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 Stories About: California AND health AND pollution and waste AND toxics
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Drag Your Computer to the Recycle Bin
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05 Dec 2002 |
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| Drag Your Computer to the Recycle Bin In an abrupt departure from past policy, high-tech giant Hewlett-Packard has announced that it will support California legislation requiring computer manufacturers to pay for safe disposal of electronic waste. In October, HP used its considerable clout as the world's largest maker of personal com ... |
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| Topics: California, China, commercial and industry organizations, green living, health, pollution and waste, recycling, toxics (all these topics) |
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My Even More Beautiful Laundrette
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18 Sep 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| My Even More Beautiful Laundrette Last week, California Gov. Gray Davis (D) took on washing machines, signing legislation requiring them to be water-efficient by 2007; now the state's South Coast Air Quality Management District has taken aim at a related target -- dry cleaners. The district, which is responsible for cleaning up the air breathed by about half of all Californians, wants to phase out perchloro ... |
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| Topics: California, health, pollution and waste, toxics (all these topics) |
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In the Drink
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12 Sep 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| In the Drink In other news from the Golden State, regulators in California are reviving a campaign to clean up perchlorate, a Cold War-era pollutant that has been showing up in drinking water supplies across the country. Since the 1950s, the substance has been used as an oxidizer in rockets, munitions, and fireworks. It was not considered ... |
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| Topics: business, California, commercial and industry organizations, health, pollution and waste, toxics, water pollution (all these topics) |
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H-2-Oh-boy!
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05 Feb 2002 |
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| H-2-Oh-boy! Utility companies can be sued for violating safe drinking water standards, the California Supreme Court unanimously decided on Monday. The decision is significant because it allows thousands of victims of polluted water to seek financial compensation from the private and public utilities that pipe tap water into homes; in the past, victims mos ... |
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| Topics: California, environmental justice, health, politics, pollution and waste, toxics, water pollution (all these topics) |
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