Federal Fracking Report Fails to Ease Environmental Fears
Full Disclosure Of Fracking Chemicals. A federal panel says hydraulic fracturing can be done safely if certain safeguards, such as full disclosure of fracking chemicals and air and water quality monitoring, are put in place. The panel’s report, however, is being greeted with skepticism by environmentalists, and seems to have done … [Read more...] about Federal Fracking Report Fails to Ease Environmental Fears
BP Prepping Another Option In Case Oil Spill Top Kill Fails
BP Oil Spill Top Kill Fails. BP will attempt a “top kill” as early as tomorrow to stop the gushing Deepwater Horizon oil well beneath the Gulf of Mexico. But just in case that plan doesn’t work, the company is prepping another to contain the devastating spill. A top kill involves using heavy mud, drilling fluids and … [Read more...] about BP Prepping Another Option In Case Oil Spill Top Kill Fails
Attempt to Use Dome to Contain Gulf Oil Spill Fails, Potential for Worse-Case Scenario Looms
BP Effort To Contain Oil Failed. BP’s effort to use a giant containment dome to stop the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico failed over the weekend. Engineers are now mulling other options to stem the flow of oil from the stricken well. The oil spill was spawned by the April 20th explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil … [Read more...] about Attempt to Use Dome to Contain Gulf Oil Spill Fails, Potential for Worse-Case Scenario Looms
NYC Hospital Fails to Tell of Cancer Tests
NYC Hospital Didn't Inform Hundreds Of Women Of Cancer Tests. A New York City hospital admits that it didn't inform hundreds of women of their abnormal results on a cancer-screening test. An emergency review of all Pap smear tests at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx since late 2003 showed that 307 women were never … [Read more...] about NYC Hospital Fails to Tell of Cancer Tests
