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Residents in St. Louis dying in record numbers from World War II radioactive waste (Matt YOUNG, news.com.au ; October 27, 2015) http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/residents-in-st-louis-dying-in-record-numbers-from-world-war-ii-radioactive-waste/story-e6frflp0-1227584692180 Mountain of Nuclear Waste Splits St. Louis and Suburbs 888> (Keith SCHNEIDER, The New York Times ; March 24, 1990) http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/24/us/mountain-of-nuclear-waste-splits-st-louis-and-suburbs-888.html?pagewanted=1 N. B. :  Above link provided within body of the aforementioned news.com.au  article. "Mallinckrodt Chemical Works (MCW) in St. Louis purified uranium from uranium black oxide and pitchblende ore as part of the Manhattan Project in the 1940’s during the early days of the country’s nuclear program. The radioactive waste material from MCW and other sites was captured and stored at a site near the St. Louis Airport (Lambert Field). The site is currently a Superf...

Tampons, sterile cotton, sanitary pads contaminated with glyphosate - study ( RT.com , October 25, 2015) https://www.rt.com/usa/319524-tampons-cotton-glyphosate-monsanto/ N. B. :  Links to the translated English version of the Télam Report, as well as a YouTube video from Dr. Damian MARINO is available in the aforementioned RT News article. For those who might be interested... Human Contamination by Glyphosate ( Friends of the Earth Europe , June 2013) https://www.foeeurope.org/sites/default/files/press_releases/foee_4_human_contamination_glyphosate.pdf Case Studies:  A Hard Look at GM Crops (Natasha GILBERT, Nature Magazine ; May 1, 2013) http://www.nature.com/news/case-studies-a-hard-look-at-gm-crops-1.12907 Opinion On:  Genetically Modified Cotton and Medical Devices European Commission, Health and Consumer Directorate - General (28 - 29 June 2001) http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/ssc/out216_en.pdf

Keystone XL opponents continue push to overturn pipeline law (Grant SCHULTE, Associated Press/Washington Times; October 19, 2015) http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/19/keystone-xl-opponents-continue-push-to-overturn-pi/ Keystone XL developer seeks different approval for route (Grant SCHULTE, Associated Press ; October 6, 2015) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cde9cff35de14f0ea380b1a2a7d2d504/keystone-xl-developer-seeks-different-approval-route TransCanada abandons lawsuits with Nebraska landowners blocking Keystone XL ( Associated Press/Canadian Press/CBC News ; September 30, 2015) http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/transcanada-abandons-lawsuits-with-nebraska-landowners-blocking-keystone-xl-1.3250037 TransCanada Submits to Nebraska Review to Speed Keystone XL (Andrew HARRIS and Rebecca PENTY,  Bloomberg Business ; September 29, 2015) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-29/transcanada-revises-strategy-for-keystone-xl-nebraska-route

Agent Orange = 2, 3, 7, 8 -Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin or "TCDD" New!   Long-Term Fate of Agent Orange and Dioxin TCDD Contaminated Soils and Sediments in Vietnam Hotspots (OLSON and MORTON, 2019) https://file.scirp.org/pdf/OJSS_2019022115214447.pdf Vertical distribution of dioxins in soil of Bien Hoa airbase, Vietnam  (HUYEN et al., 2015) http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40064-015-1064-x/fulltext.html Fingerprinting 2, 3, 7, 8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin Contamination within the Lower Passaic River (QUADRINI et al., 2015) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.2961/full Agent Orange Footprint Still Visible in Rural Areas of Central Vietnam (BANOUT et al., 2014) http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jeph/2014/528965/ Websites : Dioxins and Their Effect on Human Health [ World Health Organization (WHO) ] http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs225/en/ SPILL OVER  [ Agent Orange Record ( AOR )] http://www.agentorangerecord.com/impact_o...

Alberta Energy Regulator says charges laid against Apache Canada for 2013 spill ( The Canadian Press/TheProvince;  October 19, 2015) 2013 News Articles : Toxic waste spill in northern Alberta biggest of recent disasters in North America (Nathan VANDERKLIPPE, The Globe and Mail ; June 12, 2013) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/apache-pipeline-leaks-60000-barrels-of-salty-water-in-northwest-alberta/article12494371/ Zama City Spill:  Canadian Environmental Agency Waited 11 Days to Tell Public (Hunter STUART, The Huffington Post ; June 14, 2013) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/14/zama-city-spill-environmental-agency-waited_n_3442942.html 'Every Tree and Plant Died':  Massive Toxic Spill Guts Alberta [ Indian Country Today Media Network (ICTMN) ; August 26, 2013] http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/08/26/toxic-wastewater-spill-alberta-kills-dene-tha-landscape-150968

Charged for 2013 spill - Edmonton - Canada News (Bob WEBER and John COTTER, The Canadian Press/Castanet.com; October 17, 2015) Billion litres of coal-mine much leaks into the Athabasca River (Gordon KENT, Edmonton Journal ; November 1, 2013) http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Billion+litres+coal+mine+muck+leaks+into+Athabasca+River/9118180/story.html Website: Obed Mountain Mine Release ( Alberta Environmental and Parks ) http://esrd.alberta.ca/focus/obed-mountain-mine-release.aspx N. B. :   Water Quality Reports and Results from the Athabasca River spanning from  November 19, 2013 until March 17, 2014 may be downloaded from the aforementioned website.

New!   Monsanto Bullies EPA on Glyphosate Ruling [Violet BATCHA, Environmental Working Group ( EWG ) ; April 24, 2018] https://www.ewg.org/news-and-analysis/2018/04/monsanto-bullies-epa-glyphosate-ruling#.WuC0Vy7wbIU U. S. lawsuits build against Monsanto over alleged Roundup cancer link (Carey GILLAM, Reuters ; October 15, 2015) http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/10/15/us-usa-monsanto-lawsuits-idUKKCN0S92H720151015 Citing WHO report, former farmhand sues Monsanto over glyphosate (Ben UGLESBEE, St. Louis Business Journal ; September 29, 2015) http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2015/09/29/citing-who-report-former-farmhand-sues-monsanto.html Widely Used Herbicide Linked to Cancer (Daniel CRESSEY, Nature Magazine ; March 24, 2015) http://www.nature.com/news/widely-used-herbicide-linked-to-cancer-1.17181 Recent IARC-WHO Press Release and Research Article: IARC Monographs Volume 112:  evaluation of five organophosphate insecticides and herbicid...

Environmental groups challenge NC settlement with Duke Energy (Anne BLYTHE, The News & Observer ; October 13, 2015) http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/coal-ash-issue/article38955993.html $20 million settlement reached in coal ash case (Cammie BELLAMY, StarNews Online; September 29, 2015) http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20150929/articles/150929684 N. B. :  Please note that the aformentioned StarNews Online article is three (3) pages long. Selected Research Articles : Trace Elements in Coal Ash  -  USGS Fact Sheet 2015 - 3037 (DEONARINE et al., 2015) http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2015/3037/pdf/fs2015-3037.pdf Predicting Mobilization and Bioaccumulation of Trace Elements from Coal Fly Ash Using Speciation Analysis; Final Project Report - 2014 (HESTERBERG et al., 2014) http://152.85.5.80/kingston/reports_papers_presentations/pdf/436_TVA_FINAL_Report_NCSU-2014.pdf The Impact of Coal Combustion Residue Effluent on Water Resources:  A Nort...

Researcher:  Children's Cancer linked to Fukushima Radiation (Yuri KAGEYAMA; Associated Press ; October 8, 2015) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9bd0b3e588634b908193939638126250/researcher-childrens-cancer-linked-fukushima-radiation New report links thyroid cancer rise to Fukushima nuclear crisis ( The Japan Times ; October 7, 2015) http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/07/national/science-health/new-report-links-thyroid-cancer-rise-fukushima-nuclear-crisis/#.VhdSc_lVikp Experts differ over nuclear accident's effect on cancer rate in children (Teruhiko NOSE and Yuri OIWA,  The Asahi Shimbun ; December 22, 2013) http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201312220021 Research Article : Thyroid Cancer Detection by Ultrasound Among Residents 18 Years and Younger in Fukushima, Japan:  2011 to 2014   (TSUDA et al., 2015) http://journals.lww.com/epidem/Abstract/publishahead/Thyroid_Cancer_Detection_by_Ultrasound_Among.99115.aspx N. B. : ...

Article: Montreal's sewage dump saga explained in 5 key points http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-s-sewage-dump-saga-explained-in-5-key-points-1.3263739 Shared via the CBC NEWS Android App

Flint Officials Are No Longer Saying the Water is Fine (Monica DAVEY,  New York Times ; October 7, 2015) http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/08/us/reassurances-end-in-flint-after-months-of-concern.html?_r=0 Public health emergency declared due to lead in Flint water (Corey WILLIAMS, Associated Press ; October 2, 2015) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e3d15b6a6f09462aaeb8a9a2c10e25ab/public-health-emergency-declared-due-lead-flint-water A "House of Horrors":  Thousands of Michigan Residents subjected to Contaminated Drinking Water   (Rupali SRIVASTAVA, ThinkProgress.org ; June 5, 2015) http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/06/05/3666238/flint-michigan-drinking-water-contamination / Reports :  Veolia Water Quality Report - Flint, Michigan (March 12, 2015) http://cityofflint.com/wp-content/uploads/Veolia-REPORT-Flint-Water-Quality-20150312.pdf City of Flint 2014 - Annual Water Quality Report https://www.cityofflint.com/wp-content/uploads/CCR-2014.pdf U....

Activists pipe up against US oil-transport plans (Sadie LUETMER, Al Jazeera ; October 6, 2015) http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2015/10/activists-pipe-oil-transport-plans-151006064417588.html Minnesota Tribe invokes treaty rights in fight to stop pipeline (Tristan AHTONE, Al Jazeera America ; June 24, 2015) http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/6/24/minnesota-tribe-invokes-treaty-rights-in-fight-to-stop-pipeline.html Websites : Sandpiper Pipeline Project - Enbridge Energy http://www.enbridge.com/SandpiperProject.aspx Friends of the Headwaters http://www.friendsoftheheadwaters.org/latest-news-and-information.html White Earth Nation - White Earth Public Hearing on Sandpiper Pipeline (6/4/2015) http://www.whiteearth.com/news/?news_id=111 N. B .:  A link to the "Final Public Record Transcript" from this hearing may be found on the aforementioned White Earth Nation website.

Montreal to stink up the St Lawrence [Marc MONTGOMERY, Radio Canada International (RCI) ; October 2, 2015] Despite Public Stink, Montreal to Dump Wastewater into St. Lawrence (Michael SHULMAN, CTV News Canada ; October 5, 2015) http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/despite-public-stink-montreal-to-dump-wastewater-into-st-lawrence-1.2596002 Selected Research Articles: Effects of Major Municipal Effluent on the St. Lawrence River; A Case Study (MARCOGLIESE et al., 2014) http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christiane_Hudon/publication/268789222_Effects_of_a_major_municipal_effluent_on_the_St._Lawrence_River_A_case_study/links/5478b69a0cf293e2da2b2b23.pdf Wastewater Release and its Impact on Canadian Waters (HOLETON et al., 2011) http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/f2011-096#.VhMpS_lViko N. B. :  The aforementioned article is available for free download in pdf form at this Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences website . Raw Sewage Harbors Diverse V...