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1. Anything from China is DANGEROUS!
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I would be willing to bet this brown rice syrup used to sweeten all these foods dangerously high in arsenic came from CHINA!! WHEN will our government STOP bringing that poison into this country and inflicting ...

2. Dangerous arsenic in brown rice: Not just apple juice, says researchers
(Health/Healthquest)

BY TERI GATTO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM First it was apple juice, now organic brown rice has been found to be contaminated with arsenic. The Environmental News network reports that Professor Brian Jackson, director ...

3. Proposed Carteret soil recycling facility has Middlesex County divided
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... matters, a record "actually better than anyone else in our industry," Roberts said. But the environmental groups released DEP records showing small fines of the company for bringing in arsenic, cadmium ...

4. Christie approves 57 bills, pocket vetoes 42 others
(N.J./State)

... – Prohibits manufacture or sale of reflective glass beads with high arsenic content; prohibits DOT and State’s toll road authorities from using paint mixed with reflective glass beads for roadway markings ...

5. Christie approves 25 bills as current legislative session ends
(N.J./State)

...  A-1448/S-2124 (Wisniewski, McKeon, Rudder/Whelan) - Prohibits manufacture or sale of reflective glass beads with high arsenic content; prohibits DOT and State’s toll road authorities from using paint ...

6. Dr. Oz's concerns about arsenic in apple juice hold water
(Health/Healthquest)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Consumer groups are becoming concerned that the Food and Drug Administration has allowed the arsenic level in many apple juice products to become too high. The FDA ...

7. How N.J. benefits from environmental Right to Know laws
(Opinion/Commentary)

... that 318 public school districts used 10 known cancer-causing agents, including arsenic, benzene, vinyl chloride and lead chromate. After the health department alerted the schools about the risks to ...

8. Arsenic is the tip of the iceberg
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I applaud Dr. Oz on speaking out on this issue. Arsenic is a very toxic element and we should demand that our fruits and vegetables are contaminant free and that those we import are safe for our families ...

9. Dr. Oz sticks to apple juice and arsenic warning
(Health/Healthquest)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Dr. Mehmet Oz, a resident of Cliffside Park, N.J., is standing by his study that levels of arsenic in some brands of apple juice are higher than that of tap or bottled ...

10. N.J. Sierra Club urges approval of EPA air quality standards for coal-fired power plants
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Jeff Tittel, New Jersey Sierra Club director, told a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hearing in Philadelphia Tuesday. Airborne toxics such as mercury, arsenic, and dioxin are considered the most ...

11. Gov. Christie attacked New Jersey’s environment as much as NJEA
(Opinion/Commentary)

... lead, asbestos, and arsenic. Giving the DEP commissioner authority to readopt and change rules without public comment, undermining the public process. Giving the office of the Secretary of State authority ...

12. EPA schedules public hearing on Edgewater Superfund site
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... nervous and endocrine systems. Contaminated has spread through the soil in several areas, including concentrations of liquid coal tar and arsenic hotspots, according to an EPA statement issued last month. ...

13. Protect N.J. by treating coal ash like toxic waste
(Opinion/Commentary)

... put thousands of New Jersey residents and Americans at risk. Coal ash contains heavy metals like arsenic, selenium, lead and mercury. Without adequate protection, coal ash toxins leak out of the waste ...

14. Coal-fired power plants becoming an endangered species
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... 161 holding ponds in 47 states. This ash is not an easy material to dispose of since it is laced with arsenic, lead, mercury, and many other toxic materials. The industry's dirty secret came into full ...

15. Jeff Tittel: Executive Orders signed by Christie attack environmental protections
(Opinion/Commentary)

... of arsenic in drinking water were to change from 10 parts to million down to five there would be an additional cost to taxpayers for water filtration. This would be considered an unfunded mandate, meaning ...

16. N.J. environmental groups against drilling along Delaware River
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... mercury and arsenic, into drinking water. Although drillers recover some of the pollutant laden fluid they inject, much still remains underground and can also end up contaminating water supplies. Fluids ...

17. Raritan Bay Slag site added to Superfund list
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... and health agencies found elevated levels of lead, antimony, arsenic and copper contaminated about 2,500 feet of the seawall. Investigations expanded to the nearby beach and park, and two years ago ...

18. New Jersey’s environmentalists form alliance to oppose planned mega coal plant in Linden
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... concerns about the project. In addition to their concern about carbon dioxide risks, the environmentalists said the PurGen plant could be expected to produce 450,000 pounds of arsenic, 480,000 pounds ...

19. Feds to complete cleanup of former Atomic Energy property in Middlesex
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

...  But subsequent tests by the Department of Energy, a successor to the AEC, found several contaminants, including uranium, radium, arsenic, chromium, lead and volatile organic compounds, in the soil, sediments, ...

20. West's energy boom could threaten drinking water
(U.S./Nation)

... of radioactive and toxic waste -- including ammonia, arsenic, lead and mercury -- for every ounce of uranium produced. "There has to be some impact to downstream water. Whether or not we can measure ...