http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Extra! Extra! is your guide to the latest investigative work. Send comments and suggestions to extraextra@ire.org. en-us support@ire.org 2008-06-11T10:49:56-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2008_06.html A report by Kent Garber of U.S News & World Report shows that U.S. farming policy, which is leading to record crop sizes, is having a negative impact on marine life. With more land being planted, more chemicals are leaching... 2267@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Environment 2008-06-11T10:49:56-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2008_06.html A Dallas Morning News investigation has found dozens of sites with hazardous chemicals that are in close proximity to residential neighborhoods. It is a problem throughout Dallas County. In some cases, plants and warehouses are within blocks &#8212 and even... 2260@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Environment 2008-06-02T10:45:50-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2008_05.html A Gannett News Service analysis by Larry Wheeler and Grant Smith shows that "America's aging sewer systems continue to dump human waste into rivers and streams, despite years of fines and penalties targeting publicly owned agencies responsible for sewage overflows."... 2241@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ CAR 2008-05-09T09:29:06-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2008_03.html Despite championing "green" firehouses and pledging to be more environmentally friendly, Orlando's city officials are driving some of the biggest gas-guzzling vehicles on the road. Dan Tracy and Mary Shanklin , of the Orlando Sentinel, requested records from about 90... 2206@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Environment 2008-03-10T15:30:18-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2008_03.html A five-month probe by Jeff Donn, Martha Mendoza and Justin Pritchard, of the Associated Press, found traces of medications in the drinking water supplies of over 40 million Americans. While the testing found pharmaceuticals diluted to miniscule concentration levels, some... 2203@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Environment 2008-03-10T14:30:24-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2008_01.html A six-part series by Kevin Craver of the Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.) looks into lawsuits facing two chemical companies after a cluster of brain cancer patients were discovered in a small town. Craver studied documents going back 30 years... 2162@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Health 2008-01-10T16:57:44-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_11.html In an ongoing investigation, Jeff Pillets of The Record in Bergen County, N.J., uncovered how a taxpayer-supported plan to reclaim the North Jersey Meadowlands instead reopened the infamous garbage dumps to millions of cubic yards of contaminated waste. A review... 2108@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Environment 2007-11-13T09:39:24-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_11.html Hundreds of miles of South Carolina rivers are tainted with mercury, and the state warns people not to eat fish caught in some of these waterways. But no one had checked to see if the mercury was harming humans until... 2100@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Environment 2007-11-02T10:32:41-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_10.html Amy Lynch of The San Jose Mercury News reports on environmental issues plaguing Santa Clara County. The county has more toxic cleanup sites involving old orchard pesticides than any county in California, as well as a significant number of other... 2094@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Environment 2007-10-30T11:45:26-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_10.html Mark Schapiro of the Center for Investigative Reporting has released "EXPOSED: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power," a book that examines Europe's higher environmental standards for everyday products, such as cosmetics or plastic... 2065@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Environment 2007-10-01T14:09:10-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_09.html In a three-part series that began Sunday, Sept. 16, David Shaffer of the Star Tribune analyzed databases and pollution reports to identify 20 areas of significant groundwater contamination in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan region. Most of them are located in... 2048@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Environment 2007-09-19T16:06:37-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_09.html Josh Kovner and Regine Labossiere of The Hartford Courant conducted a two-month investigation into the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection's lax enforcement of the federal Clean Water Act. They found that 17 of 35 companies covered by the Act are... 2046@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Environment 2007-09-19T15:53:09-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_06.html An aged maritime fleet located in Suisun Bay off the coast of California is an environmental threat according to an investigation by Thomas Peele of the Contra Costa Times. Over 21 tons of toxic metals have shed off the decaying... 1960@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Environment 2007-06-22T10:23:01-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_04.html The Center for Public Integrity has taken a look at the state of Superfund sites throughout the US. Twenty-seven years after the government developed a program to identify and clean up the worst of these sites, toxic waste remains a... 1911@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Government (federal/state/local) 2007-04-27T10:20:19-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_03.html The Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester, N.Y., presents stories from a two-month investigation into toxic vapor releases related to toxins improperly disposed of near Victor, N.Y., more than 17 years ago."State officials, drawing upon numerous visits and hundreds of water... 1883@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Environment 2007-03-26T16:00:22-06:00