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NEWS ABOUT: pollutants

pollutants stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - A federal law that keeps utilities from poisoning the air is causing toxic metals to infiltrate US waterways, the Washington Post reports. As the Environmental Protection Agency debates possible solutions with lawmakers, utility companies are storing pollutants like mercury and selenium in sludge ponds that eventually leak into lakes... More »

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United States • Environmental Protection Agency • pollutants • river • mercury • coal power • selenium • airborne contaminants • EPA • waterborne

(Newser) - The EPA's decision today to declare carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases dangerous pollutants could have enormous consequences for US businesses, writes Andy Stone in Forbes. The big winner: green technology. The ruling could eventually give the EPA unprecedented regulatory control over everything from power plants to oil refineries... More »

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climate change • pollution • greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide • global warming • Environmental Protection Agency • pollutants • industry • Obama administration • President Obama • Lisa Jackson

 Suds-Smugglers 
 Thwart Eco-Friendly Law 

Residents say only outlaw high-phosphate detergents get their dishes clean enough

Mar 28, 09 6:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Spokane, Washington's pioneering ban on high-phosphorus dishwasher detergents has led some residents to pioneer detergent-smuggling, reports the AP.  People complaining that the eco-friendly detergents don't get their dishes as clean as the old kind regularly cross over into Idaho to stock up. Retailers near the border say their detergent... More »

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environment • pollutants • Washington state • smuggler • detergent • phosphorus

 Car Batteries 
 Killing Off 
 African Town 

18 children die before cause found; cleanup efforts unsuccessful

Jan 4, 09 12:32 PM CST
(Newser) - A mystery illness that plagued a Senegalese town and sparked fears of AIDS, polio, and curses came down to an odd source: car batteries, the AP reports. After 18 deaths and pleas for an investigation, a World Health Organization probe blamed lead for poisoning the village, a center for battery... More »

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Africa • pollutants • lead poisoning • Senegal

 Polluting Pentagon 
 Rebuffs EPA Orders 

Pentagon challenges agency's right to order toxic chemical clean up

Jun 30, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pentagon is holding out on an Environmental Protection Agency order to clean up pollutants from three military bases where chemicals have become an "imminent and substantial" threat to the public health and environment, the Washington Post reports. The Defense Department also won’t sign contracts to clean up... More »

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environment • Pentagon • public health • Environmental Protection Agency • pollutants • Department of Defense • Pentagon waste • hazardous chemicals

Polluted
Fish Swamp Great Lakes

Industrial chemicals raise contaminant levels into range unsafe for eating

Jul 6, 07 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Industrial chemicals contaminate many species of fish that populate the Great Lakes, making them too hazardous for safe human consumption, says a Canadian conservation group. "The lakes continue to be polluted to such an extent that human health is threatened," says a report released yesterday that lists industrial... More »

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environment • pollution • environmentalism • Canada • salmon • fish • pollutants • pike • trout • Great Lakes • Huron • Lake Superior • Lake Eerie • Lake Ontario • dioxins • PCBs • methyl mercury

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