Environmental Geochemistry Issues Semi-Monthly

A New Fracking Landscape:  Report of Recent Science Shows Overwhelming Evidence of Harm [Press Release, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) ; March 13, 2018] http://www.psr.org/news-events/press-releases/a-new-fracking-landscape.html Featured Research Report: Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking (Unconventional Gas and Oil Extraction) - Fifth Edition [ Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) ; March 2018] http://www.psr.org/assets/pdfs/fracking-compendium-5.pdf

New!   EPA should revoke Monsanto weed killer approval, groups tell U. S. court    (Tina BELLON, Reuters ; August 29, 2018) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pesticides-dicamba/epa-should-revoke-monsanto-weed-killer-approval-groups-tell-u-s-court-idUSKCN1LE2G2 Exclusive:  U. S. seed sellers push for limits on Monsanto, BASF weed killer (Tom POLANSEK, Reuters ; August 16, 2018) https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pesticides-monsanto-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-seed-sellers-push-for-limits-on-monsanto-basf-weed-killer-idUKKBN1L124Z July 15 Dicamba injury update.  Different year, same questions (Kevin BRADLEY, University of Missouri ; July 19, 2018) https://ipm.missouri.edu/IPCM/2018/7/July-15-Dicamba-injury-update-different-year-same-questions/ Dicamba drift puts natural areas at risk, environmental groups warn (Johnathan HETTINGER, St. Louis Post-Dispatch ; March 1, 2018) http://www.stltoday.com/news/science/dicamba-drift-puts-natural-areas-at-ri...

Chemours told to cut fluorocarbon air pollution from North Carolina plant (Cheryl HOGUE, Chemical & Engineering News ; February 27, 2018) https://cen.acs.org/articles/96/i10/Chemours-told-to-cut-fluorocarbon-air-pollution-from-North-Carolina-plant.html Merged lawsuit filed against DuPont and Chemours in North Carolina (Marc S. REISCH, Chemical & Engineering News ; February 5, 2018)        https://cen.acs.org/articles/96/web/2018/02/Merged-lawsuit-filed-against-DuPont-and-Chemours-in-North-Carolina.html North Carolina to yank Chemours' water pollution permit for fluorochemical production (Cheryl HOGUE, Chemical & Engineering News ; November 22, 2017) https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i47/North-Carolina-yank-Chemours-water-pollution-permit-for-fluorochemical-production.html GenX:  A Polyfluoroalkyl Ether Carboxylic Acid Chemistry: Compound Name:   Ammonium 2,3,3,3-Tetrafluoro-2-(Heptafluoropropoxy)propanoate Molecular F...

Revised Notice of Opportunity to Comment, Public Hearing and Filing (California Water Boards, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board ; March 1, 2018) https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/salinity/2018_0301_cvsalts_noph_revised.pdf The CV-Salts Plan, if Adopted in 2018, Will Require Replacement Water as Early as 2020 in the Central Valley to Address Nitrate in Groundwater (DIEPENBROCK, ELKIN, GLEASON LLP; January 31, 2018) https://www.diepenbrock.com/firm-news/2018/01/31/cv-salts-plan-adopted-2018-will-require-replacement-water-early-2020-central-valley-address-nitrate-groundwater/ Selected Documentation: New!   Amendments to the Water Quality Control Plans for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins and Tulare Lake Basin to Incorporate a Central Valley-wide Salt and Nitrate Control Program Final Staff Report ( Regional Water Quality Control Board Central Valley Region and CalEPA ; May 2018) https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/ce...

EU expected to vote on pesticide ban after major scientific review (Declan BUTLER, Nature; 28 February 2018) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02639-1 Associated Documentation: Evaluation of the data on clothianidin, imidacloprin, and thiamethoxam for the update risk assessment to bees for seed treatments and granules in the EU [Technical Report, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) ; 01 February 2018] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2903/sp.efsa.2018.EN-1378/epdf Q&A:  conclusions on neonicotinoids 2018 [European Food Safety Authority (EFSA); 28 February 2018] https://www.efsa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/news/180228-QA-Neonics.pdf Selected Research Articles: The environmental risks of neonicotinoid pesticides:  A review post 2013 (WOOD and GOULSON, 2017) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5533829/pdf/11356_2017_Article_9240.pdf Chronic exposure to neonicotinoids reduces honey bee health near Corn crops (TSVETKOV et...