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Thursday, 07 December 2006
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Reuters - U.S. environmental regulators are
considering removing lead, a heavy metal linked to learning
problems in children, from a list of regulated pollutants
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Wednesday, 06 December 2006
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Reuters - Pollution from the construction
industry led to the deaths of more than 1,100 people in
California in 2005, a report released on Tuesday by the Union
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Tuesday, 05 December 2006
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Tuesday, 05 December 2006
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Friday, 01 December 2006
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AP - The Bush administration, looking at the prospect of stronger oversight from a Democratic-led Congress, is withdrawing a proposal to let big polluters report less often on what they spew from their smokestacks. |
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Tuesday, 28 November 2006
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Reuters - Dozens of people were hospitalized and
3,000 abandoned their homes on Tuesday after chemical waste was
dumped near a river in a town north of the Philippine capital,
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Monday, 27 November 2006
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Friday, 24 November 2006
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AP - Senior executives of a state-owned oil company will be punished for a toxic river spill that cut off water supplies to millions of people living in northeastern China and Russia, state media reported Friday. |
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Thursday, 23 November 2006
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Wednesday, 22 November 2006
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Wednesday, 22 November 2006
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AP - The Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday that pesticides can be applied over and near bodies of water without a permit under the federal Clean Water Act. The decision brought immediate criticism from an environmental watchdog group and from a senator involved in environmental issues. They said it would make it easier to pollute the nation's lakes and streams. |
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