email July 31st, 2007
Air pollution fast becoming an issue in booming Vietnam
International Herald Tribune - The air in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City contains dangerous levels of benzene and sulfur dioxide, experts say. Levels of one of the most dangerous pollutants, microscopic dust known as PM10, are moderate compared with other developing Asian cities but
email July 30th, 2007
BlueCross Secret Memo Re: Sicko
Common Dreams - An employee who works at Capital BlueCross has sent us a confidential memo written and circulated by its Vice President of Corporate Communications, Barclay Fitzpatrick. His job, it seems, was to go and watch Sicko, observe the audience s
email July 30th, 2007
EPA plans cleanup of tar plant
Ironton Online - Other possible contaminants include arsenic, benzene, tolulene and xylene. Jones said she did not know what quantity of contaminants might exist, but that the levels were higher than deemed safe, prompting the cleanup. Groundwater at the site is
email July 29th, 2007
Rolling rig will let city track polluters
Houston Chronicle - The mobile lab will suck in air, compress and cool it to separate out volatile organic compounds like benzene and then analyze and map the toxics. “We can actually backtrack the wind and tell where it’s coming from,” said Ben Cieslinski, the chemist