LYNNE PEEPLES ON TOXIC TRACKS

ENVIRONMENT
Lautenberg Leaves Lasting Legacy, Hope For Toxic Chemical Reform
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
"When you see a superfund site being cleaned, a clean beach or important open spaces like the Wallkill Wildlife Refuge," added
ENVIRONMENT
Ernest Moniz, Energy Secretary Nominee, Further Criticized For Fracking Ties
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
In a prior interview with HuffPost, Ingraffea noted a number of pro-fracking studies that had come out of influential institutions
ENVIRONMENT
Rising Resistance: New Film Explores Superbug Spread As Health Concerns Grow
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
As McKenna writes, the new film's pitch "captures a frustration" she has felt herself: "the topic is so big, the threat is
ENVIRONMENT
Inexcusable Exposure: Unprotected Workers, Toxic Lead At Gun Range
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
The gun range and one of its contractors acknowledged mistakes but said they didn't believe workers were permanently harmed
ENVIRONMENT
Afternoon Tracks: Hormone Mimics, Toxic Air, Dirty Dare And More
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
Meanwhile, a new report concludes that nearly half of surveyed farmers said they have weeds resistant to glyphospate -- the
ENVIRONMENT
State Of The Union: Obama Addresses Climate Change And Green Energy, Short On Details
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
Frank Maisano, an energy strategist at the law firm Bracewell & Giuliani, was generally unexcited about the climate and energy
ENVIRONMENT
Frack Tracks: New York Regulations Delayed, Fracking Could Still Begin Soon
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
Martens of the DEC told the AP that he expects the health commissioner, Nirav Shah, to complete the review in a few weeks
ENVIRONMENT
Resettled Rats Torment New Yorkers In Sandy's Wake; EPA To Ban D-Con Rat Poisons
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
As Hurricane Sandy began to bear down on New York City this past October, I reported on an overlooked and potentially very
ENVIRONMENT
Frack Tracks: Safer Fracking Fluids, Water Crisis Worries And Drilling In The Desert
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
U.S. environmental regulators have long assumed that reservoirs located thousands of feet underground will be too expensive
ENVIRONMENT
Artists Against Fracking Posts Plea For Frack-Free New York (VIDEO)
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
Yoko Ono and Artists Against Fracking Find Out What Fracking Has Done to Pennsylvania from JFOX on Vimeo. People in favor
ENVIRONMENT
Frack Tracks: Life-Changing Royalties, Health Concerns And A Paper-Mache Pig
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
In other fracking news from the state currently at the center of the natural gas boom... I've met many Pennsylvania residents
ENVIRONMENT
Friday Freak Out: BPA May Create An Even Bigger Hormonal Mess
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
Due to a combination of male and female reproductive problems, nearly one in six U.S. couples now struggles to get pregnant
ENVIRONMENT
Aquatic Toxic: 'Frankenfish', Gulf Seafood and Killer Prawns
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
There is still a brief period to voice objections, but Dr David Edwards of the Biotechnology Industry Organization is certain
ENVIRONMENT
Doggy Tracks: Dog Shares Spread The Love, Limit The Poo
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
Founder Eric Husk was a "a dog person without a dog," reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Here's how City Dog Share works
ENVIRONMENT
Toxic Tuesday: China's Air, Asbestos Debris, Mercury-Laden Fish And Fast Food
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
"The entire site was contaminated with asbestos and the people who were doing it were all children," said Clink. "The kids
ENVIRONMENT
Monday Tracks: GMO Debate Rages On After Prop 37 Failure
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
What we didn't realize at the time was that the real Frankenstein's monster was not GM technology, but our reaction against
ENVIRONMENT
Off Track: Coal Miners, Loggers And Milkmen In America's First Adventure Race
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
"There were two coal miners in the first race (1911), Joseph Frankoviz and Norman Randall," Young told me in an email. "Randall
ENVIRONMENT
Tracking Fracking Fights
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
Natural gas companies are "ramping up" their PR campaigns with the release of Hollywood's controversial new fracking film
ENVIRONMENT
Afternoon Tracks: Warming Woes And Climate Clues
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
Australia, too, is slashing many of its own temperature records. In their case, the heat itself is of greatest concern to
ENVIRONMENT
Lead Poisoning Linked With Higher Crime Rates, Lower Test Scores
By Lynne Peeples, Contributor
Environment and Public Health Reporter, The Huffington Post
We've long known that lead can damage the developing brain, permanently altering IQ scores and behavior. We've also known