The state Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would ban two carcinogenic flame retardants in car seats, strollers and other products made for young children. The measure to ban TCEP and chlorinated Tris - also known as TDCPP - was scaled back from the version advanced by the Democrat-controlled House in March. The ban would take effect in 2015. Unlike the House bill, the Senate version doesn't include banning the two retardants from sofas and other upholstered household products. It also removes a provision barring the replacement of banned flame retardants with other likely toxic chemicals - a phenomenon advocates refer to as "the toxic treadmill." Jonathan Kaminsky reports. State Senate OKs scaled-back flame retardant ban
The Washington state Department of Health reopened Drayton Harbor to commercial harvesting Wednesday, April 17, because fecal coliform pollution has dropped to safe levels. It was closed Friday after water samples taken earlier in the week - following heavy rain and polluted runoff - from where California and Dakota creeks empty into Drayton Harbor showed very high levels of fecal coliform bacteria. Water samples taken Monday, April 15, showed that the harbor was once again safe for shellfish harvesting. Kie Relyea reports. State reopens Drayton Harbor, Samish Bay to commercial shellfish harvesting
The state Department of Health reopened Samish Bay Wednesday morning, after high fecal coliform bacterial confirmed a precautionary closure of the bay’s shellfish beds last week, according to a news release. Recent water samples showed the bay was again safe for shellfish harvest. Fecal coliform bacteria act as indicators for more harmful pathogens found in waste from animals and humans. This pollution can make shellfish unhealthy for consumption. Erinn Unger reports. Samish Bay shellfish beds to reopen Wednesday
Opponents of a plan to put a sewage treatment plant and biosolids facility in Esquimalt got the backing of the co-author of a report advocating small treatment plants scattered around the region rather than one large one. The Capital Regional District failed to act on a suggestion it spend $20,000 to draw up a business case to understand the economics of sewage treatment, Chris Corps told a standing-room-only crowd at a public forum Tuesday night. “Right now, my math tells me they spent $50 million but they don’t have a $20,000 business case,” said Corps, who co-wrote a 2007 report commissioned by the province to examine integrated resource management, which uses small scattered treatment plants to sell heat, water and fuel from sewage. Sandra McCulloch reports. Think small on sewage plans, expert tells forum
Want to see a volcano explode hundreds of meters below the surface of the Pacific Ocean? How about in real-time streaming video, online, from the comport of your own ipad? Well, there’s a massive scientific project underway that could help you with that, and more. The Regional Cabled Observatory is a $239 million project, funded by the National Science Foundation. The goal: to better understand and monitor the depths of the Pacific Ocean – from volcanic eruptions to deep-sea earthquakes that could lead to tsunamis. Ashley Ahearn reports. Getting Ready For World’s Largest Underwater Observatory
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WEST ENTRANCE U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 300 AM PDT THU APR 18 2013
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT
TODAY
SE WIND 5 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 5 FT AT 8 SECONDS. RAIN.
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SE WIND 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT. W SWELL 5 FT AT 9 SECONDS. RAIN.
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