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Ind. working on phosphorous limits for lakes

Chicago Tribune
MUNCIE, Ind. — Indiana regulators are drafting rules intended to cut the flow of the nutrient-rich element phosphorous into the state’s lakes to reduce algae blooms and other water quality problems.
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Agriculture conference educates community on confined animal feeding operations

Ball State Daily News
Though the news was grim, local farmers, residents and concerned citizens turned out for the 2010 Indiana Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) Watch Conference Saturday morning.
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Algae infusing water with musty taste

Indianapolis Star
Algae blooms produce taste and odor chemical compounds that might cause an earthy/musty taste and smell in drinking water, according to a statement from the water company. The water is safe to drink, the company stressed…
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Indiana Closes Mercury Monitoring Stations

WRTV Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s environmental agency has pulled funding for a statewide network that monitors air and water for mercury as part of budget cuts … Read More

IDEM ‘recycles’ photos

Post Tribune, by GITTE LAASBY, (219) 648-2183
Top state environmental officials continue to refuse the existence of massive piles of toxic waste at ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor dumped for years only a few hundred feet from Lake Michigan and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
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Levels Of PCBs Flowing From Indiana Canal To Air And Water Measured By UI

Medical News Today (press release)
The study appears in the online edition of the journal Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T), a publication of the American Chemical Society and is … Read More

Groups Galvanize Support for Federal Coal Ash Regulations

Common Dreams (press release)
WASHINGTON - January 28 - Grassroots environmental advocates joined with national groups the Natural Resources Defense Council, Earthjustice, Sierra Club, and the Environmental Integrity Project to raise awareness across the country of the dangers of coal ash and to call for federal regulations of the toxic waste. Read More

Groups want feds to act on Indiana water rules

Chicago Tribune
AP INDIANAPOLIS - Environmental activists who are upset about Indiana’s water pollution rules say they’ll ask the federal government to take action against …Read More

Selenium from power plants poses ecological risks, spurs EPA review

Environmental Health News
Rather than rely on the nearby Wabash River for its plant, which serves Indianapolis and nearby areas, Duke Energy constructed a 3000-acre lake in the 1970s … Read More

Research finds traces of pharmaceuticals in central Indiana waterways

Indianalivinggreen.com
Muncie, Ind. - Pharmaceuticals have been found in freshwater ecosystems in rural areas of central Indiana, says a new study from Ball State University. Read More