Citing California Proposition 65, plaintiffs have tested fish oil supplements containing PCBs that did not disclose high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls.
The four-year Hazardcheck campaign unveiled on March 1 builds on the Government of Canada's Chemicals Management Plan and Clean Air Agenda.
European Chemical Industry Council and International Life Sciences Institute are funding the work with a total of $120,000.
The American Water Works Association's 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition will be held June 20-24 in Chicago, Ill.
The retail giant collaborated with Environmental Defense Fund to develop an approach that looks at the supply chain on a global scale.
The company expects to have a $4.7 million advanced metering infrastructure system installed in Fayette County, West Virginia by year's end.
EPA selected the facility for a Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Excellence Award.
Stony Brook University will host the Long Island High Technology Incubator on its campus.
An anhydrous ammonia incident last summer that sent about 17 people to the hospital resulted in an EPA order for Columbus Manufacturing of South San Francisco to replace safety relief valves and corroded parts on its ammonia refrigeration systems.
EPA has invested nearly $17 million for research on climate change impacts and distributed it to 25 universities.
EPA alleged the property management company in Meriden, Conn., failed to tell at least 20 tenants about lead paint and provide hazard information.
The good news from Environmental Protection's annual Salary Survey is that reported gross salaries appear to have increased over those reported in the 2008 survey. The bad news is that getting or keeping an industry job proved more difficult for many who responded.
- By L.K. Williams, EPonline
Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa get a funding boost from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
University of Helsinki chemists think that exposure to silver can be reduced by chemically binding the nanoparticles to polymers.
Twenty-five universities to explore public health and environmental facets of climate change.