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 the environment and in species.&nbsp; Look at it online and you can subscribe if you are interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1><img border="0" width="180" height="99" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D13417.E845B670" alt="GeoHealth Newsletter Logo">&nbsp;Newsletter<o:p></o:p></h1>
<h2>The U.S. Geological Survey's Environmental Health Newsletter<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<h2>First National-Scale Reconnaissance of Neonicotinoid Insecticides in United States Streams<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#202020">Neonicotinoid insecticides (neonicotinoids) were present in a little more than half of the streams sampled across the United States and Puerto Rico, according
 to a new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study. This is the first national-scale study of the presence of neonicotinoids in urban and agricultural land use settings across the Nation and was completed as part of ongoing USGS investigations of pesticide levels
 in streams. ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://toxics.usgs.gov/highlights/2015-08-18-national_neonics.html"><span style="color:#2BAADF;font-weight:normal">Read full article &#8212;&gt;&gt;</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2>Long-Term Study Finds Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Urban Waterways<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#202020">USGS scientists determined that endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) were present in wastewater treatment plant effluent, water, and fish tissue in urban waterways
 in the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi River Regions (Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio) during 1999 through 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#202020">Urban waterways provide critical functions, including water supply, wastewater disposal, transportation, and aquatic habitat. ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2>Assessing Environmental Chemical Mixtures in United States Streams<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#202020">USGS and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are collaborating on a field-based study of chemical mixture composition and environmental effects in stream
 waters affected by a wide range of human activities and contaminant sources.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2>Federal and State Partnerships Advance Understanding of Contaminants in a Human-Health Context<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#202020">Partnerships between the USGS and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) enhance the State's ability to evaluate human-health risks from chemicals of concern
 (CECs). MDH considers CECs for toxicological review and development of drinking-water guidance. The human-health information generated by the MDH puts the chemical data into an environmental health context. ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2>Groundwater Quality in Principal Aquifers of the United States, 1991&#8212;2010<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#202020">A new USGS report summarizes the major findings of national and regional assessments of groundwater quality in 40 Principal Aquifers in the United States. Knowledge
 of contaminant occurrence and the factors that control contaminant concentrations can ensure the availability and quality of this vital natural resource in the future. ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.usgs.gov/envirohealth/headlines/2015-05-21_principal_aquifers_report.html"><span style="color:#2BAADF;font-weight:normal">Read full article &#8212;&gt;&gt;</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2>Personal Care Products, Pharmaceuticals, and Hormones Move from Septic Systems to Local Groundwater<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#202020">Pharmaceuticals, hormones, personal care products, and other contaminants of concern associated with everyday household activities were found in adjacent shallow
 groundwater near two septic system networks in New York and New England. Factors influencing movement to shallow groundwater and the types of chemicals found include population served by a septic system, site conditions such as soil permeability, and the properties
 of the chemicals. ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2>Environmental Contaminants and Beak Deformities in Alaskan Chickadees<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#202020">A recent study by the USGS provides some of the first environmental contaminants data for a species of passerine bird (perching birds) in Alaska, but leaves unanswered
 questions as to the cause of widespread beak deformities in this region. Beginning in the late 1990s, biologists and members of the public reported an unusual number of beak deformities among black-capped chickadees (<em><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Poecile
 atricapillus</span></em>) in south-central Alaska. ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2>Pesticides, Flame Retardants, and Mercury in Tissues from Columbia Basin Pacific Lamprey<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#202020">Pesticides, flame retardants, and mercury were present in Pacific lampreys (<em><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Entosphenus tridentatus</span></em>)
 at levels that may be contributing to their overall decline in the Columbia River Basin. These findings are based on the largest available dataset of contaminants measured in lamprey tissues and lamprey habitats by the USGS and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal
 Fish Commission. ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2>Potential Exposure to Bacteria and Viruses Weeks after Swine Manure Spill<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#202020">Manure spills may be an underappreciated pathway for livestock-derived contaminants to enter streams. Scientists from the USGS and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School
 of Public Health studied an Iowa stream after the release of a large volume of swine manure (a manure spill). The scientists observed an increase in viruses and bacteria, which have the potential to cause human or swine disease, in the stream water and bed
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<a href="http://toxics.usgs.gov/highlights/2015-08-26-swine_manure_spill.html"><span style="color:#2BAADF;font-weight:normal">Read full article &#8212;&gt;&gt;</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2>Microbiology and Chemistry of Waters Produced from Hydraulic Fracking&#8212;A Case Study<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#202020">A new USGS study determined that the microbiology and organic chemistry of produced waters varied widely among hydraulically fractured shale gas wells in north-central
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#202020">Hydraulically fractured shales are an increasingly important source of natural gas production in the United States. ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2>Public Perception Impedes Prevention of Arsenic Exposure<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#202020">One of the biggest challenges in preventing arsenic exposure from drinking water may be public perception, according to a recent special section of &quot;Science of
 the Total Environment.&quot; In this special section of 13 papers report on new understanding of arsenic hydrogeochemistry, performance of household well water treatment systems, and testing and treatment behaviors of well users in several states of the northeastern
 region of the United States and Nova Scotia, Canada. ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.usgs.gov/envirohealth/headlines/2015-08-11-understanding_arsenic.html"><span style="color:#2BAADF;font-weight:normal">Read full article &#8212;&gt;&gt;</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2>New Online Tool Tracks Water Quality in the Nation's Rivers and Streams<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#202020">A new online graphical data tool that provides annual summaries of nutrient and sediment concentrations and loads and streamflow information is now available from
 the USGS. ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://www.usgs.gov/envirohealth/headlines/2015-08-27-wq_tracking_tool.html"><span style="color:#2BAADF;font-weight:normal">Read full article &#8212;&gt;&gt;</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#202020">This issue of the USGS
<a href="http://www.usgs.gov/envirohealth/" target="_blank" title="USGS GeoHealth Newsletter Home Page">
<span style="color:#2BAADF">GeoHealth Newsletter</span></a> is available online at:<br>
<a href="http://www.usgs.gov/envirohealth/geohealth/v12_n02.html" target="_blank" title="USGS GeoHealth Newsletter, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2015"><span style="color:#2BAADF">http://www.usgs.gov/envirohealth/geohealth/v12_n02.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#000099">Deborah L. DeBiasi<br>
<b>Email: &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="mailto:Deborah.DeBiasi@deq.virginia.gov"><span style="color:#000099">Deborah.DeBiasi@deq.virginia.gov</span></a><i><br>
</i></b>WEB site address:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.deq.virginia.gov/"><span style="color:#000099">www.deq.virginia.gov</span></a><br>
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality<br>
Office of Water Permits <br>
Industrial Pretreatment/Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Program<br>
PPCPs, EDCs, and Microconstituents<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Location:&nbsp; 629 E. Main Street, Richmond, VA&nbsp; 23219<br>
PH:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;804-698-4028&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FAX: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 804-698-4032</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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