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A Flood of Ash: The Fight for Justice in Kingston, Tennessee

A Flood of Ash: The Fight for Justice in Kingston, Tennessee

Just before Christmas in 2008 in the Tennessee town of Kingston, a pile of coal ash located near the Kingston Fossil Plant broke free and spread into the 300 acres surrounding the plant and eventually into the Emory River Channel. The six-story high pile of coal ash – residue from burning coal – had accumulated […]

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    Swedish Toxic Waste Poisons Chilean Community for 30 Years

    Swedish Toxic Waste Poisons Chilean Community for 30 Years

    By Laura Sear and Leslie Steed (Arica, Chile) Arica is a dusty, windswept port city in northern Chile. Tourists wander the city’s long seafront under the shadow of a dramatic buff-colored cliff called El Morro. But the bracing sea air belies a toxic controversy that has bounced from court to court, from Chile to Sweden, […]

    Toxic Metals Found in 95 Percent of Baby Foods

    Toxic Metals Found in 95 Percent of Baby Foods

    Heavy metals that may damage a developing brain are present in 95 percent of baby foods on the market, according to new research from the advocacy organization Healthy Babies Bright Futures (HBBF), which bills itself as an alliance of scientists, nonprofit organizations and donors trying to reduce exposures to neurotoxic chemicals during the first three […]

    Baby Food Tests Find 68 Percent Contain ‘Worrisome’ Levels of Heavy Metals

    Baby Food Tests Find 68 Percent Contain ‘Worrisome’ Levels of Heavy Metals

    Testing published by Consumer Reports (CR) Thursday found “concerning levels” of toxic metals in popular U.S. baby and toddler food. The consumer advocacy group tested 50 nationally-distributed, packaged foods designed for toddlers and babies for mercury, cadmium, arsenic and lead. They found that every product they tested had measurable amounts of cadmium, inorganic arsenic or […]

    Toxic Leftovers From Giant Mine Found in Snowshoe Hares

    Toxic Leftovers From Giant Mine Found in Snowshoe Hares

    By Som Niyogi and Solomon Amuno Even though it was closed decades ago, the Giant Mine on the outskirts of Yellowknife has left a long environmental legacy. The gold extraction process, which required roasting ores at extremely high temperatures, created a toxic byproduct called arsenic trioxide. For about 55 years (1948-2004), arsenic and other toxic […]

    Arsenic and Other Toxins Found in 80% of Baby Formulas

    Arsenic and Other Toxins Found in 80% of Baby Formulas

    By Daniele Selby Arsenic, lead, and cadmium are chemicals you’d expect to find in rat poison and batteries—not baby formula. But on Wednesday, the Clean Label Project, an initiative that tests products for industrial and environmental contaminants and rates them, said it found arsenic in 80 percent of infant formulas, according to USA Today. In […]

    Arsenic in Organic Foods Reveals a Wider Problem for All Food Production

    Arsenic in Organic Foods Reveals a Wider Problem for All Food Production

    Organic Trade Association A recently published study by researchers at Dartmouth College has called into question the presence of arsenic in some organic products. While the study itself focused on infant formula, health bars and high energy foods, the resulting interpretation of the findings failed to address the arsenic issue as a serious concern for […]