A second new study out of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides the first phthalates-exposure data for average U.S. adults. Women of reproductive age had the highest exposures, generally from phthalates typically found in cosmetics, not plastics. The State of California is also close to deciding whether DEHP's risks warrant mandatory product-warning labels. Some may have lived in the northern Gulf before, but they have never been reported. Researchers are concerned that the influx, which likely is an indicator of a stressed ecosystem, could significantly disrupt populations of shrimp, crabs, fish, plankton and other Gulf inhabitants.
Scientists hope to monitor the jellyfish through the winter.
The recent recall of 6.5 million Bridgestone and Firestone tires highlights the issue of management, disposal and recycling of scrap tires. This recall is being conducted in three phases. Scrap tire laws, regulations, and programs are handled on the state level. Check your state's Web site or environmental quality dept. for info. The scrap tire industry processes about 270 million tires per year.