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Trace elements in the news

Featured on the National Analysis of Trace Elements homepage:

• Washington Post 12/08 --
  TVA head pledges to test wells near coal ash spill
• WebMD 08/08 --
  Arsenic linked to diabetes
• NY Times 05/03 --
  Study Outlines Arsenic Risk in Some New England Well Water
• Environmental Science & Technology 6/1/2002--
  Ice cores reveal 270 years of atmospheric mercury deposition
• Mobile Register 5/21/2002--
  Mercury Task Force announced at forum
• Agency for Toxic Substance & Disease Registry 12/6/2001--
  Arsenic, lead, mercury are top 3 Priority Hazardous Substances for 2001

More news:

• Science News 7/7/2001--
  Landfills make mercury more toxic
• The State 7/29/2001--
  Several South Carolina towns find uranium, radium in drinking water
• Washington Post 9/11/2001--
  EPA to urge tighter rules for arsenic
• The New York Times 8/2/2001--
  Senate backs new standards for arsenic levels
• CNN 6/1/2001--
  Napoleon arsenic poisoning theory revived
• Associated Press 7/2/2001--
  [no longer online] End to mercury thermometers urged
• Los Angeles Times 4/19/2001--
  [no longer online] Bush to tighten arsenic standard
• Los Angeles Times 3/21/2001--
  [no longer online] EPA revokes new arsenic standards for drinking water
• Los Angeles Times 2/15/2001--
  [no longer online] Chromium 6 detected in private water systems
• Washington Post 1/18/2001--
  EPA tightens arsenic standard
• Chicago Tribune 12/14/2000--
  Coal-burning power plants to reduce mercury output
• Washington Post 10/18/2000--
  Beethoven done in by lead poisoning
• Cornell University 10/16/2000--
  High levels of radon in some U.S. schools
• Environmental News Network 7/13/2000--
  Cadmium puts Rocky Mountain wildlife at risk
• Associated Press 7/11/2000--
  NAS report backs new EPA regulations on mercury
• Associated Press 5/25/2000--
  EPA proposes lower standard for arsenic in drinking water
• National Public Radio 4/27/2000--
  Environmental dangers of mercury thermometers; EPA to consider regulating mercury emissions from coal plants
• National Academy of Sciences 3/2/2000--
  Allowable levels of copper in drinking water should not be increased until studies are done
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry lists 3 trace elements as the top Priority Hazardous Substances for 1999
• Federal Register 10/29/1999--
  USEPA to revise aquatic life criteria for copper, silver, lead, cadmium, iron, manganese, and selenium
• US Environmental Protection Agency 10/19/1999--
  Proposed standards for radon in drinking water and indoor air