Old Computers: Hazardous Waste
Containing “traces of mercury, cadmium, fire retardant and up to five pounds of lead”, computers are one of the “biggest sources of hazardous waste in the country”. The New York Times reports on the...
View ArticleNew spill angers Endicott residents
A Jan. 18 chemical spill at the Huron campus was reported promptly to state officials, link side effects but village officials and residents knew nothing about it until an anonymous tip from within the...
View ArticleLawn Care and Pesticides
From the Press & Sun-Bulletin, this article – Turf wars pit environmentalists against lawn-care businesses – touches on the debate about the use of pesticides for lawn care. The commercial...
View ArticleInfant pesticide exposure
Speaking of pesticides, here’s some science news from ES&T Online. A paper published in Pharmacogenetics and Genomics (2006, 16, 183–190) finds that the exposure risk from organophosphates to...
View ArticleSoil Vapor Intrusion in Rochester and Beyond
The Rochester D&C has a series of articles and interactive sites on vapor intrusion in the region. One of the latest public health concerns involves a new problem at old locations: toxic vapors...
View ArticleEndicott pollution data to be released
From the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: ENDICOTT —When health officials found that a polluted area in the village had a disproportionately high rate of premature births and certain cancers, help...
View ArticleEPA 2005 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Data
EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data is now available for 2005 (and previous years as always). The website includes links to the data, and a link to TRI Explorer, EPA’s electronic tool for data...
View ArticleNew York aims to clean waters of mercury
In an effort to push the Federal government to adopt more stringent mercury emission standards, more about New York is entering a regional pact with six New England States. From MSNBC/AP The state...
View ArticleMercury Levels Rising as Clark Reservation’s Glacier Lake
From Sunday’s Post-Standard, Tim Knauss reports on the rising mercury levels in sediments analyzed in Glacial Lake at Clark Reservation State Park in Jamesville. Glacier Lake at Clark Reservation State...
View ArticleTCE Testing in Binghamton
TCE testing has just mushroomed across the state as the DEC revisits hazardous waste sites looking for toxic soil gas. Here’s an example from today’s Press & Sun-Bulletin, TCE hunt expands in city:...
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