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Extreme precipitation closes beaches, may endanger human health

A new study by the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Michigan suggests that extreme precipitation is linked to the need for beach closures. Due to runoff from agriculture caused by intense precipitation, officials...

source: Great Lakes Echo

Chemicals take various routes to Great Lakes

Scientists discovered that Toronto exports polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, to Lake Ontario mostly through the air. But its flame retardants and combustion pollutants reach the lake through tributaries. The different routes are important to understand because they could...

source: Environmental Health News

States target toxic chemicals as Washington fails to act

In state capitols from Maine to Oregon, environmental advocates are filing bills to identify and ban noxious chemicals and industry groups are fighting back with pointed rebukes and high-pitched lobbying. Toxic reform legislation is either breathing with new life or being...

source: The Center for Public Integrity

IPCC report: Climate change a threat to security, food and humankind

A United Nations report raised the threat of climate change to a whole new level, warning of sweeping consequences to life and livelihood. The report from the UN's intergovernmental panel on climate change concluded that climate change...

source: The Guardian

EPA proposes more protections for streams, wetlands

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule that would give the federal government regulatory authority over millions of acres of wetlands and roughly 2 million miles of streams. The proposal, which is subject to a 90-day comment period slated to begin in a few weeks,...

source: The Washington Post via The Virginian-Pilot

3 surprising sources of oil pollution in the ocean

Of the tens of millions of gallons of oil that enter North American oceans each year due to human activities, only 8 percent comes from tanker or oil pipeline spills, according to the 2003 book Oil in the Sea III by the U.S. National Research Council of the National Academy...

source: National Geographic

How the ocean reins in global warming

MIT scientists show how a better understanding of ocean heat uptake can improve long-term climate predictions.

source: MIT News

Experimental Lakes Area research station officially saved

A unique freshwater research station in northwestern Ontario that the federal government planned to shut down has officially been saved. Research at the Experimental Lakes Area will continue in the 2014 field season under agreements transferring the facility from the federal...

source: CBC News

Rob Harrington joins CSI

Compliance Services International is pleased to announce the addition of Rob Harrington, Ph.D., D.A.B.T. as Principal Consultant. Rob will provide consulting services on various CSI regulatory initiatives.

source: Compliance Services International

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Roundup in 75 percent of air? What the report actually says

Writes Kevin Folta: "Recently the anti-biotech websites exploded with the news: "Roundup Weedkiller Found in 75 percent of Air and Rain Samples, Gov. Study Finds" and more scary-sounding titles like that. I contacted one of the original paper's authors, Dr. Paul Capel, and...

source: Biology Fortified

Clemson researchers: Road salt runoff raises concern for streams

Clemson University environmental researchers raise concerns that the record amounts of salt crystals and brine used on icy roads this winter will wash into the freshwater and affect the food chain. Too much salt becomes an environmental...

source: The Edgefield Advertiser

Virtual fish will save the lives of millions of lab animals

A virtual fish being developed at Plymouth University could dramatically cut the need for testing on live animals. The virtual fish could be useful in studying the risks posed by man-made chemicals in the environment.

source: Plymouth Herald

How the Exxon Valdez spill gave birth to modern oil spill prevention plans

Over the past 25 years much has been written about the Exxon Valdez grounding on Bligh Reef. But little has been written about how this accident changed the way we look at oil spill prevention and response today. The hard facts are...

source: Alaska Dispatch

Critics: Alberta's plan for Athabasca River 'pathetic,' not science-based

Alberta, Canada's plan to protect the Athabasca River from the escalating pressure of oilsands development reveals how little the government understands about the environment it claims to protect, say prominent scientists and critics....

source: The Canadian Press via CTV News

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Extreme precipitation closes beaches, may endanger human health

Chemicals take various routes to Great Lakes

States target toxic chemicals as Washington fails to act

IPCC report: Climate change a threat to security, food and humankind

EPA proposes more protections for streams, wetlands

3 surprising sources of oil pollution in the ocean

How the ocean reins in global warming

Experimental Lakes Area research station officially saved

Rob Harrington joins CSI

About the SETAC MultiBrief

Roundup in 75 percent of air? What the report actually says

Clemson researchers: Road salt runoff raises concern for streams

Virtual fish will save the lives of millions of lab animals

How the Exxon Valdez spill gave birth to modern oil spill prevention plans

Critics: Alberta's plan for Athabasca River 'pathetic,' not science-based

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