Naomi Lubick
Feature Articles
Endosulfan's exit: U.S. EPA pesticide review leads to a ban
After a lengthy scientific review, the United States last week decided to ban the use of endosulfan, an inexpensive organochlorine pesticide that builds up in the environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ruled that the compound—which has a variety of uses from Florida's tomato crops to California's cotton—should be phased out on a schedule to be negotiated with the manufacturer.
Jun 2010
Science
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Feature Articles
Drugs in the environment: Do pharmaceutical take-back programs make a difference?
The state of Maine experimented with drugs last year. The state had already tested several methods?for collecting unused pharmaceuticals, with varying degrees of success.
May 2010
Environmental Health Perspectives
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Feature Articles
Buoy damage blurs El Niño forecasts
More than half a dozen oceanographic buoys are missing in action in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has dispatched a ship to fix the malfunctioning buoys, which are part of the 55-strong Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array that monitors the ocean and
atmosphere.
Sep 2009
Nature
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Buoy damage.pdf
Feature Articles
Funding struggle for mercury monitoring
Nicola Pirrone may need all the help he can get next week. In the hallways of a conference in Guiyang, China, Pirrone — the director of Italy's CNR-Institute for Atmospheric Pollution Research — will be trying to rustle up support for a global network to monitor mercury pollution.
Jun 2009
Nature
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Feature Articles
India's drug problem
Chemists show how waste-water contamination affects ecosystem.
Feb 2009
Nature
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India’s drug problem.pdf
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