - Insecticides Linked To Lasting Neurological Problems For Farmers

24 Apr 2005 - A Global Pact Against Depleted Uranium

23 Apr 2005 - 36 States Face Perchlorate Contamination

16 Apr 2005 - Arsenic: The Hidden Poison In Your Drinking Water

02 Apr 2005 - Roundup Doesn't Poison Only Weeds

02 Apr 2005 - Autism Rates Rise With Increased Mercury Pollution

23 Mar 2005 - New EPA Mercury Rule Omits Conflicting Data: Mercury Study Stripped From Public Documents

20 Mar 2005 - The Dirty Little Secret Behind The Chlorine In Your Water

18 Mar 2005 - Acetone In Fuel Said To Increase Mileage 15-35%

17 Mar 2005 - Study Links Autism To Mercury From Coal Plants

16 Mar 2005 - Was Your Baby Born With Mercury-Related IQ Loss?

15 Mar 2005 - Death Valley Alive With Wildflowers: Record Rains Yield 'Once-in-a-Lifetime' Display

15 Mar 2005 - The 2005 Women In Sustainable Agriculture Conference

12 Mar 2005 - Va. Cops Say Mercury Deliberately Spilled

12 Mar 2005 - E.P.A. Sets Rules To Cut Power Plant Pollution

09 Mar 2005 - Mercury Study Identifies Problem Spots

09 Mar 2005 - EPA Cracks Down On Lead In Drinking Water

09 Mar 2005 - Now There's Even Rocket Fuel In Breast Milk

09 Mar 2005 - Is Toxic Mercury Exposure Ruining Your Life?

03 Mar 2005 - Hermaphrodite Frogs Linked to Pesticide Use

03 Mar 2005 - More Than 50 Dangerous Pesticides Found In British Food

17 Feb 2005 - Arctic Becoming Chemical Waste Sump, Says WWF

16 Feb 2005 - A Big To-Doo-Doo: EPA Offers Air-Pollution Immunity To Factory Farms

09 Feb 2005 - Mercury From Chlorine Plants Pummels You & The Environment

05 Feb 2005 - E.P.A. Accused Of A Predetermined Finding On Mercury

02 Feb 2005 - Humanity Cannot Live Without Nature, But Nature Can Live Without Humanity

02 Feb 2005 - Petition: Stop Law Changes That Will Put Polluters And Corporate Profits Over Peoples Rights

26 Jan 2005 - Chlorine Factories Eyed As Pollution

18 Dec 2004 - Many Counties Failing Fine-Particle Air Rules

14 Dec 2004 - Pentagon To Jettison Environmental Responsibilities

11 Dec 2004 - Dangers In Your Water That Can Harm You

03 Dec 2004 - EPA Looking At Using Human Tests

15 Nov 2004 - Vancouver, Canada: Prozac And Painkillers Found In Tap Water: Drinking Water Contains Traces Of Nine Drugs, New Study Finds

13 Nov 2004 - Chlorine In Your Tap Water And In Your Diet Cola

01 Nov 2004 - A Gasoline Additive Lingers In New York's Drinking Water

01 Nov 2004 - EPA Plan To Study Pesticides' Effect On Kids Spurs Backlash Within Agency Poor Families May Join Just To Get The Perks, Staff Fears

24 Oct 2004 - Depleted Uranium: Observatory Laments Denial

17 Oct 2004 - 'Frankenfish' Caught In Great Lakes

11 Oct 2004 - E.P.A. Cuts Pollution Levels With Refinery Settlements

19 Sep 2004 - The Mercury's Rising ... In Our Drinking Water Supplies

17 Sep 2004 - Polar Bears Suffering From Toxic Contamination

30 Aug 2004 - Vast New Energy Source Almost Here: Solar Hydrogen Fuel Dream Will Soon Be A Reality

26 Aug 2004 - Depleted Uranium: Dirty Bombs, Dirty Missiles, Dirty Bullets: A Death Sentence Here And Abroad

25 Aug 2004 - E.P.A. Says Mercury Taints Fish Across U.S.

23 Aug 2004 - Covert Testing In Punta Gorda Began In 57, Coincidence?

23 Aug 2004 - Depleted Uranium: Dirty Bombs, Dirty Missiles, Dirty Bullets - A Death Sentence Here And Abroad

22 Aug 2004 - Chemical In Soap Found In Maryland Streams

18 Aug 2004 - Group Urges EPA For More Pollution Cuts

16 Aug 2004 - Missouri Attorney General Sues EPA

16 Aug 2004 - Seas Turn To Acid As They Absorb Global Pollution

16 Aug 2004 - Marin [California] Depleted Uranium Resolution Heats Up GI's Will Come Home To A Slow Death

12 Aug 2004 - I.B.M. Agrees To Take Steps To Clean Up Polluted Soil

08 Aug 2004 - Prozac Found In Britain's Drinking Water

07 Aug 2004 - Los Angeles to Pay $2 Billion Over Sewage Spills

25 July 2004 - Satellites Observe Giant 'Rogue Waves' At Sea

18 July 2004 - Tanzania Probes Flamingo Deaths

14 July 2004 - Sustainable Oil

14 July 2004 - Australia Eyes Offshore Nuclear Waste Dump

10 July 2004 - Court Sets Back Federal Project On Atom Waste Site's Safety

10 July 2004 - Parkinson's Disease Linked To Environmental Toxin

08 July 2004 - California Milk May Be Contaminated With Rocket Fuel

26 June 2004 - Pesticides And Your Drinking Water

22 June 2004 - Toxic Pollution Rose 5 Percent In 2002

22 June 2004 - Bill Would Allow Testing For Pollution In Humans

22 June 2004 - WWF: Dam Building Threatens World Rivers

19 June 2004 - Power Plants Are Top U.S. Air Polluters

16 June 2004 - Even Cicadas Found To Be Full Of Mercury

08 June 2004 - Exxon Head: Energy Independence Is A Myth [Sounds like they are more worried about their profits and discouraging people from trying to make things better]

05 June 2004 - Judge Tosses Rules To Curb Acid Rain

31 May 2004 - Critics Say Clean-Air Plan May Be A Setback For Parks

31 May 2004 - Anti-Fire Chemical Spurs Toxic Fears In Arctic

28 May 2004 - Biomass Could Reduce CO2 Emissions, Report Says

26 May 2004 - U.S. Brings New Set Of Charges Against Pipe Manufacturer

26 May 2004 - EPA Fines Army Over Nerve Gas Release

23 May 2004 - Climate Change Rises On Global Agenda

22 May 2004 - Common Pollutant As Bad As PCBs?

20 May 2004 - States Suing Allegheny Over Clean Air

18 May 2004 - Arctic Temperatures Warming Rapidly- Polar Explorer

11 May 2004 - Compute Impact Effects [Think of the movies "Deep Impact" or "Armageddon" and give this a try]

09 May 2004 - Kelp And Radiation Poisoning

22 Apr 2004 - EPA Drops Gasoline Pollution Rules Plan

21 Apr 2004 - Oceans In Deep Trouble; U.S. Must Help, Panel Says

15 Apr 2004 - EPA To States: Air Doesn't Meet Standards [Maybe this would be different if they would quit lowering the standards for the companies that are causing it]

15 Apr 2004 - Mercury Wars

13 Apr 2004 - Clear Skies No More For Millions As Pollution Rule Expands

08 Apr 2004 - ConocoPhillips To Pay $70 Million To Settle Florida Pollution Suits

30 Mar 2004 - Ocean 'Dead Zone' Alert

27 Mar 2004 - The Methodic Demise Of Natural Earth

22 Mar 2004 - 60 Bottlenose Dolphins Dead In Florida Panhandle

20 Mar 2004 - North Carolina Asks E.P.A. To Force Others To Clean Air

10 Mar 2004 - EPA: Pesticides And Food: Health Problems Pesticides May Pose

10 Mar 2004 - How Many Pesticides Are In Your Food? Find Out Now!

04 Feb 2004 - First Award For Depleted Uranium Poisoning Claim

30 Jan 2004 - Bush To Eliminate Nuclear Plant Standards: Plan To Let Contractors Devise New Rules

23 Jan 2004 - Air Pollution Wreaks Havoc On City Babies

22 Jan 2004 - Separating People From Their Water

22 Jan 2004 - Mutant Frogs Make Scientists Jumpy

22 Jan 2004 - Court Backs EPA On Anti-Pollution Rules

20 Jan 2004 - Hardy Pathogen Cutting Down Pacific Oaks

19 Jan 2004 - New Research Indicates Human Form Of Mad Cow More Complex Than First Thought

19 Jan 2004 - 'Hole In Sky' Amazes Scientists

19 Jan 2004 - How Many Windmills Would $87 Billion Buy?

19 Jan 2004 - GM Crops To Hit Wildlife, Says Advisory Body

19 Jan 2004 - Create A Habitat - Backyard Wildlife Habitat Program - National Wildlife Federation

19 Jan 2004 - Poisoning Our Water

19 Jan 2004 - 'Enhanced Air' Pumped Into Stores To Boost Spending: GM Pheromones In Your Face

19 Jan 2004 - EPA Sued For Illegally Taking Direction From Chemical Industry Group

12 Jan 2004 - Exodus At EPA 'Canaries' Are flying The Coop

12 Jan 2004 - Where Do the Toxics Go?

12 Jan 2004 - Another Warning - Pelican Die-Off In Louisiana

12 Jan 2004 - Giant Space Shield Plan To Save Planet [Talk about stupid ideas]

11 Jan 2004 - Water Ruling Is Expected To Produce Ripple Effect

11 Jan 2004 - Scientists And Citizens Are Stymied By Water Crisis

08 Jan 2004 - Safety Concerns Cut Down Treated Lumber Used By Millions

20 Dec 2003 - Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Still Having Impact

18 Dec 2003 - Selling Of The Rain, Covenant Broken At Hopi: Water Sold For Coal Slurry

18 Dec 2003 - Goodbye Sunshine

17 Dec 2003 - The Battle For Water

15 Dec 2003 - EPA Seeks To Reduce Mercury Pollution

14 Dec 2003 - The USA's Environment

14 Dec 2003 - More Mobiles, And Sparrows Take Flight

05 Dec 2003 - 2 States Break Rules On Smog, E.P.A. Finds

04 Dec 2003 - E.P.A. Drafts New Rules For Emissions From Power Plants

03 Dec 2003 - Blood Tests Show Chemical Toxins In EVERY PERSON Tested

03 Dec 2003 - Top Scientists Conclude Human Activity Is Affecting Global Climate

30 Nov 2003 - Second Mass Whale Beaching In Australia In A Week

25 Nov 2003 - 110 Whales Found Dead

25 Nov 2003 - 36 Beached Whales Die In St. Martin

20 Nov 2003 - U.N., U.S. To Take Action Against Greenpeace

20 Nov 2003 - Ecuador Maps 20-Year Plan To Slow Deforestation

20 Nov 2003 - Global Warming Gas Seen Increasing Dramatically

02 Nov 2003 - What Comes Out Of A Jet Engine?

11 Oct 2003 - Salmon Packed With Pollutants

28 May 2003 - Putin Will Spray Rain Clouds to Guarantee Sunshine For Celebrations

25 Feb 2003 - California Grocers Warn Of Mercury In Fish

21 Jan 2003 - FEMA Issues Emergency Planning Book