FDA STEPS UP INSPECTIONS

Federal regulators were laying out plans to inspect the facilities where 80 percent of the country’s eggs are produced, after issuing reports on the investigation of a Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak that has sickened nearly 1,500 people.

FLORIDA TO RESTORE WATER QUALITY

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) directed the state of Florida to take specific measures to restore water quality to levels that protect the Everglades.  This action, known as an “Amended Determination,” complies with a decision by Judge Alan Gold of the U.S. District Court – Southern District of Florida following lawsuits by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians and the Friends of the Everglades.

FOOD NEWS

Recalls from P&G, Morningland Dairy, Ozark Hills, Good Taste Noodle, Torn & Glasser, Queseria Chipilo.

BED BUG CONTROL

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed this document to highlight emerging public health issues associated with bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) in communities throughout the United States.

TRICLOSAN EXPOSURE LEVELS INCREASING

Levels of the chemical triclosan have increased in humans by an average of 50 percent since 2004, according to newly updated data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

For Tuesday, September 7, 2010

JUST ASK

Now that Stout’s is closed, where do you buy your shoes? Where do you have your shoes repaired (or do you discard and buy new)?

TEN FREE WAYS TO GO GREEN

Sometimes it feels like making the right, green choice is about making the more expensive choice – the higher prices fetched by some eco-options in grocery and clothing stores are enough to make even the most ardent greenie stray.

SIX EGGCELLENT USES FOR EGG CARTONS

Fun fact: In 1911, the egg carton was invented by Joseph Coyle in British Columbia in an attempt to solve a dispute between a farmer and a hotel owner who kept blaming one another when the farmer’s eggs often arrived broken.

TENNESSEE’S STATE PARKS

Visit Tennessee's State Parks. There is much information about each park and what is available for the public.

TENNESSEANS URGED TO PLAN

It’s time for Tennessee to get ready. Throughout the month of September 2010, the  seventh annual National Preparedness Month focuses on encouraging Americans to work together to take concrete actions toward being prepared in the event of an emergency.

CTS SITE MAY BE ADDED

Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is moving forward with the process to propose the CTS of Asheville, Inc./Mills Gap Road Groundwater Contamination site to the National Priorities List (NPL) list of hazardous waste sites.