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Officials warn of potentially toxic algae on major Portland river

2014-09-17 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Public health officials in Oregon warned recreational boaters and swimmers who on warm days flock to a river that bisects Portland to stay out of the water on Wednesday after detecting what they suspect is a potentially dangerous toxic algae. Oregon Health Authority officials said they believe the unusual film found at the Willamette River is the result of toxic blue-green algae, which is dangerous to touch, drink or inhale. Filtering the water won't make it safe, and fish from the river could be...

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Toxic algae found in south Idaho reservoir

2014-09-13 19:51:21| Waste Management - Topix.net

State health and environment officials say they have found potentially toxic blue-green algae in the Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir in southern Idaho. It is the first time that the toxin has been detected in the Twin Falls County reservoir and the first time such a warning has been issued.

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UPDATE 1-Grupo Mexico dodges mine closure with $151 mln toxic spill fund

2014-09-12 12:37:42| Food - Topix.net

Grupo Mexico and its subsidiaries on Thursday dodged losing a concession to run one of the biggest copper mines in the world as long as they comply with government obligations following a toxic spill that include creating a $151 million clean-up fund. The fund is far bigger than a $23 million reserve that Grupo Mexico had previously set aside for the clean-up at Buenavista copper mine.

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Dupont fined $1.275 million in West Virginia toxic pollution case

2014-08-27 23:19:57| Chemicals - Topix.net

DuPont will pay a fine of $1.275 million and spend an estimated $2.3 million more to settle claims by U.S. officials that the global chemical conglomerate failed to prevent toxic releases of hazardous substances in West Virginia that killed at least one man, environmental regulators said on Wednesday.

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At Least 10% of Fracking Fluid Is Toxic

2014-08-22 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ThinkProgress: At least 10 percent of the contents of fracking fluid injected into the earth is toxic. For another third we have no idea. And that`s only from the list of chemicals the fracking industry provided voluntarily. That`s according to an analysis by William Stringfellow of Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, reported in Chemistry World. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is the practice of injecting fluid at high pressure into the earth, which breaks up oil- and gas-filled rock formations that is...

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