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Garden hoses can leach Phthalates and BPA into Water, study finds

Garden hose water is testing positive for Phthalates and the toxic chemical bisphenol A (BPA), according to researchers at the Michigan-based Ecology Center.
May 9, 2013


Engaging speakers, agenda set for June 2013 'What's Next' Brownfields Conference

An exciting agenda has been finalized for Brownfields Remediation, “What’s Next”, an innovative one-day conference on June 18, 2013 at the Metropolitan Hotel in Toronto.
May 9, 2013


Hidden Hamilton drums fuel toxic mystery

Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment is trying to get to the bottom of a potentially toxic mystery in the north end of Hamilton, Ontario, where hundreds of sealed drums were discovered behind a false brick wall in the basement of a...
May 2, 2013


New Brunswick salmon operation fined $500,000 for illegal pesticide use

On April 26, 2013, New Brunswick-based Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd. pled guilty to the illegal use of the agricultural pesticide cypermethrin, which killed a number of lobsters when it was used in fish-bearing waters.
May 1, 2013


BC HAZMAT founder wins 2013 Business Person of the Year award

British Columbia’s Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce has announced that David Rogers of BC HAZMAT Management Ltd. has won its Business Person of the Year award for 2013.
May 1, 2013


Saskatchewan fights asbestos with registry

Saskatchewan is on its way to becoming the first Canadian province to make reporting of asbestos mandatory in public buildings.
Apr 24, 2013


Chemical safety board investigating massive fatal blast at Texas plant

More than a dozen people are feared dead, and many more injured, after an explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco, Texas, registered 2.1 on the earthquake Richter scale and leveled a four-block radius.
Apr 18, 2013


Environmental Consultant? See you in court...

As a room full of environmental consultants listened to experts at EcoLog Legislation’s Environmental Liability Seminar in Toronto, the resounding message was that sooner or later a consultant will be sued, it’s simply a...
Apr 17, 2013


Alberta enviro consultant due in court after oil sands developer fined $100,000

On March 27, 2013, an Alberta court fined an oil sands developer $100,000 for breaking the terms of a licence issued under the province’s Water Act, a breach that allegedly occurred when the environmental consulting firm hired by the...
Apr 17, 2013


Civil engineers give 'D' Grade for US hazardous waste cleanup

Annual funding for U.S. Superfund site cleanups is estimated to be as much as $500 million short of what is needed, and 1,280 sites remain on the National Priorities List with an unknown number of potential sites yet to be identified, says a...
Apr 12, 2013


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