Spotlight on Atrazine and other Pollutants
Posted October 7, 2009 in The Media and the Environment
In the Associated Press Mae Wu expressed her hopes that a new EPA review of the health risks of atrazine would lead to more stringent regulations or market removal of the common weed-killer...On the front page of the business section the New York Times also reported on the upcoming EPA review, noting NRDC's 2003 suit against EPA for failing to properly review existing animal studies on the chemical's health effects...On NPR's "All Things Considered" Pete Altman theorized about what Apple's departure from the US Chamber of Commerce will mean; the interview was also carried by Southern California Public Radio... Dan Lashof explains that cutting back emissions in the US to 20% below 2005 levels will not be as difficult as anticipated in a Bloomberg News piece... Gaby Chavarria was praised for her scientific leadership and listed as one of the top 100 influentials in Hispanic Business magazine; Mother Nature Network summarized and outlined arguments made in NRDC's "A Clean Energy Economy for Indiana" report, focusing on the possibility that Indiana could become the center of the clean energy economy in the future.
