Posts tagged contamination

• Residents of NJ town at risk for liver/kidney damage, birth defects from contaminated water wells

  Paul Napoli | May 30, 2012 2:05 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  New Jersey environmental and health officials will hold a meeting next week to discuss homes in Passaic County that have water wells contaminated with a dangerous chemical known to cause liver...

• EPA links natural gas fracking to contamination of water supply aquifer

  Paul Napoli | December 10, 2011 8:04 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a preliminary report linking chemicals found in a Wyoming drinking water aquifer to hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells in the...

• Kotex Tampons recalled due to risk of potentially fatal infection

  Paul Napoli | November 16, 2011 4:50 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  November 16, 2011 Women using certain Kotex Natural Balance* Security® Unscented Tampons may be at risk of developing life-threatening infections because the tampons are contaminated with a...

• PA Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission Submits Drilling Recommendations

  Paul Napoli | July 25, 2011 1:47 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  July 25, 2011 A new government report may change the future of natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale. Pennsylvania Lt. Governor Jim Crawley has released the final report...

• PA Officials Investigating Methane Contamination in Lycoming County Resident’s Water Wells

  Paul Napoli | June 19, 2011 10:01 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  June 19, 2011 The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is investigating the source of methane contamination in residential water wells near natural gas drilling sites in...

• PA Levies Record Fine Against Chesapeake for Water Well Contamination from Gas Drilling

  Paul Napoli | June 07, 2011 5:08 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  June 7, 2011 Contamination of Bradford County drinking water supplies with natural gas from drilling operations has prompted Pennsylvania regulators to levy the largest fine in history against...

• NY Times Uncovers Secret Documents about the Dangers of Hydraulic Fracturing Gas Wells

  Paul Napoli | February 26, 2011 10:53 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  February 26, 2011 The New York Times has obtained previously unreleased documents from the government and drilling industry that show the process of hydraulic fracturing gas and oil wells is even...

• EPA Develops Plan to Study Hydraulic Fracturing Process

  Paul Napoli | February 16, 2011 11:46 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  February 16, 2011 The U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA) has announced the submission of its draft study plan on hydraulic Fracturing for review by a panel of independent scientists. After...

• There is a Cancer Causing Toxin in the Tap Water of Millions of Americans

  Paul Napoli | December 20, 2010 12:06 AM | 6 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  December 19, 2010 Across the United States, millions of Americans are drinking tap water contaminated with chromium-6, a pollutant known to cause cancer. A report scheduled for release on Monday...

• Coal Ash Dump Sites Polluting Drinking Water across U.S. with Heavy Metals and Arsenic

  Paul Napoli | August 29, 2010 1:41 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Toxic Substances
  

  August 28, 2010 A new study has identified 39 additional coal ash dumpsites in 21 states that are contaminating water supplies with heavy metals, showing the government is inadequately monitoring...