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/...

EWG's 2016 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce : Check out EWG's 'Dirty Dozen' and 'Clean 15' lists to help decided when you should splurge for organic and when you can save money by buying conventional fruits and vegetables.

Playing 'Russian Roulette" with Explosive Oil (Brock STONEHAM, MSNBC Originals ) Websites: Riverkeeper Alliance http://www.riverkeeper.org/about-us/our-allies/ Waterkeeper Alliance http://waterkeeper.org/

TransCanada shuts down Keystone after oil seeps to surface (Michael De SOUZA, National Observer; April 4, 2016) http://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/04/04/news/transcanada-shuts-down-keystone-after-oil-seeps-surface Keystone XL's Older Pipeline Twin Spills Oil in South Dakota (Katie VALENTINES, ThinkProgress.org ; April 4, 2016) http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/04/04/3766363/keystone-pipeline-spills/

Man-made earthquakes are a threat to 7 MILLION Americans:  Map reveals how fracking has increased risk of U. S. tremors (Ellie ZOLFAGHARIFARD, Daily Mail UK ; March 28, 2016) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3512784/USGS-revises-seismic-risk-map-include-quakes-caused-humans.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 USGS Open-File Report 2016-1035 2016 One-Year Seismic Hazard Forecast for the Central and Eastern United States from Induced and Natural Earthquakes (PETERSEN et al., 2016) http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2016/1035/ofr20161035.pdf Video Energy Technologies and Manmade Earthquakes - What's the Connection?   ( National Research Council of the Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine ; July 19, 2013)