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Varoufakis: End 'toxic blame game'
2015-03-30 11:45:23| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, calls for an end to the "toxic blame game" between Greece and Germany.
Toxic Emission in Virginia Increases
2015-03-28 19:20:23| Waste Management - Topix.net
According to the state Department of Environmental Quality report, factories, power plants and other operations released about 36 million pounds of the potentially dangerous chemicals in 2013. That's up 10 percent from 32.7 million pounds in 2012.
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United Kingdom: Toxic smog and air pollution trigger health alert
2015-03-19 15:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Professor Sir Malcolm Green, the founder of the British Lung Foundation, says people with lung and heart problems may need to take greater care due to a health alert triggered by a cloud of toxic smog along with air pollution from Europe. This week, local pollution is combining with a cloud of smog that has moved over from Europe, where milder weather has also caused traffic pollution to build up, causing levels to soar above average. People with lung and heart problems are advised to minimise...
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After Toxic Ash Spill, Energy Company And Locals Struggle Over Solution
2015-03-18 10:53:41| Energy - Topix.net
When utility companies burn coal to make electricity - and it generated 39 percent of U.S. energy in 2013 - it leaves behind ash that can contain arsenic, selenium, boron and many other toxic substances. For decades, that ash simply has been buried in pits near the power plants and covered with water.
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General Mills faces class action over toxic solvent contamination
2015-03-17 22:59:45| Food - Topix.net
The class action will be split into two phases - one to address liability issues and the second to consider damages General Mills is being sued by a group of Minneapolis residents over its poor waste disposal of toxic cleaning solvents at an old R&D center more than 50 years ago. A district judge ruled the case could proceed as a class action against General Mills following claims from a group of residents that vapors of the carcinogen trichloroethylene were present in homes and threatening inhabitants and business owners in the area.
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