Air Pollution: Extra, Toxic, Hazards to the Air We Breathe Extra air pollution hazards reported in two news stories demonstrate little known threats to the air that we breathe. These toxins, methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) emitting from nature, and triggered by man, compound industrial influences. The two articles
Read more →Overshoot Day — Why is it Important? Overshoot Day August 13, 2015 August 13th was an important day for the environment. It was the “overshoot day”. The “overshoot day” is the point when humanity’s demand on renewable natural resources exceeds the annual supply that our planet can regenerate.
Read more →Air Pollution in the Miami Valley, Ohio Who’s got your back? Have you wondered, here in the Miami Valley, whose job it is to monitor the air we breath? RAPCA, The Regional Air Pollution Control Agency, is that agency. It is regional in that their jurisdiction covers
Read more →Asbestos in Children’s Toys Is Your Child Coloring with Asbestos? According to a recent article by Brian Bienkowski with Environmental Health news, some children’s crayons and play, crime lab kits contain cancer-causing, lung damaging asbestos fibers. A report, commissioned by the environmental nonprofit Environmental Working Group Action
Read more →Global Warming Demonstrated through Music From the New York Times… A Minnesota Quartet, tuned to temperature from the equator to the Arctic, performs Global Warming. The University of Minnesota’s environmental magazine Ensia has posted on the latest effort by a cello –playing undergraduate Daniel Crawford and the
Read more →Does Your Drinking Water Meet the Clean Water Rules? How’s Your Drinking Water? More than 117 million Americans draw their drinking water from streams that may not have been protected by the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water Act, enacted in 1972, granted the federal government broad
Read more →Climate Change in Pictures Is a picture worth a thousand words? NASA has developed 4 visualizations of some of the Earth’s key climate change indicators and how they have changed and are continuing to change. Proving a picture is worth a thousand words. These include: Sea Ice
Read more →5 Facts About Climate Change Hold Your Breathe Just in case you missed the latest news about climate change, sustained carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have crossed a threshold. The average broke through the 400 parts per million (ppm) threshold in March. The headlines have
Read more →Surviving an Ohio EPA Wastewater Inspection There are several different types of wastewater inspections that involve: Compliance Evaluation Inspections (a non-sampling inspection verifying permittee’s compliance with applicable permit self-monitoring requirements, effluent limits and compliance schedules) Reconnaissance Inspections (a brief visual inspection of the permittee’s treatment facility, effluents,
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Asbestos Pollution and Hazardous Material Exposure According to a blog by Kaitlyn Fusco on Asbestos.com, natural disasters, industrial accidents, and even acts of terrorism, often scatter hazardous materials, including asbestos, across miles and wide geographical areas. This often includes dust, soot, concrete powder, lead, from old paint,
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