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Contamination

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First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 29 mins ago - 2 reports

Officials halt mills, issue new test in rice scare

A contaminated rice scare has prompted officials in Hunan province to halt some rice production, while Guangdong province officials announced new test results suggesting the contamination is far more contained than previously thought, The Wall Street ... [Published China Economic Review - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Cadmium, Toxic Metal, Carcinogenic, Guangzhou, Contamination

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 reports

Burger King Holdings Inc

Horsemeat scandal factory owner wins Burger King deal

The new owner of the factory at the centre of the horsemeat contamination scandal in Ireland has won a contract for Burger King. Kepak Group will supply the fast-food giant’s restaurants across Ireland and the UK with Irish and British beef.Burger ... [Published The Scotsman - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Burger King Holdings Inc, Horsemeat Scandal, Ireland, Burger King products, Horsemeat

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 3 reports

Cadbury to move court against Tripura order

AGARTALA: A consumer court in Tripura has ordered Cadbury India to pay a compensation of Rs30,000 to a complainant who found an iron pin inside a chocolate bar made by the company.But the company said it disagreed with the findings of the consumer court ... [Published The Gulf Today - 12 hours ago]

Entities: India, Iron, Agartala (India)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 13 hours ago - 4 reports

US Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Adds Attleboro Site to Superfund LIst

Federal officials have decided to spend the money needed to clean an Attleboro property contaminated with chemicals through decades of pollution by a previously existing chrome-plating plant. The site is located in the immediate vicinity of 78 North ... [Published Attleboro Patch - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Attleboro (United States), Superfund, US Environmental Protection Agency

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 reports

New documents Show Exxon Knew of Contamination, Claimed Lake Conway Was “Oil-Free”

“Oil-Free” Lake Conway On March 29 ExxonMobil, the most profitable company in the world, spilled at least 210,000 gallons of tar sands crude oil from an underground pipeline in Mayflower, Arkansas. The pipeline was carrying tar sands oil from Canada, ... [Published Firedoglake - May 22 2013]

Entities: Oil Sands, Contamination, Benzene

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 reports

International Rice Research Institute

Scientific paper on lead contamination in Asian rice "put on hold"

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- A recent scientific paper that concluded rice imported from Asia contains worrisome levels of lead has been "put on hold", the paper's author, Tsananagurayi Tongesayi of the Monmouth University, told Xinhua on Tuesday, admitting ... [Published World-Grain.com - 18 hours ago]

Entities: International Rice Research Institute, Contamination, Agricultural Waste, Xinhua (China)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 3 reports

WEST AFRICA: Project tackles cotton contamination

A project to reduce and prevent contamination of cotton in West Africa has helped more than 30,000 cotton farmers in Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Mali over the past three years. ... [Published Just-Style - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Cotton, Contamination, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 20 hours ago - 11 reports

Hunan rice sales plummet on contamination reports

Rice sales in Hunan province have plummeted after some supplies were found to have unsafe levels of the toxic metal cadmium, Bloomberg reported. Sales have dropped more than half compared to a year ago after local media first reported on the tainted rice ... [Published China Economic Review - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Contamination, Cadmium, Toxic Metal

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 2 reports

Bests Review Webinar Today Examines How New Legislation Affects Product Contamination and Recall Risks

pan>)--The risks associated with product contamination affect many industries.read more ... [Published Web Newswire - 22 hours ago]

Entities: New Legislation, Contamination

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 2 reports

UK bathing water quality falls

The number of beaches in the UK classified as "excellent" for the quality of bathing water has fallen to its lowest level since 2000, according to new figures published by the European Environment Agency.The number fell from 82.8 per cent in 2011 to 58.2 ... [Published Utility Week - 23 hours ago]

Entities: European Environment Agency, United Kingdom, Contamination, European Union, Janez Potocnik

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

High lead levels in drinking water in Tasmanian town

EMILY BOURKE: There are fears about lead contamination in the drinking water of a small Tasmanian mining town of Rosebery.Officials say the lead is probably coming from the pipes and have dismissed claims that the contamination is coming from a nearby ... [Published ABC Online - May 22 2013]

Entities: Contamination, Drinking Water, Investigation, Heavy Metal, Water Supply

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Cancer and birth defects in Iraq: The nuclear legacy

Ten years after the Iraq war of 2003 a team of scientists based in Mosul, northern Iraq, have detected high levels of uranium contamination in soil samples at three sites in the province of Nineveh which, coupled with dramatically increasing rates of ... [Published Medical Xpress - May 21 2013]

Entities: Cancer, Uranium, Iraq

Quotes

"This agreement marks an important step in the cleanup of the Standard Chlorine Chemical site," said EPA Regional Administrator Judith A Enck. "Today's agreement illustrates how the Superfund law works to make polluters, not taxpayers, pay to clean up sites like this one."

EPA Reaches Agreement with Several Companies to Conduct a St. . . [Published Equities.com - 13 mins ago]

"This unique combination therapy should speed healing and reduce contraction of severe burns in our wounded warriors. It would also have extensive application for civilians with large burns."

Quick-Med bags contract to create wound healing technology [Published Technical Textiles - 37 mins ago]

"You don't tell everyone in the world how to build something that's unique" he said

NYPIRG joins fight against Taylor plant [Published Record Online - 53 mins ago]

...Also, Israel must "ensure an adequate supply of safe and potable water and basic sanitation; [and] the prevention and reduction of the population's exposure to harmful substances such as radiation and harmful chemicals or other detrimental environmental conditions that directly or indirectly impact upon human health" (CESCR, General Comment No. 14, 2

“Who Would Want to Live in a Place Like This?” [Published Palestine News Network - 1 hour ago]

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China Environmental News Alert [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - 1 hour ago]
Flow Cytometer Technique for Testing Drinking W... [Published PROCESS and CONTROL TODAY - 1 hour ago]
“Who Would Want to Live in a Place Like This?” [Published Palestine News Network - 1 hour ago]
Neighbors challenge EPA findings [Published Southern Illinoisan - 1 hour ago]
Boy Scout leadership to vote on ending gay ban [Published The Guardian Express - 2 hours ago]
Toxic Threads: Polluting Paradise [Published Zunia.org RSS - 2 hours ago]
Judge opens 4 pretrial files in murder case [Published Albuquerque Journal - 2 hours ago]
Hydrofracking: In defense of complex energy reg... [Published Rochester Business Journal - 2 hours ago]
Chow Line: Think food safety with microwave [Published North Texas e-News - 2 hours ago]
Camarillo Mailers Warn Residents Of Health Risk... [Published CBS Los Angeles - 2 hours ago]
Reader riposte: Australia's consular obligations [Published The Interpreter - 2 hours ago]
The Significance of Soil Pollution [Published Opposing Views - 2 hours ago]
Officials halt mills, issue new test in rice scare [Published China Economic Review - 3 hours ago]
Daily Mail & General : DMGT Half Year Prelimina... [Published Investegate - 3 hours ago]
No disrespect in Juno Beach wind farm [Published Fort Erie Times - 3 hours ago]
Camo Gray and Never Underway [Published Information Dissemination - 3 hours ago]
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Times Writers Group: We must conserve our water [Published St. Cloud Times - 3 hours ago]
In China, food scares put Mao's self-sufficiency [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - 3 hours ago]
Listeh to the Tasmanian Country Hour Thursday M... [Published ABC Online - 3 hours ago]
Assessing Piñera’s state of the nation: Energy ... [Published Santiago Times - 4 hours ago]

Blogs

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China Environmental News Alert [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - 1 hour ago] Greenlaw from NRDC China, NRDC China Program, Beijing May 17, 2013- May 23, 2013 NRDC has been working in China for over fifteen years on such issues as energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy technologies, environmental law, and green supply ...
Toxic Threads: Polluting Paradise [Published Zunia.org RSS - 2 hours ago] Greenpeace International has commissioned a new investigation that delves even further into the hazardous chemicals used in the production of high street fashion, going beyond previous investigations in China and Mexico. This latest report builds on ...
Camo Gray and Never Underway [Published Information Dissemination - 3 hours ago] USS Freedom (LCS 1) in what is becoming a rare sight - somewhere besides a pier or dry dock.On May 21, 2013 USS Freedom (LCS 1) got underway from Singapore but was forced to return to Changi Naval Base approximately eight hours later due to an engineering ...
Michigan State Senate passes resolution critica... [Published Beyond Nuclear - 9 hours ago] Michigan State Senator Hoon-Yung Hopgood has issued a press release announcing this environmental victory. Beyond Nuclear's Kevin Kamps testified at the MI State Senate Energy and Technology hearing yesterday, alongside Sen. Hopgood's constituent Ed ...
OTK Associates Mails Definitive Proxy Statement... [Published EquityJungle - v0.1 - 10 hours ago] Filed under: Investing OTK Associates Mails Definitive Proxy Statement and Sends Letter to Morgans Hotel Group Stockholders Highlights Morgans Hotel Group's Disregard for Stockholder Rights, Costly Related Party Transactions, Poor Operating ...

Audio/Video

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Gary Peters Demands Investigation into Health, ... [Published Rep. Gary Peters - YouTube Channel - 15 hours ago]
Danone's dairy deal with China [Published Reuters Video: Business - May 21 2013]
Danone's dairy deal with China [Published Reuters Video: Business - May 21 2013]
No Quick Fix for Contaminated Rice in China [Published WSJ.com Video - Business - May 21 2013]
Rep. Dingell Calls for Congressional Hearings o... [Published Rep. John D Dingell - YouTube Channel - May 07 2013]

Press Releases

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American Water Receives Ten National Awards for... [Published EON: Enhanced Online News - 16 hours ago]
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Best’s Review Webinar Today Examines How New Le... [Published Business Wire Professional Services News - May 21 2013]
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Les évents automobiles GORE® protègent les comp... [Published Business Wire Photo/Multimedia News - May 21 2013]