(New York, N.Y. – October 8, 2015) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with ECO International, LLC of Vestal, New York, which will ensure the proper disposal of more than 26 million pounds of lead-containing crushed glass. Until 2013, ECO International was a recycler of discarded electronic devices (\”electronic waste\”), such as older televisions and computer monitors, which can contain lead. The company no longer receives or processes electronic waste.

 as Fracking Fluid & Gives Polluters a Pass

New law gives a far-reaching waiver of liability to coal and oil and gas companies in the Commonwealth

Harrisburg, PA – Environmental advocates are reacting with disappointment and concern at the news that Governor Tom Wolf has signed a controversial bill allowing for the use of coal mine drainage as a fracking fluid while providing a waiver of liability to polluters.

(New York, N.Y. – October 8, 2015) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has modified its plan to address contaminated groundwater at the Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corp. site in Newfield and Vineland, N.J. A plan originally put into place in 1996 by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection when it was mainly responsible for the site, required a system that pumps the groundwater out of the ground and treats it. The modified EPA plan instead calls for using non-hazardous additives to treat the groundwater and break down the contaminants and then allow the contaminants to naturally decline while monitoring them.

RESULTS TO BE RELEASED IN MAY 2016

Former Woodland Oxygen property 560 S. Broadway, Gloucester City. New owner is Praxair. The hazardous waste site is located next to the City\’s water tower (photo credit CNBNewsnet)

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Sign on front gate of old Woodland Oxygen property.Today, Friday, some people were seen walking around the site. (photo credit CNBNewsnet)

Another sign wired on the fence reads in part: Environmental investigation/cleanup in progress at this site. Praxis, Inc, Gloucester City, NJ. For further information contact: Bill Schnitzerling, CB&I 609-588-6412 (posted on : February 25, 2013). See CB&I website  

Newswise — MINNEAPOLIS – A study of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) found that those who spent time in the sun every day during the summer as teens developed the disease later than those reporting not spending time in the sun every day. The study, which was published in the October 7, 2015, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, also found that people who were overweight at age 20 developed the disease earlier than those who were average weight or underweight. 

\”The factors that lead to developing MS are complex and we are still working to understand them all, but several studies have shown that vitamin D and sun exposure may have a protective effect on developing the disease,\” said study author Julie Hejgaard Laursen, MD, PhD, of Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark. \”This study suggests that sun exposure during the teenage years may even affect the age at onset of the disease.\”

SLAUGHTER BEACH DELAWARE(Oct. 5, 2014) – The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve has closed for the winter, and will reopen Friday, April 1, 2016 for the busy spring and summer seasons. The center is owned and operated by DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife.

 The DuPont Nature Center closes during the winter months when there is less public use of the center, which makes better use of the limited federal Sport Fish Restoration Funds which help the center operate. Cost savings from the winter closure supports aquatic education programs during spring and summer when public programs and visitation are in most demand.

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Hundreds of Companies Victimized in Multi-State Scheme

More than 800 commercial trucking companies in nearly a dozen states paid Atlanta-area insurance broker John Paul Kill approximately $3.7 million in premiums from 2013 to mid-2014 to purchase insurance that protected their livelihoods: their cargo and the trailers that carried it.

There was only one problem—for the most part, Kill didn’t purchase the insurance requested by his customers. Investigators with Georgia’s Insurance Commissioner’s Office discovered that Kill pocketed the premiums for his personal use.

NEWARK, N.J. – Two members of the Grape Street Crips gang admitted their roles in a two-year conspiracy to distribute crack-cocaine in and around Newark, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.

Monesha Johnson, a/k/a \”Smoove,\” 35, of Newark, New Jersey, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Jose Linares in Newark federal court to an information charging her with one count of conspiring to distribute crack-cocaine. Willie Brooks, a/k/a \”Animal,\” 24, also of Newark, pleaded guilty yesterday before Judge Linares to a separate information charging him with one count of conspiring to distribute crack-cocaine.