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TVA: InsideTVA
Technology Microbes may take toll on toxins. Biofilters, bioreactors harnesstiny organisms to destroy hazardous chemicals contaminating the environment.
http://www.tva.gov/insidetva/aug_13_02/microbes.htm

Extractions: Microbes may take toll on toxins Biofilters, bioreactors harness tiny organisms to destroy hazardous chemicals contaminating the environment By TERRY JOHNSON Microbes include a wide range of microscopic organisms, which collectively have almost unlimited abilities. Reed Gamble (left) and Jeff Boles with the bioreactor being used at the Wetlands Complex in Muscle Shoals Chemicals with scary-sounding names such as tricholorethylene, methyl tertiary butyl ether, methylene chloride and ethyl benzene are just a sampling of some of the compounds that have found their way into the environment. Removing such chemicals can be expensive and complicated. A TVA biofilter process using microbe-rich composted poultry litter was demonstrated from 1997 to 1999 to remove hazardous chemicals from contaminated air released from air-stripping operations at the Anniston Army Depot in Alabama.
Center For Construction & Environment | Past
Protect Nature; Minimize toxins in the environment MINIMIZE RESOURCE CONSUMPTION. SiteDesign; Materials Selection; Construction MINIMIZE toxins IN THE environment.
http://www.cce.ufl.edu/past/botanical/

Extractions: The Summer House at the Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, Alachua County, Florida, is a proposed new building that will demonstrate sustainable design practices suitable to North Central Florida. The Summer House Project is a collaboration by the North Florida Botanical Society, the Center for Construction and Environment, the Alachua County Government, and members of the local community. Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, founded in 1977, has become the second largest botanical garden in the state of Florida. Kanapahas mission is to be both a recreational and educational garden for the residents of North Central Florida. While Kanapaha has the botanical resources to teach others about plants and ecosystems, it does not have the facilities that can support the large numbers of people that could benefit from the gardens. The new building, Summer House, will allow Kanapaha Botanical Gardens to hold museum-quality exhibitions, workshops, conferences, and other forums, all focused on spreading knowledge about our natural environment. Sustainable Design Principles Demonstrated in the Summer House:
State Of The Environment Norway - Toxic Contamination
and oil spills disposed of on landfills, leaching into the environment. Traces ofPCB can as a consequence be found accumulated in food chains. Natural toxins.
http://www.grida.no/soeno98/contam/subs.htm

Extractions: PCB is very persistent, and has a tendency to accumulate in living tissues. In particular marine organisms; fish, fisheating animals and birds are vulnerable, and increasingly so the higher up in the food chain the organism is. PCB has only a moderate acute toxicity, and gives no symptoms until a threshold level is reached. PCB is suspected of being a carcinogen, it may effect the nervous system and the fertility rate in several organisms, including man. PCB was phased out from use in Norway in 1980. However, there are several small condensators and oil spills disposed of on landfills, leaching into the environment. Traces of PCB can as a consequence be found accumulated in food chains.
BW Online | July 2, 2001 | A Deadly Legacy Of Poisons From The Past
JULY 2, 2001 environment A time. The tars and toxins generated by manufacturedgas are the 19th century equivalent of nuclear waste.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_27/b3739186.htm

Extractions: Latest Issue Magazine Search Special Reports ... News Headlines GETTING IN Full-Time MBA New Full-Time MBA Search Full-Time MBA Comparator ROI Calculator Part-Time MBA ... Profiles New Part-Time MBA Search Part-Time MBA Comparator Distance MBA Profiles New Executive MBA EMBA Search EMBA Comparator Exec Ed ... GMAT Prep B-SCHOOL LIFE MBA Journals Reading List B-School Videos CAREER MOVES Career Advice Company Research Who's Hiring VC People Finder ... Careers Main NEWS News Archive Career Strategies For Managers Work Life ... Who's Hiring New Company Research Compare Salaries Compare Living Costs Exec MBA Search ... Sign-Up Barrie Park is the kind of neighborhood you want to raise your kids in. Located just outside Chicago in Oak Park, Ill.home to Ernest Hemingway and Frank Lloyd Wrightthe schools are good and the neighbors friendly. The park itself, surrounded by about three dozen houses, is a gem, with two baseball diamonds and a sledding hill. But it has been more than two years since anybody has played here. Fenced off, padlocked, and festooned with warning signs, the lush green landscape hides a dark secret: a toxic stew of coal tars left behind by a manufactured-gas plant that was closed more than 70 years ago. It will cost the local power company $50 million to clean it up. And if all goes well, residents will never get sick from the poisons in their midst.
Risk And The Environment: Facts Vs. Phantoms
We're rightly concerned about the potential harm, both to us and the environment,from the products of our As a result our diet is rich in natural toxins.
http://www.free-eco.org/pub/030312pg.htm

Extractions: By Pete Geddes In 1989, 60 Minutes produced a panicky story alleging the chemical Alar (used to retard the rotting of apples) greatly increased the risk of childhood cancers. Across America, parents poured apple juice down the drain and stores pulled apple products from shelves. The Washington Post described the event as "one of several food scares that turned out to be baseless." Science editorialized that the incident resulted from a "clearly dubious report...by a special interest group [the Natural Resources Defense Council, NRDC]...without the most simple checks on its reliability...." The EPA noted the claims NRDC made against Alar had been rejected in 1985 by an independent congressional scientific advisory board. It turns out the PR firm Fenton Communications promoted the report to 60 Minutes. Fenton later boasted, "The campaign was designed so...revenue would flow back to NRDC from the public." And it did, to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. We're rightly concerned about the potential harm, both to us and the environment, from the products of our technologically advanced society. But people often perceive risks to be far greater than they really are. I have many friends who, in an effort to avoid trace amounts of synthetic chemicals found on "regular" produce, eat only organic. Yet they rock climb, kayak, and ski the backcountry. These activities are far riskier than consuming chemical residues on food.
ACRE - Advisory Committee On Releases To The Environment
genetically modified to produce proteins, the socalled Bt toxins, in its on thesafety of releases of genetically modified organisms into the environment.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/acre/advice/advice02.htm

Extractions: Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment ACRE Home Environment Minister, Michael Meacher has called for more research into the effects genetically modified (GM) maize might have on the lacewing insect. He has accepted the Government's advisory body's advice that further research is necessary before a ban could be justified. The maize, Novartis Bt, has been genetically modified to produce an insecticidal protein from Bacillus thuringiensis , making it resistant to the European Corn Borer. Pests feeding on the plant are killed or avoid the plant because they are unpalatable. The maize also contains genes for antibiotic resistance and herbicide tolerance. A recent report by The Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE), the Governments advisory body, was prompted by Mr Meacher after laboratory studies showed that lacewings, a beneficial insect, could be harmed when it fed on prey which had itself fed on the Novartis maize. The Novartis Bt maize is a different variety from that currently being grown in the field trials in Devon, which is not insect resistant. Although widely grown in the USA, no maize has been given approval for growing in the United Kingdom, although the grain can be imported into the EU.
ACRE - Advisory Committee On Releases To The Environment
Advice of the Advisory Committee on Releases to the environment to the Secretaryof State and of the work for the release of GM crops, which express Bt toxins.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/acre/advice/advice07.htm

Extractions: Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment ACRE Home 8 February 2000 ACRE was asked to consider the recent Nature article by Saxena et al. . This concerns a laboratory study of maize genetically modified (GM) to express an insecticidal toxin from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). The Bt toxin (CRY 1AB) has activity against lepidopteran caterpillars (butterflies and moths) The Nature article reports that Bt toxin is present in root exudates from the GM maize and is able to bind to soil particles where it retains insecticidal activity and is protected from degradation. ACRE considered the implications of the work for the release of GM crops, which express Bt toxins. ACRE's advice: The article by Saxena et al 1999 raises some important issues that merit further consideration both in the risk assessment of Bt crops and in the funding of more research.
Monarch Butterflies And Bacterial Toxins - Suite101.com
Monarch Butterflies and Bacterial toxins Author Neal Rolfe Chamberlain Publishedon June 18 This is a real problem for the environment and for people working
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/microbiology/21476
Tufts E-News -- Are Environmental Toxins Causing Breast Cancer?
milk for toxins, scientists hope to track what sorts of chemicals are entering women'sbodies. Due to the vast number of chemicals in the environment, linking
http://enews.tufts.edu/stories/102802AreEnvironmentalToxinsCausingBreastCancer.h

Extractions: PRINT THIS ARTICLE SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS Are Environmental Toxins Causing Breast Cancer? More emphasis must be placed on environmental factors in the fight against breast cancer, says a Tufts medical expert. San Francisco [10-28-02] In the 1940s, a woman's lifetime risk of breast cancer was 1 in 22. Today, the risk has risen to 1 in 8. The swift increase, says Tufts scientist Ana Soto M.D. , cannot be attributed to just genetics long believed to be the largest factor in whether women develop breast cancer. It's time to examine our environment for causes of this deadly disease, says the Tufts expert. "This increase [in breast cancer] can't be attributed totally to genetic causation, and yet genetic causes remain the focus of most research," Soto a breast cancer researcher at Tufts' School of Medicine told Reuters . "I believe it is high time to seriously consider environmental chemicals as the most likely cause of this sudden increase in risk."
ETWB (Environment)
environment and Conservation Fund Woo Wheelock Green Fund List of Approved Projects.Project Title environmental Toxicology Screening for Natural toxins in
http://www.info.gov.hk/etwb-e/link/wwgf/list_6.htm

Extractions: Woo Wheelock Green Fund List of Approved Projects Project Title: Environmental Toxicology: Screening for Natural Toxins in Seafood Applicant: University of Hong Kong Total Approved Grant: $120,000 Duration: 01/07/95 to 11/97 Project Status/Remarks: Completed Scope: To find out the link between environmental pollution and presence of marine neurotoxins in locally consumed seafood. Summary of the Findings/Outcomes: The study covered 4 major natural toxins in seafood. The major findings were : Paralytic Shellfish Poison : SPS was the most toxic among the natural marine toxins and was associated with redtide microplanktonic dinoflagellates. On sampling a number of local dinoflaellates, it was found that the toxic species belonged to Alexandrium, which lived in clean seawater. This species was very sensitive to salinity, temperature, pH and nutrients in the water. Peak occurrence for the toxin is Feb-Apr, with a minor peak in Sep-Oct. Over the past few years, the level of PSP contamination of local shellfish had been on the decline. The dinoflagellate synthesized the toxin during the night. Contaminated shellfish could convert the dinoflagellate toxins to other analogues, and could be depurated in clean seawater in 6-7 days. Ciguatera Poisons : This group of toxins were getting more common, and even relatively small fish had been shown to contain sufficient levels of the poison to cause clinical symptoms. Unfortunately their occurrence did not follow a set pattern - presumably owing to importation of marine fish from so many difference places including places where cigurtera were known to occur.
LINKS Home Page The Chiropractic Resource Organization Chiro.Org
Pages that caught my eye were Children's Vulnerability to toxins in the environment and a page devoted to Indoor Air Contamination and Childhood Asthma .
http://www.chiro.org/LINKS/Environmental_Toxins.shtml

Extractions: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that indoor air pollution is a major health risk indoor air pollutants can accumulate at 2 to 100 times higher concentrations than outdoor pollution. Why is that? Because modern homes have been built to be "leak-proof" with tighter seals on our doors and windows. The average person spends 90% of their time indoors, surrounded by a vast array of modern chemicals including the glues and coatings on our furniture and walls, the plastic cases on our electronic toys, synthetic fabrics, disinfectants, soaps, perfumes, insecticides, lubricants and more. All these products "breath" out some level of pollution as described by the term outgas
Canada And The United States Achieving Elimination Of Toxins In The Great Lakes
Canada and the United States Achieving Elimination of toxins in the Great targets, said the Honourable David Anderson, Canada's Minister of the environment.
http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/announce.cfm?ID=623&Lang=e
Environmental Title
to set environmental health and safety standards that recognize that children aremore vulnerable and more exposed to many toxins in the environment than are
http://www.cdfactioncouncil.org/environmental title.htm

Extractions: Environmental Title of the Act to Leave No Child Behind S. 940 and H.R. 1990 The problem: We know now that children are particularly vulnerable to environmental hazards and toxins. Because childrens immune systems are not fully developed, they are less able to handle toxins, and as they grow, the development of their organ systems can be disrupted by toxic exposures. Unfortunately, federal health and safety standards are often based on adults, meaning that children, who are more vulnerable, are less likely to be protected. For their body size and weight, children drink more water, eat more food, and breath more air than adults, which means they have substantially heavier exposure to any toxins present in the air, food, or water. Very young children, who crawl or sit on the floor and are more likely to put objects in their mouths, are at increased risk of exposure to the toxins that accumulate in carpets, floorboards, and soil. Low-income children, who are already more likely to suffer from poor health, are also more likely to be exposed to environmental risk factors such as poor air quality, hazardous waste disposal sites, and other environmental hazards in their communities. Parents are often unaware that their children may be exposed to highly toxic pesticides at schools and other locations or to toxins in consumer products targeted for use by children.
City To Wipe Toxins From Water
Publication Date Wednesday Jun 28, 2000. environment City to wipe toxins fromwater. Mercury, dioxin targeted in new city policy by Marcella Bernhard.
http://www.paweekly.com/PAW/morgue/news/2000_Jun_28.DIOXIN.html

Extractions: Publication Date: Wednesday Jun 28, 2000 Mercury, dioxin targeted in new city policy by Marcella Bernhard A sweeping city policy to wipe local air and water clean of two toxic pollutants may target some surprising sourcesincluding the metal fillings in your teeth. The policy, which goes to the Palo Alto City Council for approval on July 17, encourages homes, small businesses and city departments to use or create less mercury and dioxin, and to release less of both into the environment. The City Council's Policy and Services Committee passed the proposed mercury and dioxin elimination policy unanimously last week, meaning it will likely go to the council for a rubber-stamp on the one-vote consent calendar. "We do intend to eliminate mercury and dioxin emissions," said Councilman Bern Beecham, the commission's chair. "And as much as possible we will focus on the sources of (emissions)." Councilwoman Judy Kleinberg, who is also on the commission, called the policy "very well thought out. "It will be implemented slowly, with support for small businesses," Kleinberg said.
Pesticides & Environment
to ridding our world, and us of environmental toxins. Our goals embody educatingpeople (including public officials) about the environments connection to
http://www.northstar.sierraclub.org/Pesticides_Home.htm

Extractions: Tips for you to use to reduce exposure to toxics ... The Mosquito Control Agency is spraying pesticides on thousands of acres in the Metro Area. You have the right not to be sprayed ... Find Out How. ..A two-tier committee dedicated to ridding our world, and us of environmental toxins. Our goals embody educating people (including public officials) about the environments connection to health / dis-ease and disabilities while advocating for protective laws through legislative action. Learn how we can clean up poisons that surround and permeate us in our every day living as well as working towards eliminating toxins dumped in our air and water and on land here on Earth. Click on as well as www.sierraclub.org/cato to check out national Sierra Clubs land, air and water campaign as well as www.sierraclub.org/toxics
Toxins Found In Blood
the subject of toxic chemicals to most people, and the usual association will likelybe the impact that toxins have on wildlife and the natural environment.
http://www.njpcgreens.org/toxins.html

Extractions: March 26, 2001 Mention the subject of toxic chemicals to most people, and the usual association will likely be the impact that toxins have on wildlife and the natural environment. But toxic pollution may hit far closer to home. Levels of toxic metals, pesticides and plastics can be found in the blood and urine of most Americans, the first national study of environmental toxins reveals. Released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the study reviewed 27 chemicals found in a general sample of 5,000 men, women and children. Prior to the study, scientists had only been able to measure the levels of many of these chemicals in air, water, and food. "This report should serve as a wake-up call," said John Balbus, director of the Center for Risk Science and Public Health. "It is the first time the government has made an inquiry into the level of contaminants in human bodies, and the public has the right to know this." While Balbus maintains that the "CDC took a small but significant step," he says that the report falls short on interpretation and context.
What Are Blue-green Algae?
To make matters worse, different cyanobacteria produce different toxins with different CanberraConnect Translation Services Site Map environment ACT, 12
http://www.environment.act.gov.au/ie4/airandwater/whatarebluegreenalgae.html
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Health alert and toxic alert information about health, fitness, and the environment and their intimate Category Society Issues environment Health Personal environmental consulting advising individuals who suspectthat they are being harmed by toxins in their immediate environment.
http://www.cqs.com/

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Breast Cancer And The Environment The Chlorine Connection By Megan Williams
the toxic and persistent organochlorines, state the Greenpeace report, BreastCancer And The environment The Chlorine This class of toxins behave in an
http://www.voiceofwomen.com/articles/breastcancer.html
Ask NOAH About: Environmental Health
New York Online Access to Health directories provide links to consumer health information on various Category Science environment environmental Health Directories Lead Noise Pollution Radiation Safety Recycling toxins and Pesticides Water QualityWeather and Health, Advocacy for the environment General Resources Glossary
http://www.noah-health.org/english/illness/environment/environ.html

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