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Other Chemical Hazards [1]

While petrochemical plants get the most attention, statistics from the Chemical Safety Board suggest that media overlook three quite common and widespread hazards: chlorine, ammonia, and propane
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TipSheet [2]
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Chemicals [3]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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Chemical Terrorism [6]

Various nations have developed and produced chemical weapons -- substances whose main use is to harm people -- such as nerve gas or mustard gas.
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TipSheet [2]
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Chemicals [3]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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House Probes OMB Suppression of Chemical Risk Assessments [7]

The House Science Committee is investigating charges that a White House political arm with no scientific expertise is suppressing EPA information about the toxic risks of commercial products.
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WatchDog TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Politics [9]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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SCIENTIST FINALLY GIVES ATRAZINE TESTIMONY HE WAS FIRED OVER [10]

Paul Wotzka, a hydrologist with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, who was fired shortly after he asked permission to testify before the Minnesota legislature on Atrazine pollution of water finally had his say.
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WatchDog TipSheet [8]
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Chemicals [3]
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Public [5]
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"Diagnosis: Mercury, Money, Politics & Poison" [11]

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BookShelf [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Consumer [13]
Fish & Fisheries [14]
Food [15]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
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Public [5]
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"Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children" [21]

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BookShelf [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [22]
Chemicals [3]
Food [15]
Health [17]
Pollution [19]
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Public [5]
- Read more about "Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children" [21]
Concern Resurfaces for Drinking Water and Food Contaminant [23]

In one of many last-minute actions, the Bush administration delayed a decision on a drinking water standard for the contaminant perchlorate (used in rocket fuel, explosives, fireworks, and many other industrial products, and also occurs naturally), but issued a temporary advisory recommendation. This has immediate implications for at least 31 large US utilities, and perhaps hundreds more.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Food [15]
Water & Oceans [20]
Government [16]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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SEJournal Spring 2000, Vol. 10 No. 1 [24]

In this issue: Smog lingers over Houston–media muddle Bush's record as air progress slows; Green space may calm and cool us; Journalists probe environmental justice issues; Land use in the West; The award-winning beryllium story; Montana mine's toxic legacy; Tracking campaign cash; What was behind EPA blackout? and more. Download the PDF here.

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SEJournal Online [25]
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Biodiversity [26]
Chemicals [3]
Government [16]
Natural Resources [27]
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Public [5]
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Science Survey: Epigenetics...Understanding Chemicals' Newly Recognized Future Effects [28]

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Backgrounders [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Journalism & Media [30]
Science [31]
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Public [5]
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CA PESTICIDE SPRAYING PITS TRADE SECRETS AGAINST RIGHT TO KNOW [32]

California is trying to eradicate the brown apple moth along the state's central coast by aerial spraying of a pheromone-based pesticide intended to interfere with the insect's natural reproductive cycle. Some residents want to know what's being sprayed on them.
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WatchDog TipSheet [8]
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Chemicals [3]
Region:
California [33]
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Public [5]
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