Latest news about Benzene
House panel to investigate hydraulic fracturing (Telluride Daily Planet)
WASHINGTON (AP) — An oil and gas drilling technique that is becoming more widespread is drawing scrutiny from lawmakers concerned that it may pose a hazard to human health by tainting drinking water and harming the environment.
9 Mar 2010, 9:20 am | click here for more
‘Split Estate’ shows Thursday, library (Telluride Daily Planet)
The interests of those who live on Colorado’s mesas, plains and mountains, and those who want what’s below them, are often in conflict.
9 Mar 2010, 8:29 am | click here for more
Himfr Reports Chemical Products Price Trends for 2010 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Himfr.com, one of China's leading B2B search platforms with more than 30 B2B industry websites to its name, reports on the price situation for chemical products in 2010.
9 Mar 2010, 8:00 am | click here for more
PTT raises fuel prices (The Nation - Thailand's English news)
PTT Plc raised its retail prices of oil by Bt0.50 per liter, effective this early Wednesday. Benzene octane 91 fuel is now Baht 37.44 a liter, while diesel is at Baht 29.19 per liter.
9 Mar 2010, 5:34 pm | click here for more
Congressional probers seek data on Lejeune water contamination (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
WASHINGTON — Congressional investigators tardy Tuesday requested detailed documents from Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and a private contractor that was involved in the testing and cleanup of contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, N.C., over the past two decades.
9 Mar 2010, 4:41 pm | click here for more
Did 'midwife molecule' assemble first life on Earth? (New Scientist)
A previously unrecognised molecule, similar to a type found in meteorites, may have helped the first biomolecules assemble from their building blocks
9 Mar 2010, 4:20 am | click here for more
'The Poisoner's Handbook': CSI's Jazz Age Roots (NPR)
Deborah Blum's history of the birth of forensic science details the work of Charles Norris, New York City's first chief medical examiner, and Alexander Gettler, Norris' head toxicologist. The two advanced many of the technologies that allow scientists to track toxic substances in the body.
9 Mar 2010, 11:54 am | click here for more
Community fights toxic waste (PRI Public Radio International)
Residents of Kettleman City believe chemical waste is leading to an increase of birth defects in their community.
8 Mar 2010, 8:46 am | click here for more
Hybrid taxi fleets: Congress may have to step in (Seattle Times)
New York, Seattle and several other cities want to switch their cab fleets over to every-hybrid vehicles, but they've run into a big legal snag, and Congress may have to arrive to their rescue, writes columnist Neal Peirce. Switching cabs to hybrids promises some potentially stunning gains.
8 Mar 2010, 1:11 pm | click here for more
State probes leak at Range Resources impoundment (Observer-Reporter)
This article has been read 2356 times. The state Department of Environmental Protection is asking Range Resources to empty a water impoundment in Hopewell Township to determine the cause of a leak that occurred last week.
8 Mar 2010, 10:24 am | click here for more