A new study from the University of Rochester has concluded that eatingocean fish with low levels of mercury doesn’t pose any serious healthrisks. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Lester Graham has more:
Month: August 1998
Fox River a Superfund Site?
Environmentalists are pushing the Environmental Protection Agency todeclare the Fox River in Wisconsin a Superfund site. The Great LakesRadio Consortium’s Lester Graham reports:
Hot Pepper Repellent
Some researchers are working on a way to use hot peppers to repel pestsunderwater. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Lester Graham reports:
Beetle Juice
They pushed for nutrition labeling on food. And they put out exposesabout movie theater popcorn and Chinese food. Now, theCenter for Science in the Public Interest is at it again. This timethey’re taking on beetles – or at least, a food coloring made from thebugs. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Wendy Nelson reports:
Meltdown Pills
This summer, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission began encouraging statesto begin stockpiling certain pills in the event of a nuclear accident.Some eastern states have already started putting the medicine in theiremergency centers and now those drugs are coming to the Midwest. TheGreat Lakes Radio Consortium’s Bill Cohen has the story:
Alfalfa Power
Farmers in Minnesota are growing crops for energy and constructing anew biomass power plant. It could be a big boost for rural business andrenewable energy development. But as Kathryn Herzog reports for theGreat Lakes Radio Consortium some environmental activists are concernedthe energy project may be going too far too fast:
Rediscovering the Alvar
Imagine you’re wandering through the woods on a trail shaded by trees.You turn a corner, and suddenly, you’re standing at the edge of a rockygrassland plopped down in the middle of a Northeastern forest. Theseseemingly misplaced grasslands are known as alvars and theGreat Lakes is one of only two regions in the world where they occur.The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Karen Kelly visited one of theseunique sites and met two local volunteers who’ve become the unofficialcaretakers:
Seed Industry Growing in Foreign Markets
The global marketplace is growing, with many industries enjoying theadvantages of free trade agreements that give them easier access toforeign consumers. But seed businesses still face tight regulationswhen it comes to crossing borders, and some in the industry say therestrictions should be loosened up. But if that happens, there may bean environmental price to pay. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s WendyNelson reports:
One Man Clean-Up Gathers Steam
Last year, Chad Pegracke of Illinois took it upon himself to
pick up trash from the banks of the Mississippi River. His one-man mission
attracted attention. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Jim Meadows
reports:
Commuter Art
Chicago public transportation will soon become the focal point of a major
art project that examines the culture of mass transit, through the eyes of
artists. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s David Hammond has the story: