- Antibiotics
in Agriculture
- The
Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) estimates that
70% of all antibiotics used in the United States
– more that 24 million pounds per year –
are routinely put in the food and water of healthy
livestock.
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- Ballast
Water Management
- Experts
believe that, every minute, 40,000 gallons of foreign
ballast water contaminate U.S. waters – likely
the single largest source of foreign species invading
America’s ecosystem.
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- Banning
Cyanide Use in Mining
- The
use of cyanide compounds by the mining industry,
along with limitations in the analysis and monitoring
of these compounds, raises serious concerns regarding
environmental protection and public safety at mine
sites using cyanide processing.
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- Clean
Power
- Most
Americans think of electricity as “clean”
and are shocked to learn that power plants are the
single worst industrial contributor to air pollution
in the United States.
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- Cleaning
Up Brownfields
- Experts
estimate that this nation has more than 450,000
brownfields – vacant or underused industrial
sites with environmental contamination caused by
chemical compounds and other hazardous substances.
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- Electronic
Waste
- Each
year the U.S. generates 5-7 million tons of electronic
waste. About 2% of this is recycled, 30% is stored,
and the rest ends up in a landfill.
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- Greenhouse
Gas Reporting & Reduction Strategies
- The
global community has become critically concerned
about anthropogenic climate change. Carbon dioxide
and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) are warming the
earth, posing significant threats to our environment
and health.
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- Mercury
Reduction
- Thousands
of Americans unnecessarily expose themselves and
others to mercury.
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- Phosphorus
Pollution
- Phosphorus
pollution threatens our aquatic ecosystems, fouls
our water supplies, and diminishes the recreational
and economic benefits of clean lakes, rivers, and
streams. This policy issues package is designed
to help state legislators target phosphorus pollution
from two sources: lawn fertilizers and cleaning
agents (including automatic dishwashing detergents,
or ADDs).
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- Regulating
Pesticides
- There
is growing public concern regarding pesticide exposure,
and for good reason. Studies have shown that all
persons, but especially children, pregnant women,
farmers, farmworkers, and the elderly, may experience
negative health effects from exposure to pesticides.
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