Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

An Oil Pipeline As Long As The Keystone XL Has Been Fully Approved (Alejandro Davila FREGOSO, ThinkProgress;  July 28, 2016) http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/07/28/3802907/bakken-pipeline-gets-full-approval/?ref=yfp Native Communities Stand Up To Proposed Oil Pipeline:  'This is Keystone 3' (Katie VALENTINE, ThinkProgress ; May 5, 2016) http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/05/3774984/dakota-access-pipeline-indigenous-opposition/ Great Sioux Nation Defends its Waters from Dakota Access Pipeline (Chelsey LUGER, Indian Country Today Media Network ; April 6, 2016) http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/04/06/great-sioux-nation-defends-its-waters-dakota-access-pipeline-164042 Website:  DAPL Project - The Route (Energy Transfer Partners, L. P.) http://www.daplpipelinefacts.com/about/route.html

Contractor finds toxic mercury leak in Vallejo's Lake Curry Dam (Emily KIRSCHENHEUTER, KRON 4 News ; July 19, 2016) http://kron4.com/2016/07/19/contractor-finds-toxic-mercury-leak-in-vallejos-lake-curry-dam/ Pipeline spews crude in California, but none reaches beach (Alicia CHANG, Associated Press ; June 23, 2016) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/54c2aff77a8c451480389fc7cc345cbc/210000-gallons-oil-spills-california-pipeline Fracking Has Contaminated Drinking Water, EPA Now Concludes (Neela BANERJEE, InsideClimate News ; June 5, 2016) https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05062015/fracking-has-contaminated-drinking-water-epa-now-concludes N. B.:  A link to the US EPA 2015 study report entitled, "Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas on Drinking Water Resources (External Review Draft)" is available within the aforementioned InsideClimate News article.

Research Articles: National Survey of Lead Service Line Occurences (CORNWELL et al., 2016) http://www.awwa.org/publications/journal-awwa/abstract/articleid/57880483/issueid/55120975.aspx?getfile=\\pers75apppcr\personify\serverfiles\dcdfiles\57880483\jaw201604cornwell_pr.pdf Reaction to the Solution:  Lead Exposure following Partial Service Line Replacement  (RENNER, 2010) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866705/pdf/ehp-118-a202.pdf Out of Plumb:  When Water Treatment Causes Lead Contamination (RENNER, 2009) http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/117/12/ehp.117-a542.pdf Websites: Section 1417 of the Safe Drinking Water Act:  Prohibition on Use of Lead Pipes, Solder and Flux [ U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)] https://www.epa.gov/dwstandardsregulations/section-1417-safe-drinking-water-act-prohibition-use-lead-pipes-solder-and Lead and Water [Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)] https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/...