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From sewer plant to drinking glass. It sounds like the opening line of a bad joke: "Have you heard the one about the boy fish born with sister's ovaries?" But the stuff found in America's streams is no laughing matter, and the problem goes way beyond fish. Pottstown Mercury
Researchers applaud "grassroots" climate change study. The White House has tried to bury the a national assessment of the local impacts of climate change, but experts say that the project was successful and innovative. Environmental Science & Technology
Pollutant found in blood is linked to sperm damage. A team of scientists found an apparent link between levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in the bloodstream of more than 700 men and the degree of damage to the DNA in their sperm. London Times
Chemical from parking lots threatens stream ecology. Parking lots that are treated with a chemical sealant based on coal tar flush 65 times more polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons into streams than untreated parking lots.
Pottstown Mercury
Great Lakes activists say Bush waffling on cleanup. After the leak of an internal report that doused a $20 billion Great Lakes cleanup strategy, the Bush administration faces a mini-tempest over the degree of it's commitment to saving the lakes. Minneapolis Star Tribune
Poor areas seen more burdened by waste Several areas in Boston are near the top of a list of communities overburdened with hazardous waste sites and pollution-causing industries. Poor or nonwhite communities have a disproportionate share of environmentally hazardous facilities. Boston Globe
A falling-out over fallout. The Rocky Flats bomb factory is gone, but little souvenirs have been left behind, all invisible to the naked eye: scattered atoms of plutonium, subterranean solvent plumes, contaminated groundwater and buried foundations. Rocky Mountain News
Trouble in the air. A haze of chloropicrin, a World War I chemical warfare agent now used as a pesticide, has been blamed for making dozens of people sick. Monterey County Weekly
Nearly Half of Americans Cite 'Too Little' Environment Regulation. Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults agree that protecting the environment is important and standards cannot be too high, according to a Harris Interactive poll. Wall Street Journal. (sub.req.)
High-risk U.S. patients lack flu shots. Delayed vaccine shipments to some health departments and doctors' offices are hindering efforts to protect the highest-risk patients - even as grocery stores open mass flu-shot clinics. Associated Press/Seattle Times
Women's health fuelling poverty. Tackling female health would not only save millions of lives but reduce global poverty, experts say. BBC
U.S. to boost security at nation's chemical sites. Congress last week ordered the Department of Homeland Security to develop a plan to improve security at chemical plants and refineries, an important step to improve security at plants that contain toxic material capable of killing millions. Gannett News Service/Tennessean
(ahh...maybe it's just me, but you would think that the Homeland Security Department wouldn't be needed to be told to improve security at chemical plants...ah, duh!)
Weather dries up crop yields. With parts of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky in a drought this summer, and a stress-inducing 30 days above 90 degrees between June and August, local farmers are nervously evaluating corn and soybean crops during this harvest season. Cincinnati Enquirer
Heavy Downpours in Britain Bring Flood Chaos. Heavy rains lashed parts of Scotland, Wales and northern England on Wednesday, causing widespread flooding and forcing many households to evacuate their homes. Reuters