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Tired of waiting on humans, microbes cooperate to clean up our messes.

by TriciaLee572 Posted on December 20, 2016

That’s according to a Reuters investigation that analyzed blood tests from state health departments and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over 1,100 of those communities have lead levels four times as high as those observed in Flint.

Nationwide, the exposure could be much higher: Data was only available for 21 states, accounting for 61 percent of the U.S. population.

The CDC estimates that 2.5 percent of children across in the United States have at least slightly elevated levels of lead, which can lead to lowered IQs, developmental delays, and learning difficulties, as well as miscarriage and premature birth. The local water supply is frequently the source of lead, but some communities are additionally plagued by industrial waste, lead paint, and lead pipes.

On the campaign trail, President-elect Trump vowed to address the nation’s crumbling infrastructure — including the lead crisis — but many of his cabinet picks have a history of combating legislation that protect public health.

Scott Pruitt, Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, sued that very agency for using the Clean Water Act to prosecute waterway polluters. According to Pruitt, the Act threatens the “property rights of the average American.” He didn’t mention their brains.

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California’s latest oil spill almost drained right into the Pacific

by ArronKruger Posted on June 23, 2016

Crews clean up after a massive oil spill on the Californian coast in May 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn

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California’s latest oil spill almost drained right into the Pacific

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A pipeline leak discovered Thursday morning spilled as many as 700 barrels, or nearly 30,000 gallons, of crude oil in California’s Prince Barranca valley.

Emergency crews scrambled to halt the oil’s progress before it reached the Pacific Ocean and, fortunately, it looks like they were successful. According to Ventura County firefighter Marisol Rodriguez, the workers are now in “cleanup mode.”

“The pump has been shut down.” Rodriguez told the Los Angeles Times. “There’s no way it can get to the ocean.”

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Next time there’s a larger spill, we might not be so lucky.

Last year, more than 100,000 gallons of crude oil spilled onto Santa Barbara’s Refugio State Beach, closing the beach for two months and fouling the area with thick black crude. Tarballs from that spill appeared as far as 100 miles south.

The oil company responsible, Plains All American Pipeline, was indicted on 46 criminal counts and charged with $3 million in fines. The company expected the total price tag for cleanup to be far greater than the fine, at $257 million.

Crimson, which owns the ruptured pipeline from the recent spill, controls over 1,000 miles of pipeline in the state.

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Frame Climate Change as a Food Issue, Experts Say

by Myrna Posted on April 1, 2014

As IPCC report warns of climate impact on food security, researchers are looking at whether talking about food could break political deadlock on global warming. Reframing climate change as a food issue as the world’s leading scientists did this week could provide an opportunity to mobilise people, experts say. Academics and campaigners were already looking at food as a way to better connect with public on climate change when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its finding on declining crop yields. The report warned: “All aspects of food security are potentially affected by climate change.” It said negative impacts on yields would become more likely in the 2030s. The definitive report arrives at a time when researchers are actively looking at whether talking about climate change through the prism of food would help break through US political deadlock. Food offers an immediate and personal connection, Rachel Kyte, the World Bank vice-president for climate change, said in an interview before the IPCC report’s release. To keep reading, click here. Taken from:  Frame Climate Change as a Food Issue, Experts Say ; ;Related ArticlesTo Fight Climate Change, the Entire World Will Have to Eat Less MeatDot Earth Blog: U.N. Climate Report Authors Answer 11 Basic QuestionsIf This Terrifying Report Doesn’t Wake You Up to the Realities of What We’re Doing to This Planet, What Will? ;

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Exxon Valdez oil spill – in pictures

by SimonStreeten Posted on March 24, 2014

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All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition – Mel Bartholomew

Rapidly increasing in popularity, square foot gardening is the most practical, foolproof way to grow a home garden. That explains why author and gardening innovator Mel Bartholomew has sold more than two million books describing how to become a successful DIY square foot gardener. Now, with the publication of All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition , t […]

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Dataslate: Helbrutes (Interactive Edition) – Games Workshop

Helbrutes are the vicious Daemon bound war machines of the Chaos Space Marines. Driven insane by the sorcerous wards and chains that bind them to their armoured shells, Helbrutes are barely controlled berserkers that endlessly thirst for battle. The servants of the Dark Gods use Helbrutes as shock troops, unleashing them into enemy lines where they can vent […]

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White Dwarf Issue 8: 22 March 2014 – White Dwarf

Issue 8 of White Dwarf sports new releases for both Warhammer 40,000 and The Hobbit: An unexpected Journey. and features battle reports, how to fight Imperial Knights, drybrushing tutorials and more bears than you might reasonably expect. About this series: White Dwarf is Games Workshop’s weekly magazine, and boasts a wealth of great content, from the l […]

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Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team (Interactive Edition) – Games Workshop

Not all battles in the 41st Millennium are massed engagements between lumbering armies and towering war machines. In the shadows of these epic conflicts, squads of elite soldiers clash – their missions no less vital, their foes no less deadly. Designated as Kill Teams by the Imperium, or by a myriad of different names for their alien and daemonic counterpart […]

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Dataslate: Helbrutes (eBook Edition) – Games Workshop

Helbrutes are the vicious Daemon bound war machines of the Chaos Space Marines. Driven insane by the sorcerous wards and chains that bind them to their armoured shells, Helbrutes are barely controlled berserkers that endlessly thirst for battle. The servants of the Dark Gods use Helbrutes as shock troops, unleashing them into enemy lines where they can vent […]

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The Honest Life – Jessica Alba

As a new mom, Jessica Alba wanted to create the safest, healthiest environment for her family. But she was frustrated by the lack of trustworthy information on how to live healthier and cleaner—delivered in a way that a busy mom could act on without going to extremes. In 2012, with serial entrepreneur Brian Lee and environmental advocate Christopher Gavigan, […]

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Dataslate: Tyranid Onslaught – Rising Leviathan III – Games Workshop

The Satys System has been all but overrun by the tendrils of Hive Fleet Leviathan. From beneath the impenetrable Shadow in the Warp, scattered pockets of Imperial resistance still fight on, even as their doom becomes ever clearer. Now the third and final stage of the Tyranids consumption of the system begins, and the largest most terrifying bio-horrors walk […]

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Be the Pack Leader – Cesar Millan & Melissa Jo Peltier

Bestselling author Cesar Millan takes his principles of dog psychology a step further, showing you how to develop the calm-assertive energy of a successful pack leader and use it to improve your dog’s life–and your own. Filled with practical tips and techniques as well as real-life success stories from his clients (including the Grogan family, owners of Marl […]

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How to Raise the Perfect Dog – Cesar Millan & Melissa Jo Peltier

From the bestselling author and star of National Geographic Channel’s Dog Whisperer , the only resource you’ll need for raising a happy, healthy dog. For the millions of people every year who consider bringing a puppy into their lives–as well as those who have already brought a dog home–Cesar Millan, the preeminent dog behavior expert, says, “Yes, […]

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Dataslate: Tyranid Onslaught – Rising Leviathan III (eBook Edition) – Games Workshop

The Satys System has been all but overrun by the tendrils of Hive Fleet Leviathan. From beneath the impenetrable Shadow in the Warp, scattered pockets of Imperial resistance still fight on, even as their doom becomes ever clearer. Now the third and final stage of the Tyranids consumption of the system begins, and the largest most terrifying bio-horrors walk […]

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Exxon Valdez oil spill – in pictures

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Dear Donald Trump: Winter Does Not Disprove Global Warming

by rakil23 Posted on January 3, 2014

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Weather isn’t climate, people. A Bostonian trudges by Government Center as Winter Storm Hercules’s snows begin. Nicolaus Czarnecki/METRO US/ZUMA An intense blizzard, appropriately named Hercules, is about to blanket the Northeast. Antarctic ice locked in a Russian ship containing a team of scientists—en route, no less, to do climate research. Record low temperatures have been seen in parts of the US, and in Winnipeg, temperatures on December 31 were as cold as temperatures on…Mars. So as is their seasonal wont, here come the climate skeptics. Exhibit A: This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bullshit has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps,and our GW scientists are stuck in ice — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2, 2014 And Trump isn’t the only one. A similar reaction came from Congressman John Fleming, a Louisiana Republican: “Global warming” isn’t so warm these days. http://t.co/gOqr2RiuNJ — John Fleming (@RepFleming) January 2, 2014 And RedState.com’s Erick Erickson also piled on, blending global warming dismissal with religion: The difference between people who believe in the 2nd coming of Jesus and those who believe in global warming is that Jesus will return. — Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) January 2, 2014 Meanwhile, the front page of the Drudge Report listed a variety of cold weather news items under the heading, “Global Warming Intensifies…” Drudge Report/Climate Desk Rush Limbaugh also weighed in, noting that the Green Bay Packers may face San Francisco in subzero temperatures at home this weekend: LIMBAUGH: I would love to see Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and Hillary sitting outside on the 50 yard line of Green Bay the whole game, and then afterwards do a presentation for us all on global warming. Sit there the whole game outside. And last but not least, Fox Business‘s Stuart Varney used the Antarctic ice story to claim that “we’re looking at global cooling, forget this global warming.” All of this is all wrong in ways that have all been explained before. So just a few brief observations: Statements about climate trends must be based on, er, trends. Not individual events or occurrences. Weather is not climate, and anecdotes are not statistics. Global warming is actually expected to increase “heavy precipitation in winter storms,” and for the northern hemisphere, there is evidence that these storms are already more frequent and intense, according to the draft US National Climate Assessment. Antarctica is a very cold place. But global warming is affecting it as predicted: Antarctica is losing ice overall, according to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. However, sea ice is a different matter than land-based or glacial ice. Antarctic sea ice is increasing, and moreover, the reason for this may be climate change! (For more, read here.) Finally, just one last thing. When it’s winter on Earth, it’s also summer on Earth…somewhere else. Thus, allow us to counter anecdotal evidence about cold weather with more anecdotal evidence: It’s blazing hot in Australia, with temperatures, in some regions, set to possibly soar above 120 degrees Fahrenheit in the coming days.

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National Briefing | South: Arkansas: ExxonMobil Fines Proposed After Oil Spill

by Myrna Posted on November 6, 2013

More than $2.6 million in penalties are proposed for nine probable violations after one of the oil company’s pipelines spilled thousands of barrels of oil in Mayflower in March. Originally posted here –  National Briefing | South: Arkansas: ExxonMobil Fines Proposed After Oil Spill ; ;Related ArticlesChevron and Ukraine Sign Deal on Shale GasChevron and Ukraine Set Shale Gas DealCase of Insect Interruptus Yields a Rare Fossil Find ;

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Oil Spill in North Dakota Raises Detection Concerns

by Myrna Posted on October 23, 2013

A Tesoro Logistics pipeline that ruptured in North Dakota spilled more than 865,000 gallons of oil, one of the largest inland oil pipeline accidents in the United States. Original source: Oil Spill in North Dakota Raises Detection Concerns Related Articles Fracking Fight Focuses on a New York Town’s Ban Koch Brother Wages 12-Year Fight Over Wind Farm Harlem River, Cut Off From Public, Is Getting a Push Out of Isolation

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Thai Officials Play Down Effects of Oil Spill

by Myrna Posted on August 23, 2013

In Thailand’s third-largest oil spill, the government was quick to try to declare the affected areas safe for tourists, with one official going as far to swim in one of the worst-contaminated areas. Read more – Thai Officials Play Down Effects of Oil Spill Related Articles Urgent Task for Insect: Stop a Relentless Vine Nuclear Operator Raises Alarm on Crisis New Rules Would Cut Silica Dust Exposure

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BP Challenges Settlements in Gulf Oil Spill

by Myrna Posted on June 25, 2013

The oil company asserted that thousands of claims were either inflated or nonexistent in ads that are to appear in three major newspapers Wednesday. Link:  BP Challenges Settlements in Gulf Oil Spill ; ;Related ArticlesAlgae-Engineering Joint Venture DisbandsScientists Find Canadian Oil Safe for Pipelines, but Critics Say Questions RemainMarijuana Crops in California Threaten Forests and Wildlife ;

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