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 Stories About: Department of Housing and Development
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In Cold HUD
State Attorneys General Sue HUD Over Pesticide Use |
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10 Sep 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| In Cold HUD State Attorneys General Sue HUD Over Pesticide Use New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer (D), who sues more evildoers before breakfast than most lawyers sue in a lifetime, has joined the attorneys general of four other states (and the plucky U.S. Virgin Islands) in suing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development over its use of pesticides. At issue is a 1996 law instruc ... |
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| Topics: Department of Housing and Development, toxics, United States (all these topics) |
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Spitz-ing Mad
Attorneys General Accuse HUD of Noncompliance on Pesticide Law |
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09 Oct 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Spitz-ing Mad Attorneys General Accuse HUD of Noncompliance on Pesticide Law The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development isn't abiding by a federal law governing pesticide use in public housing projects, according to attorneys general from 10 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Some 1.3 million families are exposed to unsafe levels of pesticides because of HUD's failure to follow the Insecticide, Fungi ... |
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| Topics: Department of Housing and Development, toxics (all these topics) |
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