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"Report Cites Crippling Infighting at Nuclear Site"

"The infighting among the federal officials in charge of the Savannah River Site, a federally owned nuclear site in South Carolina that won one of the country’s biggest pots of stimulus money, is so severe that it threatens to undermine public confidence in their work, a federal watchdog warned Thursday."

Source: NYTimes, 01/04/2010

"Use of Potentially Harmful Chemicals Kept Secret Under Law"

"Of the 84,000 chemicals in commercial use in the United States -- from flame retardants in furniture to household cleaners -- nearly 20 percent are secret, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, their names and physical properties guarded from consumers and virtually all public officials under a little-known federal provision."

Source: Wash Post, 01/04/2010

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