Yangtze River chemical leak raises concern in China

According to this article, a cargo ship accidentally leaked a cleaning fluid into the Yangtze River, china's main source of drinking water. This is the country's second water pollution scare in a month.In January, a mining company contaminated the water with cadmium. The Shanghai Daily newspaper reported that the chemical leak may have originated from a South Korean ship docked in Zenjiang city.Officials have since announced that the water quality has now normalized.

Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning in France

Paul Francois, age 47, accused Monsanto of inadequately warning their customers of dangers of their pesticide, lasso, after suffering neurological symptoms from the poisoning. Monsanto was found guilty of the charges. This could open up more room for average farmers to stand their ground against the super agri-business. The agricultural branch of the French social security system says that since 1996, it has gathered farmers' reports of sickness potentially related to pesticides, with about 200 alerts a year.But only about 47 cases have been recognized as due to pesticides in the past 10 years.

Japan did not keep records of nuclear disaster meetings

This article addressed the issue recently uncovered that japan kept no records of the disaster at Fukushima. This could pose a problem because there still might be unknown effects of the meltdown that have yet to be resolved. These problems might not be able to be resolved without knowing what could have possibly caused them.

Iran Says It Could Terminate European Oil Sales Next Week

This article addressed the statement made by Iran recently that they will be terminating oil trade with Europe. This is due to the ban of Iran's nuclear enrichment plans. Although Iran claims it is peaceful nuclear research for power, there is evidence that states otherwise. Europe decided to boycott Iranian oil as of July 1st. The lag of the boycott is to create a buffer zone as to not spike costs. Because of this, Iran might pull oil sales immediately. This could take effect as early as next week. Iran is also pushing many other oil exporters to join them in this.