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U.S. system for flagging hazardous chemicals is widely flawed
2013-07-08 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A 27-year-old U.S. program intended to warn the public of the presence of hazardous chemicals is flawed in many states due to scant oversight and lax reporting by plant owners, a Reuters examination finds. Under the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, private and public facilities must issue an inventory listing potentially hazardous chemicals stored on their properties. The inventory, known as a Tier II report, is filled with state, county and local emergency-management...
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