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The Rural Blog: Independent review supports EPA's findings of MTR on water quality

Posted Fri, 2010/10/08 - 5:18pm by RCAP

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency's independent Science Advisory Board's first draft review of EPA's research into mountaintop removal supports the agency's findings that mountaintop removal negatively affects water quality.

New web clearinghouse of information for Lake Shoreland Protection Resources

Posted Tue, 2010/09/28 - 3:07pm by RCAP

EPA's Office of Water has launched a new web clearinghouse of Lake Shoreland Protection Resources, which provides practitioners with links to key resources to protect and restore fragile lake shorelands and to promote better stewardship by lakeside property owners and others who recreate on lakes.

EPA will propose rule to protect waterways by reducing mercury from dental offices

Posted Tue, 2010/09/28 - 3:03pm by RCAP

Existing technology is available to capture dental mercury

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Sept. 27 it intends to propose a rule to reduce mercury waste from dental offices. Dental amalgams, or fillings containing mercury, account for 3.7 tons of mercury discharged from dental offices each year. The mercury waste results when old mercury fillings are replaced with new ones.