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Arsenic in Water at EPA Approved Standards Linked to Heart Disease

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According to animal research by University of Pittsburgh scientists set to be published in the December issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, and available online now at http://www.jci.org/articles/view/35092 , arsenic at EPA-approved levels for drinking water causes pores in liver blood vessels to close, potentially leading to cardiovascular disease and hypertension.

… Rural (so-called Red States) are prime targets for the death dealers at the EPA: The current federal standard for arsenic in public water systems not only may be too high, but it only applies to drinking water sources that serve more than 20 people.

US rice imports contain harmful levels of lead

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Analysis of commercially available rice imported into the US has revealed it contains levels of lead far higher than regulations suggest are safe.…So, when the FDA gets around to testing this, and confirming it, will the news make US headlines? Will the Agribusinesses that control our food supplies allow the FDA to do anything about it? Or will it fade into the background like the news that there is large amounts of arsenic in rice, and perchlorate in our lettuce, and yadda yadda. The Rapture is coming, yo.

Obama administration seeks stricter limits on mercury pollution

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The smart energy companies are already upgrading their smokestacks – making them more efficient, more modern, better for their investors – but the old guard will fight innovation every step of the way, even if it means reducing life expectancy of humans on earth…

Tap Water Is Probably Bad For You

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The 35-year-old federal law regulating tap water is so out of date that the water Americans drink can pose what scientists say are serious health risks — and still be legal.

…The 35-year-old federal law regulating tap water is so out of date that the water Americans drink can pose what scientists say are serious health risks — and still be legal.

Toxic Water and Your Government

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This facility has been out of regulatory compliance 6 of the past 12 quarters. so, out of compliance more often than not in the last four years, yet hasn’t actually had an on-site inspection ((that the New York Times could find)) in more than thirty fracking years. … Only three sites have actually had fines levied against them: Equistar Chemicals, Lp Morris , last inspected – Oct. 4, 1978 – 5 violations fines totaling: $714,200 Mg Industries Mapleton last inspected – Feb. 16, 1995 – 1 violation, fine totaling: $383,501 Kmart Distribution Ctr 8289 Manteno No Information re: last inspection, fine of $102,422 I suspect there is a lot of pollution being released that nobody in the EPA knows about.

Illinois coal ash sludge ponds are common

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The sludge dumps, all Downstate, are among hundreds of makeshift ponds across the nation that are regulated far more loosely than household garbage landfills, despite years of studies documenting how arsenic, lead, mercury and other heavy metals in the coal ash threaten water supplies and human health.

…Illinois is in the top ten in a dubious category: 14 of the state’s power plants dumped sludge containing a combined 2,826 tons of toxic metals into Downstate sludge ponds during 2006, the last year for which figures are available from the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory.