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But Who's Responsible for Seafoam Green?
R.I. jury finds paint companies liable for billions in lead cleanup |
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23 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| But Who's Responsible for Seafoam Green? R.I. jury finds paint companies liable for billions in lead cleanup A six-person jury in Rhode Island made history yesterday when it found Sherwin Williams Co., Millennium Holdings, and NL Industries liable for lead paint contamination in hundreds of thousands of homes -- and on the hook for potentially billions of dollars to clean it up. It's the f ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, news, Rhode Island, toxics (all these topics) |
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Stickin' It to the Pan
DuPont to pay $16.5 million for hiding chemical's risks |
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15 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Stickin' It to the Pan DuPont to pay $16.5 million for hiding chemical's risks DuPont will pay $16.5 million in a settlement with the U.S. EPA for failing to report information on health and environmental risks of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a chemical used to make Teflon and other plastics. Greenies are ticked that the company won't be forced to admit liability or apologize, and say the fine ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Heavy Metal Bummer
U.S.-owned plant contaminating Peruvian communities with heavy metals |
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09 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Heavy Metal Bummer U.S.-owned plant contaminating Peruvian communities with heavy metals There's heavy metal in Peru, but not the mullet-and-fake-satanism kind. Children in a Peruvian Andes mining town have high levels of toxic heavy metals in their bodies -- and the likely source is an 83-year-old smelter owned by the St. Louis-based Doe Run Company. An independent study found that 97 percent of ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, news, Peru, toxics (all these topics) |
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PVC-ing the Light
Microsoft will be PVC-free by the new year |
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08 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| PVC-ing the Light Microsoft will be PVC-free by the new year Keep up the pressure, letter-writers: In response to customer concern, Microsoft has joined Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and other large corporations in declaring, "No vinyl, that's final!" The software giant announced yesterday that it has eliminated about 361,000 pounds of polyvinyl chloride packaging since July and will phase it o ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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The Chemical Druthers
New Jersey becomes first state to require stronger chemical security |
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02 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Chemical Druthers New Jersey becomes first state to require stronger chemical security New Jersey has become the first state in the nation to require security assessments for chemical plants -- assessments blocked at the federal level by industry and Republican lawmakers. The new rules call for the state's 140-odd chemical plants to evaluate potential security risks and report plans for ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, New Jersey, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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General Electric Slide
Leaked memo raises doubts about thoroughness of GE's Hudson cleanup plan |
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21 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| General Electric Slide Leaked memo raises doubts about thoroughness of GE's Hudson cleanup plan Remember the historic settlement announced last month between the U.S. EPA and General Electric? The one that would have GE clean up PCBs in the Hudson River, one of the largest industrial cleanups ever attempted? Yeah, well ... don't get your hopes up. GE intends to cap off much of the pol ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, New York, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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All That's Gold Does Not Glitter
Indonesian judge tosses out pollution suit against mining giant Newmont |
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18 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| All That's Gold Does Not Glitter Indonesian judge tosses out pollution suit against mining giant Newmont This week, an Indonesian judge threw out a $133 million civil suit against Colorado-based Newmont Mining Corp., the world's largest gold miner. Indonesia Environment Minister Rachmat Witular filed the lawsuit in April, charging that a now-closed Newmont gold operation ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, Indonesia, mining and drilling, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Rock, Hudson
GE finally agrees to clean up PCBs in Hudson River |
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07 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Rock, Hudson GE finally agrees to clean up PCBs in Hudson River Are we ecomagining things? General Electric Co. has finally agreed to dredge the PCBs it long ago dumped in the upper Hudson River of New York state, nearly 30 years after the contamination was discovered. With 43 miles of tainted river bottom to tend and total costs estimated at $700 million, it will be one of the ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, Hudson River, New York, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Wastes Great, Less Filing
EPA proposes fewer toxics reporting requirements for industrial facilities |
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23 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Wastes Great, Less Filing EPA proposes fewer toxics reporting requirements for industrial facilities Industrial plants would report their chemical releases every other year instead of annually under a policy change proposed by the U.S. EPA. The agency also indicated it wants to raise the threshold for reporting the release of certain chemicals from 500 to 5,000 pounds. Both are major changes to ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, news, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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A Plastic Only an Industry Group Could Love
Anti-PVC movement grows, even as PVC use rises |
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17 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| A Plastic Only an Industry Group Could Love Anti-PVC movement grows, even as PVC use rises A growing coalition of scientists, public-health advocates, environmentalists, and even corporations is fighting to rid the world of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Some 300 billion pounds of PVC are in use worldwide, and 7 billion pounds are discarded each year in the U.S. alone, says the Center for Health, Environment, ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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