BUD CONRAD, THE DAILY RECKONING, JULY 21, 2006 Recently I had the pleasure of having lunch with the Comptroller General of the United States, David M. Walker. He heads up the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), the government’s internal watchdog. As he was about to give a talk on out-of-control government deficits, he had in [...]
CHRIS BOWMAN, SACRAMENTO BEE, JULY 30, 2006 By the time Irma Ortiz discovered she had been breathing toxic fumes on her job as a mixer at Carmi Flavors near Los Angeles, she had lost at least 70 percent of her lung capacity. Ortiz, 44, a nonsmoker who used to lift 50-pound bags routinely, now finds [...]
SAEED SHAH, THE INDEPENDENT, LONDON, JULY 31, 2006 A victim of the 1984 Bhopal chemical disaster, who became a leading campaigner for justice for the victims of the deadly gas leak, has committed suicide. Sunil Kumar died in his home in Bhopal on the evening of 26 July. He was 34 years old. He was [...]
NZ CITY NEWS, JULY 30, 2006 Veterans lobby group urges Government to consider new evidence of damage caused by Agent Orange 28 July 2006 A new study reinforces concerns about the defoliant Agent Orange for New Zealand veterans of the Vietnam War. The Massey University report claims there is strong evidence they have suffered genetic [...]
INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE, JULY 30, 2006 Bhopal, July 30 (IANS) For 18 long months, a primary health centre in Madhya Pradesh has been without a doctor, putting the poor, particularly the pregnant, in great distress. Munni, nine months into her pregnancy, came to the centre at Kushwai village in Shadol district, only to be told [...]
DINA CAPPIELLO, PEGGY O’HARE and THAYER EVANS, HOUSTON CHRONICLE, JULY 29, 2006 TEXAS CITY – Federal investigators expect to be on the scene by midday today to begin a probe into Thursday’s explosion at BP’s Texas City plant, the second such incident this year. Smoke and flames again erupted there early Thursday evening, shaking windows [...]
KATHARINE SANDERSON, CHEMISTRY NEWS, JULY 28, 2006 Dow Chemical, the US’s largest chemical manufacturer, has blamed ‘unrelenting’ raw material and energy price rises for its disastrous second quarter performance: the company’s net income fell by 19 per cent and share prices tumbled. Since this time last year Dow’s net income fell from $1.27 billion to [...]
JEREMIAH STETTLER, THE SAGINAW NEWS, JULY 28, 2006 Environmental groups lashed out at mid-Michigan lawmakers this week for advocating dioxin cleanup standards much higher than federal regulators intended. Armed with a letter from the head of the National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, environmentalists chastised lawmakers who have [...]
STUFF.CO.NZ, JULY 28, 2006 Significant genetic damage to the DNA of Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange has been found in a study by Massey molecular scientists. Analysis of blood samples from 25 New Zealand veterans exposed to the toxic defoliant showed that the group had suffered genetic damage. Report author Al Rowland acknowledged the [...]
ASHFAQUE SWAPAN, INDIA-WEST, JULY 28, 2006 A foundation dedicated to helping provide solutions for potable water around the world July 25 announced an around-the-world relay next year at the United Nations, Rajesh Shah, one of four members of the foundation, told India-West. “It’s very exciting,” he told India-West during a phone call from the United [...]
