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50 years on: General Mills caught up in toxic solvent investigation

2013-11-15 20:08:37| Agriculture - Topix.net

Minnesota authorities have launched a new investigation into TCE contamination from an old General Mills site - soil vapor testing will commence across 200 homes next week Cereal giant General Mills is still working to undo the impact of poor waste disposal over 50 years ago at an old R&D center in Minneapolis as a new investigation is launched.

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New toxic hot spots linked to sewers

2013-11-14 21:10:36| Semiconductors - Topix.net

Environmental Protection Agency officials told residents Tuesday that the only plausible explanation so far for the mysterious "hot spots" of sky-high levels of toxics under Evandale Avenue is a leaking sewer line or storm drain -- potentially placing the blame on semiconductor manufacturers once located on Whisman Road.

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Como residents voice anxieties over toxic underground vapors

2013-11-13 00:00:10| Agriculture - Topix.net

Como residents listened to state officials brief them on the harmful chemical vapors that may be seeping into their homes and businesses, along with the next steps in testing and remediation, at a public meeting Tuesday at the Van Cleave Rec Center in Minneapolis.

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United Kingdom: We can still celebrate bonfire night without burning toxic waste

2013-11-05 09:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: "Bonfire night kills whales" is the sort of headline that gives environmentalists a bad name. But the facts can't be helped, even if the messengers must be shot for sounding like killjoys. Most communities have festivals of subversion, in which the rules by which they live for the rest of the year placid, ordered and obedient are upended in a marvellous explosion of chaos. Without these festivals - May day, Holi, Carnival, the Day of the Dead, Hallowe'en and Guy Fawkes night are examples -...

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Precision Castparts Corporate Response to August Toxic Study

2013-11-04 12:10:55| Industrial Machines - Topix.net

Precision Castparts Corp. has reviewed the Toxic 100 study released on August 19, 2013 by the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and has concluded that the study is grossly misleading and uses flawed assumptions in several key areas.

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