9/18/14
State
What you need to know about plastic in your toothpaste
Clarion Ledger
Did you know there may be plastic in your toothpaste?
Crest confirmed that the company does put plastic beads into two of
its toothpastes after a Chicago television station investigation.
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/09/17/crest-toothpaste-changing-ingredients/15767163/
SCUA sniffs out sewage smell
Stone County Enterprise
By Jody O'Hara
An odor problem associated with a sewage lift station has been determined
to have been caused by air release valves in a force main of the S-9
wastewater treatment facility.
http://www.stonecountyenterprise.com/article_2281.shtml
Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve hosts 'Seaside with a
Scientist' on Sept. 27
Mississippi Press
April M. Havens
MOSS POINT, Mississippi -- The Grand Bay National Estuarine Research
Reserve in Moss Point will host a free Seaside with a Scientist event Sept.
27 in honor of National Estuaries Day.
http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/09/grand_bay_national_estuarine_r_2.html#incart_river
Riding ATVs in public streams is illegal
by Ray Van Dusen
Monroe Journal
Fisheries Biologists with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries
and Parks (MDWFP) want to remind All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) drivers that
riding in streambeds can be harmful to fish habitat and fish, and may be
unlawful.
http://monroecountyjournal.com/2014/09/14/riding-atvs-public-streams-illegal/
Oil Spill
State launches user-friendly oil spill project map
Pensacola News Journal
Trying to keep track of the projects funded by Deepwater Horizon oil
spill funds is not an easy task even for government officials close
to the action, let alone the public.
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/environment/2014/09/17/state-launches-user-friendly-oil-spill-project-map/15801845/
Regional
Red tide creeps across Gulf of Mexico toward northwest Florida
The Associated Press
September 17, 2014 at 1:47 PM
It's like Florida's version of The Blob. Slow moving glops of toxic algae
in the northeast Gulf of Mexico are killing sea turtles, sharks and fish,
and threatening the waters and beaches that fuel the region's economy.
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/09/red_tide_florida_gulf_mexico.html#incart_river
National
Thune bill would head off potential EPA ozone rule
The Hill
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) introduced a bill Wednesday to prevent the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from lowering the standard for
ground-level ozone.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/218022-thune-bill-would-head-off-potential-epa-ozone-rule
