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IN THE NEWS Web links to selected news articles related to the work of Environmental Health Strategy Center are presented below. Always read media reports critically. We can't ensure their accuracy or objectivity. To subscribe to daily Maine environmental news, visit the Maine Environmental Policy Institute. To subscribe to daily national and international environmental news, visit the Environment News Service. 2002 News >> 2001 News >> 2000 News Older News >> Hospitals reduce harmful medical waste. For decades, hospitals regularly released and disposed of harmful chemicals and waste products known to contaminate the environment and cause illnesses. Kennebec Journal, 16 Nov 00. More >> Caged mussels in Kennebec tested for dioxin, PCBs. A new monitoring method for river contaminants is tested in Maine. Kennebec Journal, 5 Oct 00. More >> Harmful levels of mercury found in some Maine rain. Rainfall sampled in Acadia National Park, Bridgton, Freeport and Greenville showed mercury levels that soared above the current standard considered safe by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Associated Press, 20 Sep 00. More >> New Maine alert on mercury, fish. The Maine Bureau of Health warned pregnant women and children to avoid eating most freshwater fish, swordfish and shark and limit eating of canned tuna. Portland Press Herald, 8 Sep 00. More >> Androscoggin River still high in dioxins, PCBs. New EPA rule keeps river on cleanup list. Lewiston Sun Journal, 17 Jul 00. More >> Report shows a need for stronger U.S. mercury warning. The National Research Council issued a report that methyl mercury "is widespread and persistent in the environment" and that exposure is causing birth defects and brain damage in up to 60,000 newborns each year. Portland Press Herald, 13 Jul 00. More >> Back to top >>
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