Dole: Notify Marines of toxic exposure
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Military officials should directly inform hundreds of thousands of Marine families and workers that they drank and washed in toxin-contaminated water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, Sen. Elizabeth Dole said Wednesday.
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Last March, the federal government issued an unusually detailed alert to the nation's 5.5 million health care workers: The powerful drugs used in chemotherapy can themselves cause cancer and pose a risk to nurses, pharmacists and others who handle them.
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By Susan Gordon, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Jun. 7--Fort Lewis officials promised Wednesday to help protect Puget Sound by intercepting hazardous wastes before they enter the post's sewage treatment plant.
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By Thomas Watkins THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  SAN DIEGO -- Dozens of dolphins and sea lions trained to detect and apprehend waterborne attackers could be sent on a mission to patrol a military base in Washington state, the Navy said Monday.
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The Bush administration is making headway with other nations in setting new global standards to reduce dangerous emissions from giant diesel-burning ships that pollute U.S. ports, a senior environmental official said Thursday. An emergency room physician described a "diesel death zone" around major U.S. seaports, with higher cancer rates and other health risks.
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The Marconi Company adopts CQD as its Morse distress signal. It is short-lived but does play a significant role in the mother of all distress calls.
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By Anonymous  In a new report, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Center for Coastal Ocean Sciences has found a continuing decrease in toxic organic chemicals in mollusks, specifically mussels and oysters, collected at more than 230 sites nationwide.
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The Department of Defense is handing out contracts for a project to record what soldiers see and do in battle zones. The new initiative closely resembles another, called LifeLog, that the Pentagon scrapped months ago. By Noah Shachtman.
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To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS  Contact: Robert E. DiMichele, Public Affairs Officer of U.S.
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By Brandon Loomis  Bloomis@adn.Com, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Jun.
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bulk messages clogging instant-messaging accounts. AOL and its Anti-Spam Alliance partners -- EarthLink, Microsoft, and Yahoo
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Oct 18, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - In response to an apparent increase in illnesses due to contaminated produce, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released an &quot;action plan&quot; for reducing microbial contamination of fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Â· Trade group urges ban for chemical additivesÂ· Anger over burden on parents to check labels
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By Constance Loizos, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun.
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By Anna M. Tinsley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 8--Safety signs. Fire extinguishers. Better inventories of hazardous chemicals.
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New ways of protecting U.S. troops from RPGs, biological weapons and more take center stage at a military science conference. There's even a morphine substitute that emerged from the rave scene. Noah Shachtman reports from Orlando, Florida.
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WASHINGTON, DC, Dec 15 (OneWorld) - Abuses and even torture of Iraqi detainees by US Marines have been widespread, according to US Navy documents released Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).