The following news and links related to CEP, RMP, chemical
hazards, and other Right-To-Know issues are updated frequently. More current News and RTK Resources are available
at our Home Page.
State of Minnesota puts CEP Maps on the internet
February 17, 2000: Update on EPA shutting down its Web site
November 26, 1999: Support Your Local Corporate Crime Police
November 18, 1999: ATSDR Report on Chemical Terrorism
November 17, 1999: Bush pushes secrecy for environmental audits
November 16, 1999: Bhopal Gas Disaster Victims File Class Action Suit Against Union Carbide
September 24, 1999: Senate Gags EPA and Enviro-groups
August 23, 1999: RTK NET puts Worst Case Scenarios online
August 16, 1999: Right-To-Know Thwarted: Freeholders yield on tours of hazardous plants
June 29, 1999: RMP Data Online
June 21, 1999: Chemical reports sparking a debate
June 21, 1999: Chemical Accidents, Uninformed Public May Be Greater Threats Than Terrorism
June 21, 1999: P&G must disclose plant's risks
to public
June 14, 1999: 5 New RMP "backgrounders" available from National Safety Council
May 24, 1999: Bliley statement on Worst Case Scenarios
May 22, 1999: The Real Threat on the Internet? Terrorists or Environmentalists?
May 20, 1999: Good-bye Civil Liberties: Congress Hurries to Limit Public's Right to Know.
May 19, 1999: The power of full disclosure and environmental
data: Governor Whitman (NJ) urged to be tougher on
air quality.
May 19, 1999: Download the final version of the HPV chemical
list. Also background links to EPA, EDF, and Chemical
Manufacturers Association (CMA) agreement on HPVs. Download EDF's report, Toxic Ignorance.
May 18, 1999: Battle over worst-case EPA data online
(excellent background to current Chemical Safety Information and Site Security Act discussion)
May 17, 1999: White House: Keep EPA (worst case scenario) reports off Net
May 17, 1999: Mapping the risks of pollution: New Jersey
Takes CEP Seriously
May 17, 1999: More CEP in the News: Pollution study cites small firms, autos.
May 17, 1999: Court Voids EPA Air-Pollution Rules
May 6, 1999: NYPIRG's Community Mapping Assistance Project.
April 29, 1999: CMA, House Leaders Want Chemical Disaster Scenarios Off-Line.
April 29, 1999: DUPONT RELEASES "WORST
CASE SCENARIO - THOUSANDS COULD DIE.
April 23, 1999: SVTC adds CEP and Multiple Point
Source internet maps to their Eco-Map Family.
April 19, 1999: Use of CEP (Cumulative Exposure Data) in Philadelphia.
April 19, 1999: EDF's Scorecard adds CEP data.
April 3, 1999: Deadly Alliance: How Government and Industry
Chose Weapons over Workers.
March 31, 1999: How a Brooklyn neighorhood uses GIS to map toxics.
March 23, 1999: University of Southern California: Air pollution linked to chronic health problems in children
March 23, 1999: EPA policy urges companies to test
computers for Y2K problems
March 23, 1999: Study: California Smog Hurts Kids Lungs, Long-Term
March 23, 1999: Direct link between air pollution
and childhood asthma
March 23, 1999: 1999 Report on Dioxins, Furans, and
Hexachlorobenzene Released by Environment Canada
March 22, 1999: Deadline for risk-management plan ("worst case scenario") for chemicals draws close
March 21, 1999: Bay air 200 times dirtier than U.S.
health goal (SF Examiner, March 19, 1999)
March 21, 1999: Air-Pollution Cancer Risk Reported
High in Bay Area (SF Chronicle, March 19, 1999)
March 21, 1999: Recent Report: Exposure to Hazardous Air Pollutants in the San Francisco Bay Area - Exposure to carcinogens in air over 200
times safe limits.
March 19, 1999: NEW! Internet guide for finding chemical information on the internet and other global chemical RTK resources
March 17, 1999: Millennium bug could have toxic effects for chemical companies, experts say
March 17, 1999: OECD's Work on Chemical Accidents: Y2K Issues - An Electronic Information Clearing House on Chemical Emergencies
March 17, 1999: Third Meeting of the Intersessional Group
Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety
March 17, 1999: INTERNATIONAL YEAR 2000 CHEMICAL SAFETY ADVISORY
March 17, 1999: Congressional hearing on EPA's Risk Management Program under section 112 (r) of the Clean Air Act
March 16, 1999: Y2K Threatens U.S. Chemical
Plants - Report
March 16, 1999: Chemical Safety Board Presents Y2K Report to
Senate Special Committee - dowload the full report
March 11, 1999: Full Disclosure Reports on Drinking
Water Due this Year
March 4, 1999: How Clean Air Bit the Dust
March 2, 1999: More Articles About Waxman's LA Air Pollution Report
March 2, 1999: HIGH LEVELS OF TOXIC POLLUTANTS FOUND IN LOS ANGELES AIR: 426 Times Higher Than EPA Limits!
March 2, 1999: Y2K Testing: EPA states its intent to
waive 100% of the civil penalties
March 1, 1999: EPA Alert: Y2K issue could threaten worker and community safety and health
February 27, 1999: A First Look At The 600K Report: Commercial
Chemical Incidents In The United States, 1987 - 1996
"Why The 600K Report? Why, indeed? Why does the industrial equivalent of two 737
airplanes "crash" year after year, killing all
passengers (256 people)? And why does no one seem to notice?"
February 25, 1999: MAKING THE CONNECTION: Y2K & "WORST CASE SCENARIO" - Testimony by Gerald V. Poje, Ph.D. U.S. Chemical
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board on Y2K and chemical plants -
"85 million Americans live, work and play within a 5 mile radius of 66,000 facilities handling regulated amounts of high hazard chemicals"
February 25, 1999: Y2K increases potential for chemical plant problems yet EPA and congress work to limit chemical plant information
February 24, 1999: Cumulative Exposure (CEP) data in the news - several stories
February 22, 1999: Your right to know: Local plants reveal their worst cases,
prevention efforts Friday under new federal law
February 22, 1999: EPA guidance for High Production Volume (HPV)
program
February 21, 1999: RMP Chemical
Accident "Worst Case Scenario" Maps already on the internet
February 19, 1999: CMA, EPA, EDF Unveil Voluntary Framework For
Speeding Up Testing of HPV Chemicals
February 18, 1999: Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic Chemicals - EPA
Public Meeting March 5, 1999
February 13, 1999: Does the Web promote terrorism?
February 10, 1999: Testimony of Paul Orum Working Group on Community Right-to-Know
February 10, 1999: Letter from organizations committed to preserving the public's right to know
February 10, 1999: Lawmakers Weigh National Security Issues and the Net
February 10, 1999: Letter Defending Freedom of Information Act
February 5, 1999: Detailed articles on
CEP data from the Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul
February 4, 1999: MULTIPLE TOXIC POINT SOURCE
WEB MAPS ONLINE
February 4, 1999:
"Risk of cancer linked to toxins in state's air",
Sunday, January 17, 1999 By Jim Graham, Concord Monitor staff
February 4, 1999:
Northeast States' Perspective
to the Environmental Protection Agency's
Cumulative Exposure Project
February 4, 1999:
Air Toxics in New Hampshire
February 4, 1999:
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Announces
New Efforts Targeting Toxic Air Pollution:
New State and Federal Initiatives Include Measuring
and Modeling Hazardous Contaminants in Air
January 22, 1999 (PDF file)
February 4, 1999:
NPR Living on Earth: "EPA Air Pollution Study Put On Hold"
February 4, 1999:
"Few places left in U.S. to breathe clean air, EPA study finds Results
show virtually every American inhales unsafe levels of toxic chemicals", The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
January 21, 1999
February 4, 1999:
"U.S. EPA's Cumulitive Exposure Project",
Massachusetts Dept. of Environmental Protection
February 3, 1999: Toxic Chemicals Cover America, EPA Study Says - but Data Shelved
February 3, 1999: CEP Charts and Maps on the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's website
February 3, 1999: More on "Carcinogens Everywhere"