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Senate votes to overturn EPA rule that limits 7 hazardous air pollutants
The party-line vote marked the first time in the 55-year history of the Clean Air Act that Congress has moved to weaken the ...
Senate overturns EPA rule on seven highly toxic air pollutants
If also passed by the House as expected, the action will be the first time Congress has weakened protections under the Clean ...
Not in the mood: Mercury messes with songbirds' mating game
Before they can fight to survive, some endangered songbirds are losing their groove and being robbed of their chance at ...
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Engineered Bacterium Could Shield People from Mercury Toxicity
Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UCLA announced the creation of an engineered ...
Worried about mercury in fish? California researchers find a possible fix
Researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UCLA claim to have engineered a probiotic bacterium ...
Judge: Tugboat skipper liable for Marin County oil spill
The boat operator, Christian Lint, died from other causes after the incident. But his estate and the owners of the involved ...
What state and fed officials plan with BASF to stop pollution flowing into Detroit River
State and federal officials said they are working with a chemical manufacturing plant in Wyandotte on a "two-pronged approach ...
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PCB accused of hiding mercury levels in Pithampur
A Bhopal gas victims’ group on Wednesday alleged that mercury levels in hazardous waste trials were hidden, exposiing people in Pithampur to toxic fumesz and health risks. The Bhopal Gas Peedit Sangha ...