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School Drinking Water Contains Toxins - AP

Not New http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TOXIC_WATER_SCHOOLS?SITE=OHRAV&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Associated Press 25 September 2009Drinking water at thousands of schools across...

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EPA Lists Areas Violating Daily Air Pollution Requirements

Not New http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/c7ea2f8196f225748525764900706d2f!OpenDocument U.S. EPA 8 October 2009EPA is designating 31 areas across the country as...

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NY Times Calls For Fracking Ban in NYC Watershed

Not New http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/17/opinion/17sat1.html?_r=3 New York TImes 16 October 2009A New York Times editorial calls for a ban on natural gas drilling in the NYC watershed because it uses...

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American Waters Still Toxic Dumping Ground

What's New? http://www.environmentamerica.org/news-releases/our-rivers-lakes-amp-streams/our-rivers-lakes-amp-streams/over-230-million-pounds-of-toxics-discharged-into-american-waterways Environment...

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Cancer-Causing Toxin Found In Air Near Gas Facilities

Not New http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa091029_mo_drilling.2669d39e4.html WFAA (Dallas/Fort Worth) 30 October 2009Air monitoring found potentially dangerous levels of...

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Lessons of Bhopal: 25 Years Later, U.S. Chemical Laws Need Strengthening

What's New? http://www.ombwatch.org/node/10585 OMB Watch 24 November 2009Dec. 3 marks the 25th anniversary of the most catastrophic industrial accident in history: the leak of poisonous gas from a...

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Companies To Disclose Toxics In Toys Under New Washington Pilot Program

Not New http://www.watoxics.org/toy-companies-to-disclose-toxics-in-toys-under-new-state-program Washington Toxics Coalition 28 January 2010Children’s health advocates today applauded the Washington...

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Coal Ash Action Plans Disclosed

Not New http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/industrial/special/fossil/surveys2/index.htm U.S. EPA 5 February 2010The EPA has disclosed action plans from 22 electric utility facilities to improve the...

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California Moves to List BPA as Toxin

Not New http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/c.kwKXLdPaE/b.5796213/k.B0D0/California_moves_toward_listing_BPA_as_reproductive_toxin.htm Breast Cancer Fund 16 February 2010The California Environmental...

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States Push EPA, Congress to Curb Business Confidentiality Claims for Chemicals

Not New http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/03/01/01greenwire-states-push-epa-congress-to-curb-business-conf-35359.html?scp=2&sq=cbi&st=cse NY Times 1 March 2010States are demanding greater...

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Coal Ash Problem Worse Than First Revealed

Not New http://www.ombwatch.org/node/10795 OMB Watch 25 February 2010A new report from the Environmental Integrity Project and Earthjustice uncovers dozens of cases where ponds of toxic coal...

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EPA Proposes 8 New Superfund Sites, Adds 10 Sites

Not New http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/b065739662ab84c0852576da006ad323!OpenDocument U.S. EPA 2 March 2010EPA is adding 10 hazardous waste sites to the...

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EPA Announces New Action to Prevent Coal Ash Releases

Not New http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/b2856087389fb82485257574007409c1!OpenDocument U.S. EPA 9 March 2010EPA will collect information from electric...

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California Proposes Adding Two Chemicals To Prop 65 List

Not New http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/whats_new/index.html OEHHA 26 February 2010California has proposed adding two toxics to its Proposition 65 list of toxic substances. The state proposes adding...

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Louisiana Bill Seeks To Limit Citizen Suits

Not New http://motherjones.com/rights-stuff/2010/05/strike-against-oil-spill-lawsuits Mother Jones 10 May 2010A new bill before the Louisiana Senate would bar university law clinics from filing suits...

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