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Toxic, banned PCBs leaking into Hamilton harbour

2015-11-05 21:01:51| Semiconductors - Topix.net

Releasing PCBs into the environment has been illegal in Canada since 1985 - but they're still being found in Hamilton Harbour. Toxic PCBs have been flowing into Hamilton Harbour for years from an east end sewer outlet, new documents reveal, and now the Ministry of Environment has issued a draft order to four companies for cleanup and remediation.

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Toxic, banned PCBs leaking into Hamilton harbour

2015-11-05 20:15:50| Electronics - Topix.net

Releasing PCBs into the environment has been illegal in Canada since 1985 - but they're still being found in Hamilton Harbour. Toxic PCBs have been flowing into Hamilton Harbour for years from an east end sewer outlet, new documents reveal, and now the Ministry of Environment has issued a draft order to four companies for cleanup and remediation.

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EPA Says Gas Plants Must Reveal Their Toxic Chemical Releases

2015-10-31 09:21:20| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

Former EPA regulatory director Eric Schaeffer remembers sitting in on an industry meeting in which an executive reacted to finding his business was on the list of the country's top benzene polluters. The company boss told other executives he didn't want to be on the same list next year.

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Toxic chemicals remain in clothes after production

2015-10-27 15:57:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

Hazardous chemicals used in manufacturing clothes remain in garments even after they have been washed, according to new research.

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Without enforcement, laws to tackle lead poisoning of little use: Toxic Neglect

2015-10-21 17:09:53| Biotech - Topix.net

In 2006, Cleveland City Council passed a law aimed at enticing landlords to voluntarily prove their homes were safe from lead-based paint hazards that continue to cause irreversible brain damage and lifelong health problems for small children. The failed effort is, in many ways, symbolic of the city's overall strategy for combating childhood lead poisoning -- well-intentioned but ineffective.

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