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Dow Agrees To Clean Up Century-Old Pollution

AP | By JOHN FLESHER | Posted 02.17.2012

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MIDLAND, Mich. -- Michigan environmental regulators said Thursday that they reached a long-sought deal with Dow Chemical Co. to clean up to 1,400 resi...

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7 Simple Ways To Detox Your Diet And Your Home

EatingWell | Posted 10.25.2011

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EatingWell

Nobody knows just how much of a risk toxins in our food really pose. But we're exposed to dozens, if not hundreds, of chemicals, and the effects of some multiple exposures may be more than the sum of their parts.

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Weekly Mulch: Monsanto's Mutant Alfalfa and the Feral Pig Invasion

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Agribusiness giant Monsanto is strengthening its hold over the food system both in this country and abroad,...

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New Orleans East Residents Oppose Garbage Processing Plant

Susan Buchanan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Susan Buchanan

The specter of garbage trucks exiting Interstate 10 and tearing past their homes to a plant that would vaporize city trash has residents of the Melia Subdivision in New Orleans East worried.

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Setting the Record Straight on Dioxin

Gary Williams, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gary Williams, M.D.

The United States has one of the safest food supplies in the world, and the current amount of dioxin we are being exposed to through food is so low that it does not pose a health risk.

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Eco Etiquette: Help! Am I Doomed By Dioxins?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. I've been pretty freaked ...

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PHOTOS: 7 Toxic Chemicals In Your Seafood That You Don't Know About

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since the smell test doesn't really cut it, we decided to investigate the chemicals in seafood that you might not know about. We all know that mercur...

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"IRAQ: An Environmental Cesspool"

R. B. Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Baghdad, Iraq, Afghanistan, Dod, Burn-Pit Exposure Data, Warrior Transition Unit at Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Bragg, Burn Pits in Iraq, Volatile Organic Compounds, The Transational Genomics Research Institute, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, Depleted Uranium, Veterans, Tricare, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Presidio of Monterey, Improvised Explosive Device, Jrotc, Chemotherapy, Camel Cigarettes, R. B. Stuart, Cancer, North Carolina, Benzene, Solider, Adrenalectomy, Army Human Intelligence Collector, The VA, Carcinogens, Cushing's Disease, Texas, Camp Rustamiyah, The Army Times, The Veterans Affairs Department, Disabled American Veterans, Stage IV Cancer, Army SGT. Amanda Older, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Dioxins, University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Center, Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma, World News
R. B. Stuart

Burn pit tests in war zones have shown that the fires release dioxins, benzene and volatile organic compounds, including substances known to cause cancer.

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"Dioxins My A**" Hat Mocks Contaminated Fish Advisory

michiganmessenger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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According to the Michigan Department of Community Health, children under 15 and pre-menopausal women should not eat walleye larger than 18 inches in s...

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Life Cycle: Shit Happens

Simran Sethi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Simran Sethi

Despite being chemically treated, sewage water is still rife with birth-control, anti-depressants and other pharmaceuticals we once ingested.

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