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• Gujarat maritime board to probe toxic US ship’s ownership

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Gandhinagar, Nov 10 (IANS) The Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) is to look into irregularities of ownership of Platinum II, a US ship believed to be carrying toxic material and awaiting clearance for berthing and dismemberment at the Alang ship breaking yard for over a month, an official said Tuesday.This follows a note ...
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• EPA Orders Pesticides Tested for Hormone Effects

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 620
  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered the first test for pesticide chemicals to be screened for their potential effects on the endocrine system. Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that disrupt the hormones produced or secreted by human and animal endocrine systems, which regulate growth, ...
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• Momentum builds for tighter regulation of industrial chemicals

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 669
  Amid growing concerns about the health effects of chemical exposure, the Obama administration has laid out a plan to strengthen federal regulation of the chemical industry. In a Sept. 29 speech at the California Commonwealth Club, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa Jackson called the 1976 Toxic ...
  4 weeks ago

• ‘Good Samaritan’ legal battle pits greens against greens

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 671
  In the last 15 years, Washington lawmakers have introduced no fewer than 10 pieces of so-called Good Samaritan legislation — the majority of those laws introduced by Colorado legislators. The legislation is designed to provide legal protection for groups who take it upon themselves to clean up toxic waste. In ...
  4 weeks ago

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