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Environmental Health News
( Links to articles in today's press about environmental health. Many more links available today at www.EnvironmentalHealthNews.org )
Iowa nuke workers: Government not living up to promises.
Iowans who got sick working for the nuclear weapons industry during the Cold War were promised that a federal program would provide them medical benefits and payments for illnesses associated with their work. Only a third of Iowans with claims have seen payment.
US coal town above mine fire claims massive fraud.
Residents of a coal mining town in PA have long believed the government's demolition of it was part of a plot to swipe the mineral rights to anthracite coal worth hundreds of millions of dollars - and not, as officials said, the solution to an out-of-control underground mine fire that menaced the town with toxic gases.
Former mine boss pleads guilty to lying about methane levels.
A former foreman admitted that he lied about conducting a key safety test, as a federal criminal probe continued into allegations that Patriot Coal officials covered up evidence of explosive methane levels at their Federal No. 2 Mine.
Study: Quakes linked to post-gas drilling process.
A wastewater disposal process done after natural gas extraction – and not the drilling itself – is a plausible cause for the surprising series of minor earthquakes in north Texas, according to a study released Wednesday.
Sea spray detected 900 miles inland.
Sea spray has been detected in the middle of the United States, some 900 miles from any ocean, a new study says. And it may be contributing to air pollution.
Verdict against DEP employees' actions stirs fears.
A federal jury's verdict that four Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection employees are liable for $6.5 million in damages stemming from disputed enforcement actions has officials worried they will be held personally liable for efforts to uphold environmental laws.
Regulators OK disposal of wastewater into Great Salt Lake.
State regulators Wednesday gave a tentative "thumbs up" for disposal of contaminated water into the Great Salt Lake. It's the latest twist in a controversy that's gone on for a quarter-century: What to do about groundwater contaminated by a century of mining activity?
Port Authority bans older trucks from Newark, Elizabeth seaports.
Hundreds of older, soot-spewing trucks that contribute to the region’s poor air quality will be banned by the end of the year from picking up cargo at Newark and Elizabeth seaports, officials announced Wednesday.
Along canal, EPA plays corporate detective.
Six degrees of separation from polluting the Gowanus Canal doesn’t mean a company has necessarily escaped a hefty cleanup bill.
Alberta Chamber of Resources says Alberta to change wetlands plan.
A group representing oilsands and other resource companies says it has convinced the Alberta government to change a plan that would force corporations to spend big money to restore wetlands ruined by mining projects.

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