Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

Dakota Access Pipeline:  Standing Rock Sioux Issue Urgent Appeal to the United Nation Human Rights Officials (ICTMN Staff, Indian Country Today Media Network ; August 20, 2016) http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/08/20/dakota-access-pipeline-standing-rock-sioux-issue-urgent-appeal-united-nations-human North Dakota pipeline construction halted until court date (James MacPHERSON, Associated Press ; August 18, 2016) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/48abe54c07b046b7befe0bc273f4dd73/north-dakota-pipeline-construction-halted-until-court-date Website: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Department of Water Resources http://srstwater.com/programs/about/index.asp?program_ID=waterresources

Navajo Nation Sues Environmental Protection Agency for Gold King Mine Spill (Miriam WASSER, Phoenix New Times ; August 16, 2016) http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/navajo-nation-sues-federal-government-for-gold-king-mine-spill-8556166 Gold King Mine Spill (Multiple; Indian Country Today Media Network ) http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/tags/gold-king-mine-spill The color of dread: The Animas River runs yellow, again (Susan GREENE, The Colorado Independent ; May 25, 2016) http://www.coloradoindependent.com/159459/the-color-of-dread-the-animas-river-runs-yellow-again New Mexico sues EPA over Gold King Mine Spill (Noel Lyn SMITH, Daily Times ; May 23, 2016) http://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/four-corners/2016/05/23/new-mexico-sues-epa-over-gold-king-mine-spill/84801730/ N. B.:  Copy of filed Lawsuit Complaint document available for perusal at the end of the aforementioned Daily Times news article. Begaye to Sue Gold King Mine and EPA (Donovan QUI...

SoCal hit with worst smog in years as hot, stagnant weather brings surge in hospital visits (Tony BARBOZA, Los Angeles Times ; August 11, 2016) http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-summer-smog-20160805-snap-story.html 2016 'State of the Air' Report Finds More than Half of Americans Live with Unhealthful Levels of Air Pollution (Allison MACMUNN, American Lung Association ; April 20, 2016) http://www.lung.org/about-us/media/press-releases/2016-state-of-the-air.html 2016 State of the Air Report ( American Lung Association ) http://www.lung.org/assets/documents/healthy-air/state-of-the-air/sota-2016-full.pdf Health of the Air (Marron Institute of Urban Management and the American Thoracic Society) http://www.healthoftheair.org/

Toxic Chemicals Contaminate Drinking Water for over 6 Million Americans, Study Finds (Seerat CHABBA, International Business Times ; August 11, 2016) http://www.ibtimes.com/toxic-chemicals-contaminate-drinking-water-over-6-million-americans-study-finds-2400192 Selected Research Articles: Detection of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAs) in U. S. Drinking Water Linked to Industrial Sites, Military Fire Training Areas, and Waste Water Treatment Plants  ( HU et al. , 2016) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00260# Perfluoroalkyl Compounds in the Aquatic Environment:  A Review of their Occurrence and Fate ( AHRENS , 2011) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lutz_Ahrens/publication/47622154_Polyfluoroalkyl_compounds_in_the_aquatic_environment_a_review_of_their_occurrence_and_fate/links/00b7d53762cfedaf12000000.pdf Website: Toxic Substance Portal - Perfluoroalkyls ( ATSDR - Public Health Health Statement for Perfluoroalkyls ) http://www.atsdr...

Melting ice sheet could release frozen Cold War-era waste : Climate change could remobilize abandoned hazardous waste thought to be buried forever beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet, new research finds.

Suit:  California failed to study oil well impact on water (Brian MELLEY, Associated Press ; August 3, 2016) http://bigstory.ap.org/article/0cb7cbb4362f4d0aa1c92a5548656dfa/environmentalists-sue-state-over-ok-oils-wells-aquifer Lawsuit Seeks to Halt Illegal Dumping of Toxic Oil Waste into California's Imperiled Water Supplies ( EarthJustice.org ; May 7, 2015) http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2015/lawsuit-seeks-to-halt-illegal-dumping-of-toxic-oil-waste-into-california-s-imperiled-water-supplies Interactive Map:  Oil Industry Dumping Toxic Waste into California's Underground Water ( The Center for Biological Diversity ; biological diversity.org) http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/publications/maps/highlighted_maps/enhanced_oil_recovery_wells.html N. B.:  To learn more about this and surrounding issues, please refer to "Blog Archives" for the selected (of many) former blog posts shown below: Underground Injection:  Enhanced Oil Recovery and Disposal...