Environmental crimes.
I. INTRODUCTION Nine principle statutes govern the enforcement of federal environmental regulations through criminal prosecution. After a brief discussion in Section II of issues common to most of these statutes, including theories of liability, defenses, and sentencing issues, this article addresses each of these statutes in turn....

1995 Ninth Circuit environmental review.
Editor Scott Kerin Kathleen C. Becker National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act, Forests, Constitutional Challenges David A. Christensen Clean Air Act, Water Quality, Constitutional Challenges Karla A. Raetig Hazardous Waste, Hydroelectric Power Holly J. Somers Hazardous Waste, National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act ...

The day the NGOs walked out.
The ARET project shows how voluntary pollution prevention may fail unless government ensures effective public involvement Lacking public credibility, the ARET challenge languishes in policy purgatory. When the representatives of environment, labour and other public interest groups walked out of the Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxics (ARET) multistakeholder process,...

Special listing.
National Officers President -- James Balsamo, Jr., M.S., M.P.H., M.H.A., R.S., Director of Environmental Health & Safety, Tulane University Medical Center-TW16, 1430 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112. Phone: (504) 988-5486; fax: (504) 588-5590; e-mail: yogi_8@email.com President Elect -- Ron Grimes, R.S., M.P.H., D.A.A.S., Director/Health...

Environmental crimes.
I. INTRODUCTION II. COMMON ISSUES A. Liability 1. Corporate 2. Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine B. Common Defenses 1. Constitutional Defenses 2. Other Defenses C. Sentencing Issues 1. Voluntary Compliance III. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY...

Evaluating the sensitivity of Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance: a comparison of three surveillance systems.
Introduction Each year Americans are exposed to hazardous substances through unintended releases. Unfortunately, very little has been known about the magnitude of these releases and their public health consequences. In 1990, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) started an active state-based Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance...

Special listing.
Officers President--James Balsamo, Jr., M.S., M.P.H., M.H.A., R.S., Director of Environmental Health & Safety, Tulane University Medical Center-TW16, 1430 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112. Phone: (504) 988-5486; fax: (504) 588-5590; e-mail: yogi_8@email.com President Elect--Ron Grimes, R.S., M.P.H., D.A.A.S., Director/Health Officer, Jackson County Health Dept.,...

Special listing.
Officers President -- Douglas J. Ebelherr, 7 Windsor Place, Lincoln, IL 62656. Phone (217) 735-2215; e-mail: ebelherrdoug@aol.com President Elect -- Jim Balsamo, Jr., M.S., M.P.H., M.H.A., R.S., Director of Environmental Health & Safety. Tulane University Medical Center-TW16. 1430 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112. Phone...

Mercury toxicity and antioxidants: part I: role of glutathione and alpha-lipoic acid in the treatment of mercury toxicity. (Mercury Toxicity).
Abstract Mercury exposure is the second-most common cause of toxic metal poisoning. Public health concern over mercury exposure, due to contamination of fish with methylmercury and the elemental mercury content of dental amalgams, has long been a topic of political and medical debate. Although the toxicology of...

Rail yard's dirty legacy.
Byline: SCOTT MABEN The Register-Guard IT COULD BE A TEASER for a low-budget horror movie: A potential menace lurks underground, and no one knows where it will strike. But it's not. Instead, it describes a real-life drama that's been slowly unraveling in west Eugene. And...