EPA: U.S. Waterways Contain Polluted Fish
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One of every three lakes in the United States, and nearly one-quarter of the nation's rivers contain enough pollution that people should limit or avoid eating fish caught there.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 19  /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will participate in a water quality monitoring demonstration on the west branch of the DuPage River in Naperville on Wednesday, Sept. 20, to highlight the importance of clean water.
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A Greek tanker that spilled up to half a million gallons of crude oil into the Delaware River last month apparently gashed its hull on a discarded pipe protruding from the river bottom, the Coast Guard said Tuesday.
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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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WASHINGTON  -The U.S. Congress on Saturday sent the White House legislation that updates laws designed to prevent overfishing in U.S. waters.
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(CP) - New antibiotic-resistant pathogens, airborne mercury and urban sprawl are threatening the health of the Great Lakes and millions of people who live around the bodies of fresh water, a report to the Canadian and U.S. governments concludes.
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A move to ban saltwater ships from the Great Lakes, at least temporarily, got a boost this week. Ninety organizations asked for a moratorium on such shipping until Congress enacts meaningful laws to stop the continuing influx of harmful invasive species.
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BROOKPORT, Ill. - Thousands of gallons of a toxic chemical spilled into the Ohio River between Illinois and Kentucky after a barge struck a lock wall, environmental officials said Wednesday.
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:    -----      Contaminated Fish in Many U.S. Lakes and Rivers      Fish that may be contaminated with dioxin, mercury, PCBs and pesticides are swimming in more than one-third of the United States' lakes and nearly one-quarter of its rivers, according to a list of advisories released by the Environmental Protection Agency...
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By The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep. 21--What started out as a simple dredging proposal to improve navigation at the base of Budd Inlet has turned into a costly need to clean up chemical contamination in the inlet.
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By Detroit Free Press  Feb. 4--Biological pollution is forever.   Sea lampreys need to be beaten back every year, decades after they first swam into the Great Lakes via the Erie Canal.
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The pollutant, which is a neurotoxin that can cause developmental problems in fetuses and young children, makes its way into the bloodstream when people eat contaminated fish.
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By Madeleine Mathias, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Jun. 21--The 100 million-gallon spill of fly ash into the Delaware River from PPL's Martins Creek plant in August 2005 has had no adverse effect on wells, fish or animal life, according to a report by PPL's consultants.
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By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press Writer, The Associated Press. The spill _ the worst on the river in nearly a decade _ stranded commercial vessels trying to move goods through the busy Port of Philadelphia
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The discovery of intersex fish -- males with some female characteristics, including some carrying eggs -- in Washington's Potomac River is raising concerns about pollution from chemicals that can affect hormones.
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Researchers are urging the US Food and Drug Administration to lower the mercury level in commercial fish. In a study on canned fish published in this month&#39;s Journal of Food Science
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By John M.R. Bull AND Patrick Lynch, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Jun. 11--YORKTOWN -- The problems at the Navy's Cheatham Annex are so serious and extensive, federal environmental regulators in 2000 rated the threat to the human food chain at 96.06.