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• Minnesota: More water testing leads to more evidence of pollution

  The number of Minnesota waterways known to be polluted has risen to 1,400, its highest level ever. But the increase has more to do with more extensive testing of rivers and lakes than an overall increase in pollution from farms, cities and factories. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency proposed Tuesday to add nearly 300 “impairments” […]

• Ohio Leads in Pollution by Utilities

  Ohio’s electric utilities emit more toxic pollution than any others in the nation, according to figures released yesterday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The news immediately sparked debate over how harmful the emissions are. But the EPA sidestepped the issue, saying it was merely providing information so local communities and the state could decide what […]

• U.S. Steel Gets Pollution Fine Of $4 Million

  The U.S. Steel Corp., the nations largest steel-maker, agreed yesterday to pay a $4 million fine in settlement of a long-standing water pollution suit brought by the federal government and the state of Indiana. The steel company, in a consent decree signed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Hammond, Ind., also agreed to pay additional […]

• New Air Monitor At Coronet Finds No Hydrogen Fluoride

  PLANT CITY – A new monitor has not detected toxic hydrogen fluoride in the air around Coronet Industries, officials said Wednesday. Hydrogen fluoride is of particular concern because Coronet discharges about 33 tons per year from its smokestacks and holding ponds. The chemical is harmful to humans even in small quantities, said Jerry Campbell, air […]

• Hamilton: Foam flowed freely when airport was hub for training

  Firefighters pumped more than 135,000 litres of chemical-laced foam onto training fires at Hamilton’s airport, says a retired Transport Canada trainer. The city is studying the extent of pollution at an old training site contaminated with perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), a toxic chemical once used in firefighting foam. But no one seems to know how much […]

• Intel Fluoride Pollution in Ireland

  INTEL Ireland has lodged an objection with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the terms of the proposed pollution control licence for its planned Fab 24 plant. There were no objections from any other parties when the deadline for those closed on Wednesday, 3 October for the public and 10 October for the company. A […]

• Pollution ‘putting millions of children at brain damage risk’

  Millions of children throughout the world may have suffered brain damage as a result of industrial pollution, researchers say. Common pollutants may be causing a “silent pandemic” of neurodevelopmental disorders by impairing the brain development of foetuses and infants, scientists writing today in The Lancet medical journal say. Potential effects of exposure to even tiny […]

• Brazilian city battles pollution

  Cubatao, Brazil – Quality of air, water improves in ‘valley of death’ Thanks to perhaps the biggest anti-pollution program ever mounted in Brazil, this industrial city nestled in the Serra do Mar mountains is on the way to losing its reputation as ”the valley of death.” With the Sao Paulo State environmental agency, Cetesb, mandating […]

• Ontario, Canada: Cleanup order may be imminent for Hamilton airport

  City council has asked the Ministry of the Environment to share the pain of a looming order to clean up pollution at the Hamilton airport. Hamilton could be slapped with a provincial cleanup order at any time now that council has opted — at least for now — not to help pay for a study […]

• Guernsey: Water treatment plant to remove flame retardant planned at airport

  Almost a decade after an airport accident which contaminated Guernsey’s water supply, the Public Services Department wants to permanently solve the problem. As part of the airport runway redevelopment, they are planning to put in a plant to treat any affected water. It will mean Guernsey Water no longer has to constantly check the reservoir […]