environmental health
March 23, 2011 -
An environmental chemist whose work has helped illuminate the ongoing health impacts of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil disaster will be the recipient of a human rights award from Global Exchange, an organization that promotes social, economic and environmental justice around the world
February 3, 2011 -
An independent report identifies 28 coal ash dump sites from Massachusetts to Nevada where hexavalent chromium has been detected in the groundwater at levels exceeding federal or state standards. Hexavalent chromium is one toxic waste product created by coal-fired power plants known to contain potentially dangerous levels of heavy metals, combustion byproducts and radioactive elements.
May 8, 2009 -
By Nina Jacinto, (reprinted from Wiretapmag.org)
December 28, 2008 -
A week after a coal ash lagoon failed at a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant in Eastern Tennessee and covered half a square mile with more than a billion gallons of toxic sludge, authorities are finally getting around to issuing public warnings about the possible dangers presented by the poo
January 23, 2008 -
In response to a recent study by the U.S.
March 1, 1990 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 18 No. 1, "The War Within." Find more from that issue here. …
March 1, 1990 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 18 No. 1, "The War Within." Find more from that issue here. …
