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Air Tests at Five Portland Schools Couldn't Rule Out Elevated Arsenic, Cadmium Levels

2016-02-18 07:26:36| Waste Management - Topix.net

When hundreds of angry and anxious Portlanders showed up to a community forum at Cleveland High School last week, Portland Public Schools officials had some good news. Controversy was just beginning over whether a nearby glass factory had been pumping the neighborhood air full of the heavy metals cadmium and arsenic for years - a possibility raised by state Department of Environmental Quality monitoring last October.

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Tests show some '100% Parmesan' brands anything but

2016-02-16 22:33:54| Grocery - Topix.net

A test by Bloomberg showed Jewel-Osco's brand had 8.8-percent cellulose, Walmart's Good Value had 7.8-percent, and Kraft had 3.8-percent. But the FDA says its tests showed some brands like Market Pantry, Always Save, and Best Choice had no parmesan at all, but a mix of cheaper cheese and cellulose.

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Tests under way to tell if leaking Porter Ranch gas well is permanently sealed

2016-02-16 22:09:14| Energy - Topix.net

In what is considered a milestone, testing of whether there has been a successful killing of a leaking Southern California Gas Co. well above Porter Ranch is now under way, a state official said today.

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Germany wants to introduce random emissions tests on cars

2016-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Germany wants to carry out unannounced emissions tests on all carmakers, Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said on Sunday, aiming to reinstate confidence in the industry that was shattered by the Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) cheating scandal. "There will be controls on vehicles in the style of doping tests (for athletes)," Dobrindt told the newspaper Bild. "Unannounced and every year." One way to carry out the random tests would be to select models from car rental companies, the newspaper said....

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