http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:46:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/04/forbes-atlanta-most-toxic-city-in-u-s/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/04/forbes-atlanta-most-toxic-city-in-u-s/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:55:41 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=27087 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/11/04/forbes-atlanta-most-toxic-city-in-u-s/feed/ 1 We put the "city" in toxicity. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/04/georgia-in-bottom-40-of-healthiest-states/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/04/georgia-in-bottom-40-of-healthiest-states/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:35:30 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=10228 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/04/georgia-in-bottom-40-of-healthiest-states/feed/ 1 Yo' state is so fat it got baptized at Sea World. Ohh, snap. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/meet-atlantas-toxic-chemical-releasin-facilities/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/meet-atlantas-toxic-chemical-releasin-facilities/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:22:00 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/meet-atlantas-toxic-chemical-releasin-facilities/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/meet-atlantas-toxic-chemical-releasin-facilities/feed/ 0 They’re all right here. The Environmental Protection Agency has unveiled its online database of facilities that release toxic chemicals into the air and water. (Full database is available here.) Search it by zip, city, county or state. (Thanks to Stacy Shelton, enviro-journalist extraordinaire at the AJC) Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/air-pollution-gives-war-hero-sniffles/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/air-pollution-gives-war-hero-sniffles/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:52:19 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/air-pollution-gives-war-hero-sniffles/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/air-pollution-gives-war-hero-sniffles/feed/ 0 How dirty is Metro Atlanta’s air? Even the bronze bust of Commodore Stephen Decatur on the Decatur town square has a runny nose. Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/06/metro-atlanta-smog-alert-todays-color-is-orange/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/06/metro-atlanta-smog-alert-todays-color-is-orange/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 15:17:57 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/06/metro-atlanta-smog-alert-todays-color-is-orange/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/06/metro-atlanta-smog-alert-todays-color-is-orange/feed/ 3 Gather round, all Atlantans, and breathe through a handkerchief for the rest of the day. The Clean Air Campaign has issued a Code Orange Smog Alert — meaning that the air quality in the region today is unhealthy for such sensitive segments of the population as asthmatics, the elderly and people with heart or lung [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/05/air-pollution-jams-bees-radar/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/05/air-pollution-jams-bees-radar/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 14:48:58 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/05/air-pollution-jams-bees-radar/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/05/air-pollution-jams-bees-radar/feed/ 2 Air pollution doesn’t just add to our region’s reputation as a smog-laden Mecca. It might even play a role in why honeybees — vital vectors in how we get our food — are dying off at a dizzying rate. The Washington Post reports on a study that found the scents flowers emit — which are broken [...]