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Toxic air: Uroboros Glass agrees to control pollution
2016-03-17 02:07:45| Waste Management - Topix.net
Uroboros Glass in North Portland agreed to pollution controls and limits on its heavy metals use in an agreement with the state Department of Environmental Quality. While one Portland glassmaker has fiercely protested a state plan to control emissions of heavy metals, another quietly agreed to do what the state wants.
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Toxic air: Lawmakers chastise state's 23-hour notice of emergency rules
2016-03-15 03:40:54| Waste Management - Topix.net
Bullseye Glass in Southeast Portland manufactures glass used for architectural and art uses. The company is at the center of a hot spot for toxic metals pollution and has suspended use of cadmium, arsenic and chromium in glassmaking and has hired an environmental firm to recommend pollution controls.
How Portland learned its air was toxic - " and failed to fix it
2016-03-12 05:03:57| Waste Management - Topix.net
When two major American cities discovered dangerous levels of toxic air pollution a decade ago, both tried to crack down despite industry protests. The air in Portland and Louisville, Kentucky had more than a dozen heavy metals and chemicals above safe levels.
Portland's toxic air: What you need to know, Feb. 27
2016-02-27 21:05:06| Waste Management - Topix.net
On Feb. 3, Oregon officials announced they'd found high levels of the hazardous metals arsenic and cadmium in the air near Bullseye Glass in Southeast Portland: 159 times the safety goal for arsenic, and 49 times the safety goal for cadmium. More toxic pollutants, more neighborhood hot spots and more potential sources have emerged since, prompting Oregon's two U.S. senators to call the situation a " public health emergency ."
Airlines 'face toxic air claims'
2015-06-08 01:54:50| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Seventeen flight staff are planning legal action against British airlines, claiming contaminated air inside cabins has made them seriously ill.