Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

Regional and Temporal Differences in Nitrate Trends Discerned from Long-Term Water Quality Data (STETS et al., 2015) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1752-1688.12321/epdf Regional Nitrate and Pesticide Trends in Groundwater in the Eastern San Joaquin Valley, California   (BUROW et al., 2008) http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/rwqcb5/water_issues/salinity/laws_regs_policies/nitrate_trends_east_sjoaq.pdf Nitrates and Pesticides in Groundwater of East San Joaquin Valley:  Occurrence and Trends (BUROW et al., 1998) http://ca.water.usgs.gov/sanj/pub/usgs/wrir98-4040a/wrir98-4040a.pdf Occurrence of Nitrate and Pesticides in Groundwater Beneath Three Agricultural Land-Use Settings in the Eastern San Joaquin Valley, California, 1993 - 1995  (BUROW et al., 1997) http://ca.water.usgs.gov/sanj/pub/usgs/wrir97-4284/wrir97-4284.pdf Nitrate and Selected Pesticides in Groundwater of the Mid-Atlantic Region (ATOR and FERRARI, 1997) http://md.water.usgs.gov/publicati...

Alameda County Supervisor's Office "Appalled" at Response to Oil Leak, Possible Water Contamination (Bigad SHABAN, NBC Bay Area ; November 25, 2015) http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/Alameda-County-Supervisors-Office-Appalled-at-Response-to-Oil-Leak-Possible-Water-Contamination-354182831.html N. B.:  Includes two embedded News report videos from the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit. Website: E & B Natural Resources California Operations http://www.ebresources.com/operations/california/

Brazil Prosecutors Narrow Probe of Vale, BHP Billington's Samarco Dam (Paul KIERNAN, Wall Street Journal ; November 24, 2015) http://www.wsj.com/articles/brazil-prosecutors-narrow-dam-probe-1448410384 Mining waste reaches Brazilian coast two weeks after BHP dam collapse (Bruce DOUGLAS, The Guardian ; November 23, 2015) http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/23/brazil-dam-collapse-mining-waste-reaches-ocean-rio-doce N. B. :  Videos of this disaster are embedded in the aforementioned article. Samarco admite que barragens ainda podem se romper em Mariana (MG) (Fabio BRAGA, Folha de S. Paulo ; November 17, 2015) http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2015/11/1707591-samarco-admite-que-barragens-ainda-podem-se-romper-em-mariana-mg.shtml N. B.:  A photo gallery of 94 pictures regarding this BHP-Vale Samarco dam failure is available in the aforementioned Portuguese news article. Brazilian mining flood could devastate environment for years (Stephen EISENHAMMER, ...

In California, Farmers Rely on Oil Wastewater to Weather Drought ( Zo ë  SCHLANGER, Newsweek, April 6, 2015) http://www.newsweek.com/california-farmers-rely-oil-wastewater-weather-drought-319648 Central Valley's growing concern:  Crops raised with oil field water (Julie CART, Los Angeles Times ; May 2, 2015) http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-drought-oil-water-20150503-story.html Our Food is Not Being Grown with Fracking Wastewater (Rick PAULAS, KCET ; September 16, 2015) http://www.kcet.org/news/redefine/rewater/pollution/our-food-is-not-being-grown-with-fracking-wastewater.html Articles: The Nexus of Food, Energy and Water (FINLEY and SEIBER, 2014)  http://www.silae.it/files/jf501496r.pdf Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources (MUEHLENBACHS and OLMSTEAD, 2014) http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/195739/2/cmsarticle_401.pdf Conference Event: The Food-Energy-Water Nexus 16th National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Polic...

Oakland City Attorney Files Lawsuit Against Monsanto for Contaminating Oakland Waterways and the... | Business Wire Oakland sues Monsanto for 'long-standing contamination' of San Francisco Bay ( RT.com ; November 11, 2015) https://www.rt.com/usa/321630-oakland-monsanto-contamination-lawsuit/ City of Hartford, School Board file suit against Monsanto for PCB Cleanup (Vanessa de la TORRE, Hartford Courant ; October 23, 2015) http://www.courant.com/community/hartford/hc-hartford-pcb-monsanto-lawsuit-1024-20151023-story.html Spokane, Washington sues Monsanto over PCBs in polluted state river (Eric M. JOHNSON,  Reuters ; August 4, 2015) http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/04/us-usa-washington-monsanto-idUSKCN0Q923R20150804#t0km5SKItGrffgAC.97 San Jose sues Monsanto over Pollution in San Francisco Bay (Jennifer WADSWORTH, San Jose Inside ; August 6, 2015) http://www.sanjoseinside.com/2015/08/06/san-jose-sues-monsanto-over-pollution-in-san-francisco-bay/ Monsanto:...

Montreal sewage dump starts tonight at midnight http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-sewage-dump-city-will-announce-details-today-1.3311931 Shared via the CBC News Android App

Study:  Dispersants did not help oil degrade in BP Spill (Seth SORENSEN, Associated Press/Phys.org; November 9, 2015) http://phys.org/news/2015-11-dispersants-oil-degrade-bp.html Research Article : Chemical dispersants can suppress the activity of natural oil-degrading microorganisms (KLEINDIENST et al., 2015) http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/11/04/1507380112.full.pdf N. B.:  For additional information, please refer to "Blog Archives" for the following former blog post: COREXIT Oil Dispersants and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Clean Up           April 7, 2015

Amnesty Report Accuses Shell of Failing to Clean Up Niger Delta Oil Spills (John VIDAL, The Guardian ; November 2, 2015) http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/nov/03/amnesty-report-accuses-shell-of-failing-to-clean-up-niger-delta-oil-spills Niger Delta:  Shell's Manifestly False Claims About Oil Pollution Exposed Again ( Amnesty International ; November 3, 2015) https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/11/shell-false-claims-about-oil-pollution-exposed/ Report Document: Nigeria:  Clean it up:  Shell's False Claims About Oil Spill Response in the Niger Delta [ Amnesty International and the Centre for the Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) ; November 3, 2015] https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/AFR4427462015ENGLISH.PDF N. B.:  Please refer to my former blog post entitled, "Just In:  Shell Settlement - 2008 and 2009 Oil Pipeline Spills in Ogoniland, Nigeria" dated January 7, 2015  in "Blog Archives...

Former Apple Orchards Leave Behind a Legacy of Contaminated Soil  (Tony SCHICK and Courtney FLATT, EarthFixMedia; October 11, 2015) The History of Lead Arsenate Use in Apple Production:  Comparison of its Impact in Virginia and Other States (SCHOOLEY et al., 2008) http://www.deq.state.va.us/Portals/0/DEQ/Land/RemediationPrograms/Brownfields/Weaver1-195-1-PB-8r.pdf The Apple Bites Back:  Claiming Old Orchards for Residential Development (HOOD, 2006) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1551991/pdf/ehp0114-a00470.pdf Historical Use of Lead Arsenate Insecticides, Resulting Soil Contamination, and Implications for Remediation  (PERYEA, 1998) http://natres.psu.ac.th/Link/SoilCongress/bdd/symp25/274-t.pdf

Montreal's sewage dump plan on hold for at least another week http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-sewage-dump-plan-delayed-1.3300757 Shared via the CBC News Android App CTV Montreal Sewage Stoppage Continues (CTV News Montreal ; November 2, 2015)   Website : Environment Canada (English) http://www.ec.gc.ca/?lang=En Environnement Canada ( Français ) http://www.ec.gc.ca/Default.asp?lang=Fr

Managing the Risks of Hydraulic Fracturing:  An Update (GREEN and JACKSON, 2015) https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/managing-the-risks-of-hydraulic-fracturing-an-update.pdf Managing the Risks of Hydraulic Fracturing (GREEN, 2014) https://www.heartland.org/sites/default/files/managing-the-risks-of-hydraulic-fracturing.pdf Managing the Risks of Shale Gas:  Key Findings and Further Research (KRUPNICK, 2013) http://www.rff.org/files/sharepoint/WorkImages/Download/RFF-Rpt-ManagingRisksofShaleGas-KeyFindings.pdf Managing the Risks of Hydraulic Fracturing and Oil and Gas Development Of the Marcellus Shale Region (REED, 2012) http://www.trcsolutions.com/writable/images/Risks-from-Hydraulic-Fracturing-in-Marcellus-Shale.pdf

The List:  NJ Locales with the Highest Amount of Toxic Chemical Releases (Tom JOHNSON, NJ Spotlight ; November 2, 2015) http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/15/11/01/the-list-nj-locales-with-the-highest-amount-of-toxic-chemical-releases/ More Documented New Jersey Area Sites : The most toxic sites in each New Jersey County (S. P. SULLIVAN, NJ Advance Media ; April 6, 2017) https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2017/04/the_most_toxic_sites_in_each_new_jersey_county.html Updates: This chemical has been polluting N. J. for decades.  Now, 5 companies have to pay big to clean it up. (Michael Sol WARREN, NJ.com ; March 25, 2019) https://www.nj.com/news/2019/03/this-chemical-has-been-polluting-nj-for-decades-now-5-companies-have-to-pay-big-to-clean-it-up.html Toxic dump has been on most contaminated list for 35 years.  Now it's getting cleaned. (Bill GALLO, Jr.; NJ Advance Media ; August 16, 2018) https://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2018/08/a_plan_to...