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Air Toxics Defined
Any air pollutant for which a national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) does not exist (i.e. excluding ozone, carbon monoxide, PM-10, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide) that may reasonably be anticipated to cause cancer; respiratory, cardiovascular, or developmental effects; reproductive dysfunctions, neurological disorders, heritable gene mutations, or other serious or irreversible chronic or acute health effects in humans.
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Tech News
Published October 5, 2008, 9:10 pm, Yehey!
High-tech industries’ current stance of “going green” is a myth and labor unions, as well as social activists the world over must now unite to take action to combat the environmental harm they do and the threats to workers’ health that they pose, according to Ted Lewis, a visiting environmentalist and founding member of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition.
High-tech industries threaten environment and laborers" health
Published October 5, 2008, 8:37 am, The Manila Times
HIGH-tech industries’ current stance of “going green” is a myth and labor unions, as well as social activists the world over must now unite to take action to combat the environmental harm they do and the threats to workers’ health that they pose, according to Ted Lewis, a visiting environmentalist and founding member of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition.
Regulators look to contain fire at landfill
Published October 3, 2008, 9:14 pm, The Canton Repository
BOLIVAR Regulators are exploring more drastic steps to deal with an underground fire at Countywide landfill, the director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said Friday morning.
EPA may excavate part of Countywide
Published October 3, 2008, 12:59 pm, The Canton Repository
BOLIVAR Regulators are exploring more drastic steps to deal with an underground fire at Countywide landfill, the director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said this morning.
A Deep Breath For Froilan Chan-Liongco
Published October 3, 2008, 12:34 pm, New America Media
For Froilan Chan-Liongco, breathe deep. The toxics that may have once filled your lungs—the pollutants from the chemical waste plant that threatened cancer, asthma and birth defects—are no longer. Friolan Chan-Liongco, who passed away two weeks ago due to a heart attack, cleaned the air for you.
EIP: U.S. Refineries' Carcinogenic Pollution Rose From 2004-2006, Underreporting of Millions of Pounds of Emissions ...
Published October 1, 2008, 7:00 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! News
Refineries in Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming Ranked As Worst Polluters; Nine of Top 10 Worst Refineries are in Texas and Louisiana
Is That Keyboard Toxic?
Published October 1, 2008, 12:55 am, PC World
Nanotechnology promises countless benefits, but at what risk?
California launches broad effort to control hazardous chemicals
Published September 30, 2008, 12:11 am, Los Angeles Times
Gov. Schwarzenegger signs two 'green chemistry' bills that focus the state program on the most dangerous substances. California on Monday launched the most comprehensive program of any state to regulate chemicals that have been linked to cancer, hormone disruption and other deadly effects on human health.
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- Internet Archive: Details: A Preliminary Risk-Based Screening Approach for Air Toxics Monitoring Data Sets: Provision of recommendation s for a risk-based methodology for air toxics monitoring data sets in outdoor air.
Fri Jul 27
- OTA - Pesticide Campaigns: toxis underground and in the air campaigns and action
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- Envirofacts Data Warehouse: Access to informational databases of the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
Sun May 21
- PROBING THE "CHEMTRAILS" CONUNDRUM: "Why are people who have lived next to airbases and airports most of their lives ...stopping their cars and hauling family members and neighbors outside to point cameras and camcorders at sudden concentrations of aerial trails they instinctively recognize
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