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EPA Takes Steps To Improve Water Quality Of Illinois River
2015-10-05 03:43:15| pollutiononline Home Page
Recently, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making available the Illinois River Watershed Modeling Program which resulted from several years of collaboration with local stakeholders, states and tribes in both Ark. and Okla
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Toxic Algae Outbreak Overwhelms a Polluted Ohio River
2015-10-01 15:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Ohio River, transformed by mining and industrial waste and sewage overflows into the nations most polluted major waterway, has a new and unexpected tormentor this fall: carpets of poisonous algae. Pads of toxic blue-green algae have speckled nearly two-thirds of the 981-mile river in the last five weeks, experts say, in an outbreak that has curbed boating, put water utilities on alert and driven the rivers few hardy swimmers back to shore. The only other recorded toxic algae bloom, in 2008,...
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After 24 years, fish from Gila River deemed safe to eat
2015-09-30 21:27:38| Waste Management - Topix.net
After 24 years, fish from Gila River deemed safe to eat PHOENIX -- Arizona Department of Environmental Quality lifts fish consumption advisory for Gila River and tributaries Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/1KLO6AO After almost a quarter of a century, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has removed its warning against eating fish taken from the Gila River. Fish in its waters flowing through and downstream from metro Phoenix are now safe to consume, thanks to the absence of pesticides like DDT, toxaphene and chlordane, the department said Wednesday.
International Coalition Urges Final Push to Eliminate River Blindness from the Americas
2015-09-29 16:30:00| Merck.com - Corporate News
Dateline City: WASHINGTON, ATLANTA, & KENILWORTH, N.J. Country efforts supported by a major public-private partnership - including The Carter Center/OEPA, PAHO/WHO, and Merck & Co., Inc.s Mectizan Donation Program - bring the region closer to achieving the elimination goal by 2020 Mexico latest country to receive verification of elimination by World Health Organization WASHINGTON, ATLANTA, & KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Carter Center, PAHO/WHO and the Mectizan Donation Program of Merck & Co., Inc. known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, are part of a coalition of organizations helping countries in the Americas fight river blindness (onchocerciasis), and are calling for a final push to definitively eliminate transmission of the disabling disease from the Western Hemisphere. Language: English Contact: Media:PAHOLeticia Linn, 202-974-3440Linnl@paho.orgorThe Carter Center/OEPAEmily Staub, 404-420-5126Emily.Staub@cartercenter.orgorMerck & Co, Inc. (known and MSD outside of the United States and Canada)Veronica Trulin, On-site, 908-656-5590Veronica.trulin@merck.comorLainie Keller, Kenilworth , NJ, 908-236-5036M: +1 908-406-1459Lainie.keller@merck.com Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more
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Volunteers help clean up Ukiah Valley section of Russian River
2015-09-27 03:46:16| Waste Management - Topix.net
At least 72 people participated in this year's Ukiah Valley Russian River Cleanup on Saturday, an annual effort to remove litter from a portion of the Russian River, and to prevent it from ending up in the Pacific Ocean. Last year, approximately three tons of trash and recyclables were collected from the waterway, a number that keeps decreasing, said Deborah Stranger-Edelman, project manager from the Mendocino County Resource Conservation District, which has helped organize the event the past five years, and also teamed up with the Mendocino County Water Agency and Mendocino Solid Waste Management Authority.
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