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"USA, Canada to Modernize Great Lakes Water Quality Pact" [7]

"The US and Canada have agreed to update the 37-year-old Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement that commits both countries 'to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the waters of the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem.'"
Source: ENS [8], 06/16/2009

"EPA Downplays Dredging Risk to Bay City Water Supply" [11]

"Nearly a month after the onset of a navigational dredging project in the Saginaw River that some worry will send dioxin-contaminated sediments downstream toward the intakes for Bay City’s water supply, EPA officials responded to citizen concerns by announcing it would not test the water for the toxin."
Source: Michigan Messenger [12], 06/16/2009

"Illnesses Come to Light in Claims Against Disney" [13]

"As their attorneys shuffle between four similar lawsuits that allege the Walt Disney Co. has for decades contaminated groundwater with cancer-causing chromium 6 and other toxic chemicals, stories of ill health from the plaintiffs are beginning to emerge."
Source: Glendale News Press [14], 06/16/2009

CT AG: "Chemical Industry Tried To Kill Legislation" [17]

"The chemical industry used 'confusion and concealment' and possibly violated Connecticut law in its unsuccessful attempt to kill legislation banning the use of bisphenol-A in baby bottles and infant food jars, [CT] Attorney General Richard Blumenthal charged Monday."
Source: CT Post [18], 06/16/2009

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