Actt Up - Internet Activism for Everyone / Search results for chemicals

The Houston environmental magnet school that's an environmental catastrophe

http://texasobserver.org Posted by admin 479 days ago

Climb into Juan Parras' rickety Jeep Cherokee, and he'll show you around the neighborhood. He calls it his “toxic tour.” Parras lives in Houston’s Ea read more
Location: Houston, Texas

Discuss | Trackback | Tags: school chemicals | Category: Environment | Add this link to... | Tell a friend

EarthTalk: Is Tap Water Safe to Drink?

http://alternet.org Posted by admin 367 days ago

Bottled water companies would have us all believe that tap water is unsafe to drink -- but they're wrong. read more

Discuss | Trackback | Category: Sourced | Add this link to... | Tell a friend

How Our Fossil Fuel Dependence Is Jeopardizing Our Healthcare System

http://alternet.org Posted by admin 367 days ago

Our country's dependency on oil and natural gas cannot be overstated. Nowhere is this truer than in our medical system. This means that the looming energy crisis is also a healthcare crisis. read more

Discuss | Trackback | Category: Sourced | Add this link to... | Tell a friend

High Plains Water Crisis Will Force Farmers to Think Like Environmentalists

http://alternet.org Posted by admin 361 days ago

If Midwest farmers continue pumping water at current rates, they'll be forced to revert to dry-land agriculture and livestock grazing within decades -- they could change their habits now and make the High Plains sustainable for the future. read more

Discuss | Trackback | Category: Sourced | Add this link to... | Tell a friend

Our Assumptions About What Causes Chronic Diseases Could Be Wrong

http://alternet.org Posted by admin 351 days ago

Discoveries about how chemicals and environmental toxins interact with our DNA and make us susceptible to disease could revolutionize our concept of illness. read more

Discuss | Trackback | Category: Sourced | Add this link to... | Tell a friend

Pharmaceuticals in Our Water Supply Are Causing Bizarre Mutations to Wildlife

http://alternet.org Posted by admin 350 days ago

From inter-sex fish in the Potomac River to frog mutations in Wisconsin, federal officials are studying the effects of pharmaceuticals such as pain killers and depression medicine in our water supply. read more

Discuss | Trackback | Category: Sourced | Add this link to... | Tell a friend

The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products

http://alternet.org Posted by admin 345 days ago

Investigative journalist Mark Schapiro discusses why companies that manufacture hazard-free products for the European Union often produce toxin-filled versions of the same items for America and developing countries. read more

Discuss | Trackback | Category: Sourced | Add this link to... | Tell a friend

Top Bush forestry official faces contempt, possible jail

http://rawstory.com Posted by admin 338 days ago

As if it wasn't bad enough for the Bush Administration already, contempt charges are flying in Montana.The Administration's top forestry official has been ordered to explain why the US Forest Service failed to analyze the environmental impact of drop read more

Discuss | Trackback | Category: Sourced | Add this link to... | Tell a friend

Regulating Corporate America: the Differences Between the Two Parties are as Deep as a Coal Mine

http://alternet.org Posted by admin 324 days ago

A tale of two regulators reflects profoundly different governing philosophies. read more

Discuss | Trackback | Category: Sourced | Add this link to... | Tell a friend

A Lot of Nerve

http://texasobserver.org Posted by admin 322 days ago

Once again an impoverished Texas neighborhood, in this case in the town of Port Arthur, has become the disposal point for hazardous waste, only this read more

Discuss | Trackback | Category: Sourced | Add this link to... | Tell a friend

Search results for chemicals