Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

St. Lawrence sewage dump:  City releases test results (Roberto ROCHA, CBC News ; November 17, 2015) http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/sewage-dump-st-laurent-water-quality-1.3323469 Réseau de Suivi du Milieu Aquatique (RSMA) - Qualité de l'eau - Travaux intercepteur S-E Automne 2015 http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/dataset/rsma-2015-fermeture-intercepteur-s-e N. B.:  RSMA data pages found on the  Portail Données Ouvertes De la Ville de Montréal  website may be translated by following suggestions given at the link provided below: http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/english-version-of-the-portail-des-donnees-ouvertes-de-la-ville-de-montreal/ Résultats des analyses de la qualité de l'eau - Résultats  disponibles   19 novembre 2015 ( RSMA / Ville de Montréal ; 26 novembre 2015) http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/dataset/95b7a5f3-761c-49bf-8ddd-eaf30425d218/resource/0210fac2-b609-4c09-9a14-4ebaea28b8d4/download/resultatsdisponiblesau20151119....

APNewsBreak:  EPA Wants Toxic Nevada Mine on Superfund List (Scott SONNER, Associated Press ; December 24, 2015) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/46e7a1cb530a413fb45f9e3ebd8c706a/apnewsbreak-epa-wants-toxic-nevada-mine-superfund-list Research Report and Consultation: Historical Summary Report of Anaconda-Yerington Mine Site, Yerington Nevada ( U. S. EPA ; October 2010) http://yosemite.epa.gov/r9/sfund/r9sfdocw.nsf/92ac13b328517708882574260073faee/3521dff2a13a8336882577d900723ddb/$FILE/Main%20Contents.pdf Health Consultation - Yerington/Anaconda Mine Site (A/K/A Anaconda Mine):  Yerington, NV ( U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, ATSDR:  August 22, 2006) http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/pha/yerington_anaconda_nevada/YeringtonAnacondaMineHC082206.pdf N. B.:  The Yerington Paiute Tribe originally requested the health assessment of the Yerington-Anaconda Mine by the Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in July 2004 . Websites: ...

New new infrared video reveals growing environmental disaster in L. A. gas leak (Joby WARRICK, The Washington Post; December 24, 2015) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/12/23/new-infrared-video-reveals-growing-environmental-disaster-in-la-gas-leak/ Slow Motion Methane Disaster (Jonathan THOMPSON, High Country News ; December 16, 2015) http://www.hcn.org/articles/slow-motion-methane-disaster-in-california Natural gas leak that's sickening Valley Residents could take months to fix (Tony BARBOZA, Los Angeles Times ; November 20, 2015) http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-1121-gas-leak-20151121-story.html Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Leak Reports Initial Estimate of Greenhouse Gas Emissions  (November 20, 2015) http://www.caloes.ca.gov/ICESite/Documents/Aliso%20Canyon%20Natural%20Gas%20Leak%2011-20-15.pdf Preliminary Estimate of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (December 12, 2015) http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/reports/aliso_canyon_natural_...

New!   How Water Contamination is putting California's San Joaquin Valley at Risk (Robin MEADOWS, Pacific Standard ; July 7, 2017) https://psmag.com/environment/how-water-contamination-is-putting-this-california-town-at-risk Fear at the tap:  Unranium contaminates water in the West (Ellen KNICKMEYER and Scott SMITH, Associated Press ; December 8, 2015) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ce678b95a88c40e2b8e53aed3176c600/fear-tap-uranium-contaminates-water-west Research Articles : Metrics for Assessing the Quality of Groundwater Used for Public Supply, CA, USA: Equivalent-Population and Area (BELITZ et al., 2015) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.5b00265 Natural Uranium Contamination in Major U. S. Aquifers Linked to Nitrate (NOLAN and WEBER, 2015) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00174 Effects of Groundwater Development on Uranium:  Central Valley, California USA (JURGENS et al., 2009) http://oh.water.usgs.gov/tanc/pubs/Jurgens...

Industrial Excess Landfill - Stark County; Uniontown, Ohio Uniontown landfill Superfund site includes industrial, radioactive waste (John HARPER, Cleveland.com ; December 2, 2015) http://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2015/12/is_groundwater_in_uniontown_oh.html N. B. :  Includes links to documents published by the U. S, Geological Survey (1994), and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (2004). Lake Township dump site poses risks to water, report says (Bob DOWNING, Akron Beacon Journal ; June 18, 2011) http://www.ohio.com/news/lake-township-dump-site-poses-risk-to-water-report-says-1.201740 Groundwater Levels and Flow Near the Industrial Excess Landfill, Uniontown, Ohio (BAIR and NORRIS, 1989) http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1989/0272/report.pdf Arrowhead Landfill -  Perry County; Uniontown, Alabama Ash Holes:  The Failure to Classify Coal Combustion Residuals as a Hazardous Waste Under RCRA and the Burden Borne by a Minority Community in Alabama ...

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...

Map identifies farmland with greatest potential for groundwater recharge :: UC Davis News

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...

Shell abandons Arctic oil Quest After $7 billion yields 'disappointing' results (Jennifer A. DLOUHY, Fuelfix ; September 28, 2015) http://fuelfix.com/blog/2015/09/28/shells-arctic-oil-well-comes-up-dry/#34370101=0 Shell pulls the plug on Arctic Exploration (Karolin SCHAPS, Reuters ; September 28, 2015) http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/28/us-shell-alaska-idUSKCN0RS0EX20150928 Videographic:  Arctic Oil and Gas Reserves   [ Stéphane KOGUC and Katherine SPENCER,  Agence France Presse (AFP) ; September 28, 2015] For additional background information and scientific data concerning Arctic Oil Drilling , please refer to my "Blog Archives" on the following blog post dates : June 9, 2013 June 11, 2013 November 25, 2013 May 11, 2015

Barrick Gold Cyanide Spill in Argentina Mine Analyzed by UN Team of Experts ( MercoPress .; September 21, 2015) http://en.mercopress.com/2015/09/21/barrick-gold-cyanide-spill-in-argentine-mine-analyzed-by-un-team-of-experts Por el derrame de cianuro, ampl ían 30 días la suspensión de la mina Veladero (Laura ROCHA, La Nación ; 23 de Septiembre de 2015) http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1830279-por-el-derrame-de-cianuro-amplian-30-dias-la-suspension-de-la-mina-veladero Website: Veladero Mine Operation (Barrick Gold Corporation) http://www.barrick.com/operations/argentina/veladero/default.aspx N. B. :  Includes "Veladero Mine Incident Update" dated September 25, 2015. Video: Million Liters of Cyanide:  Canadian Company's Toxic Mine Spill Could Cause Death in 8 Mins. ( RT.com ; September 27, 2015)

Man has been polluting Earth since Middle Palaeolithic:  Heavy Metal Contamination caused by Neanderthal fires dates back at least 450,000 years (Sarah GRIFFITHS, MailOnline/Daily Mail UK ; September 22, 2015) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3244837/Man-polluting-Earth-Middle-Paleolithic-Heavy-metal-contamination-caused-Neanderthal-fires-dates-450-000-years.html Oldest Traces of Heavy Metal Pollution Uncovered   ( Agence France Presse ; September 21, 2015) http://www.afp.com/en/news/oldest-traces-heavy-metal-pollution-caused-humans-uncovered Oldest Evidence of Manmade Lead Pollution Found in Michigan (James A. FOLEY,  Nature World News ; June 11, 2013) http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/2391/20130611/oldest-evidence-man-made-lead-pollution-found-michigan.htm Research Articles :   Earliest Evidence of Pollution by Heavy Metals in Archaeological Sites (MONGE et al., 2015) http://www.nature.com/articles/srep14252 La...

French Court Confirms Monsanto Guilty of Chemical Poisoning (Catherine LANGRANGE and Sybille de la HAMAIDE, Reuters ; September 10, 2015) http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/10/us-france-monsanto-court-idUSKCN0RA1UM20150910 Monsanto condamné pour l’intoxication d’un Agriculteur français (Laetitia VAN EECKHOUT, Le Monde -  Planète ; le 10 septembre 2015) http://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2015/09/10/monsanto-condamne-en-appel-pour-la-toxicite-de-son-hebrbicide-lasso_4751628_3244.html N. B.:   Monsanto Lasso© herbicide, which main active ingredient is the chemical Alachlor , was the precursor to its Roundup© herbicide product, which contains Glyphosate. Monsanto Says Its Glyphosate Weed-Killers are Safe After AP Report of Misuse in Argentina (Michael WARREN, Huffington Post/Associated Press ; October 23, 2013) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/23/monsanto-glyphosate-weed-killer_n_4148763.html Selected Monsanto Herbicide Commercial Product Mate...

Aboriginal group wins against fracking company [Marc MONTGOMERY, Radio Canada International ( RCI ) ; September 8, 2015] N. B. :  Links to the Canadian Environmental Appeal Board (EAB) Decision No. 2012-WAT-013(c) document , the British Colombia (BC) Oil and Gas Commission website, and the BC Oil and Gas Commission (BCOGC) Quarterly Report on Short Term Water Approvals and Use:  April to June 2011 document   are available for perusal within the aforementioned RCI article.

Nipomo water officials counter Brockovich charges (Mike HODGSON, Central Coast News/Santa Maria Times ; September 2, 2015) Selected Research Articles: Assessing Exposure and Health Consequences of Chemicals in Drinking Water: Current State of Knowledge and Research Needs (VILLANEUVA et al., 2014) http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/122/3/ehp.1206229.pdf Differential Resistance of Drinking Water Bacterial Populations to Monochloramine Disinfection  (CHIAO et al., 2014) http://lms.ctl.cyut.edu.tw/sysdata/62/38062/doc/2184cd8f75db33b6/attach/2394314.pdf Websites: Chloramines in Drinking Water [United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)] http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/rulesregs/sdwa/mdbp/chloramines_index.cfm Citizens Concerned About Chloramine (CCAC) http://www.chloramine.org/ Chloramine Facts [ Citizens Concerned About Chloramine (CCAC) ; September 11, 2006] http://www.chloramine.org/chloraminefacts.htm

Ruihai International Logistics Co, Ltd. - Dongjiang Port; Tianjin Province, China Death Toll Rises to 158 in Blasts at China's Tianjin Port ( Associated Press ; August 31, 2015) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c9783df57454472ea5d4f2f112d85d0c/death-toll-rises-158-blasts-chinas-tianjin-port Behind Deadly Tianjin Blast:  Short Cuts and Lax Rules (Andrew JACOBS, Javier C. HERNANDEZ and Chris BUCKLEY, New York Times ; August 30, 2015) http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/31/world/asia/behind-tianjin-tragedy-a-company-that-flouted-regulations-and-reaped-profits.html?_r=0 New fires at Tianjin as China Raids Chemical Firms over Safety Hazards (Joyce HUANG, Voice of America ; August 21, 2015) http://www.voanews.com/content/china-tianjin-fires-chemical-plant-raids/2927077.html Tianjin Blasts Puts Spotlight on Chemical Industry ( BeijingNews.net ; August 19, 2015) http://www.beijingnews.net/index.php/sid/235930059 Shandong Binyuan Chemical Company - Lijin  Binhai Econom...

H. R. 687 - Southeastern Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act 2013 Rep. Paul A. GOSAR (R-AZ-4) https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/687 Against: Oak Flat mine protesters march 40 miles on trail of opposition (Shana ALBA, Cronkite News, Navajo-Hopi Observer ; April 4, 2017) https://www.nhonews.com/news/2017/apr/04/oak-flat-mine-protesters-march-40-miles-trail-oppo/ Oak Flat Campground marks third year in opposition to Resolution Copper mine (Henry CARSON, The Daily Wildcat ; February 21, 2017) http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2017/02/oak-flat-campground-marks-third-year-in-opposition-to-resolution-copper-mine Arizona Apache Mobilize Against Bill Which Hands Sacred Native American Land to Mining Company (Derrick BROZE, MintPress News ; August 1, 2015) http://www.mintpressnews.com/arizona-apache-continue-to-fight-bill-which-hands-sacred-native-american-land-to-mining-company/208194/ For: The Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and C...

Another Toll of the Drought:  Land is sinking fast in San Joaquin Valley (Bettina BOXALL, Los Angeles Times ; August 19, 2015) http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-groundwater-20150819-story.html NASA:  California Drought Causing Valley Land to Sink ( NASA-JPL News Release ; August 19, 2015) http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2015-273 Drought costs California Agriculture $1.84B and 10,100 jobs in 2015 ( UC Davis News and Information; August 18, 2015) http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=11281 Summary Reports and Updates: Progress Report:  Subsidence in the Central Valley. CA (Tom FARR et al., 2015) http://water.ca.gov/groundwater/docs/NASA_REPORT.pdf Economic Analysis of the 2015 Drought for California Agriculture (Richard HOWITT et al., 2015) https://watershed.ucdavis.edu/files/biblio/Final_Drought%20Report_08182015_Full_Report_WithAppendices.pdf Land Subsidence from Groundwater Use in the San Joaquin Valley ( G...

Linc Energy Mining Company and Agricultural Soil Acidification Australian Mining Company Probed for Massive Land Contamination - Leaked Report ( RT.com ; August 11, 2015) http://www.rt.com/news/312147-australia-chinchilla-pollution-mining/ Linc Energy:  Secret Report Reveals Toxic Legacy of Coal Gasification Trials Near SE Queensland Town of Chinchilla  (Mark SOLOMONS and Mark WILLACY, ABC.net.au; August 10, 2015) N. B.:  Links to a 7 minute 30 second video, the " Key findings" from the 335 paged report by GILBERT & SUTHERLAND Consultants, and Scientists from the University of Queensland; as well as the "Inspector's Statement" and "Workers Statements and Linc Energy Response in Full" a re all embedded and available for perusal within the aforementioned ABC News article. Linc Energy Allegedly Failed to Report Series of Dangerous Gas Leaks at Chinchilla Plant, Court Documents Reveal (Mark SOLOMONS and Mark WILLACY, ABC.net.au ; Ma...

Wastewater Spill from Colorado Gold Mine Triples in Volume:  EPA (Steve GORMAN, Reuters; August 9, 2015) http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/10/us-usa-colorado-spill-idUSKCN0QF01C20150810 " For the latest information, photos, and the data when available...", please refer to the following hyperlink provided below: Gold King Mine Release Incident Silverton (San Juan County), CO - EPA Region VIII  (U. S. EPA On Site Coordinator Website) http://epaosc.org/site/site_profile.aspx?site_id=11082

Wastewater from Colorado Mine Reaches New Mexico (Ivan MORENO and Jacques BILLEAU, Associated Press ; August 8, 2015) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/5f4b7d4ba62f4cf39ef12b248cd3c211/wastewater-colorado-mine-flows-toward-new-mexico-utah EPA:  Water Treatment in Place at Mine (Mary SHINN, Paul MARCUS and Shane BENJAMIN, The Durango Herald ; August 8, 2015) http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20150808/NEWS01/150809653/-1/s/EPA:-pH-levels-spiked-in-river-after-toxic-spill-into-Animas-River Why Was the Environmental Protection Agency Messing with a Mine above Silverton? (Stephanie PAIGE OGBURN, KUNC ; August 6, 2015) http://www.kunc.org/post/why-was-environmental-protection-agency-messing-mine-above-silverton#stream/0 Gold King Mine Blowout - U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Gold King Mine Emergency Response ( U. S. EPA Region 8 ; August 7, 2015) http://www2.epa.gov/region8/gold-king-mine-release-emergency-response Summary of EPA Surface Water Sampling of Selec...

Toxic Mine Waste Closes Animas River (Chase OLIVARIUS-MCALLISTER, Mary SHINN, and Shane BENJAMIN,  The Durango Herald ; August 6, 2015) http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20150806/NEWS01/150809765/River-users-warned-of-mine-waste- Animas River fouled by 1 Million Gallons of Contaminated Mine Water (Jesse PAUL and Bruce FINLEY, The Denver Post; August 5, 2015) http://www.denverpost.com/environment/ci_28595759/animas-river-contaminated-by-1-million-gallons-contaminated Mine Plug Blows in Colorado, dumping 1M gallons of Waste (Kristen WYATT, Associated Press/SFGate ; August 6, 2015) http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Mine-plug-blows-near-Silverton-dumping-1M-galls-6428966.php EPA Statement on Mine Waste Release (Mark ESPER, Silverton Standard & the Miner ; August 5, 2015)   http://www.silvertonstandard.com/news.php?id=842 EPA  Response to Million-gallon Mine Waste Spill Deeply Inadequate:   Feds Downplay Wildlife Impacts, Ignore Downst...

Chevron Selling Treated Water to Cawelo Water District (Stephen HICKS, KERO 23ABC News ; July 26, 2015) http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/chevron-selling-treated-water-to-cawelo-water-district072515 Response to Regional Water Quality Control Board Data Request, Reclaimed Water Impoundments Sampling:  Cawelo Water District Ponds Kern River Oil Fields, Kern County, California  [ AMEC Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. ; June 26, 2015] http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/oil_fields/information/disposal_ponds/chevron/2015_0626_com_chevron_add.pdf N. B. :  Data results are found under  " Table 1 - Analytical Results Summary"  on page 6 of the aforementioned AMEC Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. report. Final Report - Monitoring Strategies for Chemicals of Emerging Concern (CECs) in Recycled Water  ( California State Water Resources Control Board ; June 25, 2010) http://www.waterboard...