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DEQ: Homeless man saw legitimate cleanup, not toxic dumping
2014-12-13 00:24:07| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has concluded that the burial of material from metal drums observed by a homeless man north of Linnton about 15 years ago was a duly authorized cleanup, not an illegal dumping of toxic waste. As reported by the Portland Tribune Nov. 20, former Portland resident Norman Wicks Sr. and his son Norman Wicks Jr. grew suspicious when barrels kept accumulating on property under a BPA transmission line, and the drums later disappeared after a big trench was dug on the site.
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Toxic water treatment chemicals stored dangerously near millions of Texas students (with video)
2014-12-02 18:11:00| American School & University
Kimberlee Payton-Jones Municipally owned water treatment plants have been storing hazardous chemicals near hundreds of Central Texas schools. read more
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EPA: Safe for toxic site's neighbors to return
2014-11-19 17:17:45| Electronics - Topix.net
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Three families forced from their homes by toxic vapors in a mountain community outside Asheville, North Carolina, can safely return, federal officials have determined. The Environmental Protection Agency had found unsafe levels of vapors from a cancer-causing chemical inside three homes in the Skyland community next to the heavily polluted former CTS Corp. factory.
CU-Boulder technique finds major class of fracking chemicals no more toxic than common household substances; fingerprinting
2014-11-17 13:55:29| Green Car Congress
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THE FLANARANT: Toxic discharge issue hits a tipping point
2014-11-10 18:38:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
In the past six years apparel buyers have moved from avoiding commitment on toxic discharge to likely toxic-free production by the end of the decade. And China has moved from opposing legislation on hazardous chemicals to introducing a legally-enforced programme for eliminating them. Has the industry finally hit a tipping point? asks Mike Flanagan.
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