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Lead Pollution

Lynne Peeples

Hurricane Sandy: Toxic Pollution, Low-Income Families In Direct Path Of Storm Surges

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 11.06.2012 | Green
Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Lead Pollution, Water Pollution, Hurricane Sandy, Epa, Hurricane Sandy 2012, Uranium, Staten Island, Red Hook, Green News

After Hurricane Sandy's flood waters receded from Lou Sones' kitchen last week, an unpleasant hint lingered of what those waters had flushed inside. ...

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Lynne Peeples

Getting The Lead Out: Lead Emissions From Aviation Fuel Continue To Threaten Children's Health

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 03.12.2012 | Green
Read More: Avgas, Lead Poisoning, Lead Pollution, Aviation Fuel, Lead Paint, Learning Disabilities, Epa, Federal Aviation Administration, Leaded Gasoline, Aviation, Green News

Last Wednesday, the environmental advocacy group Friends of the Earth filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, challenging th...

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China Lead Pollution Reportedly Poisons Over 100 Children

Reuters | Posted 05.04.2012 | Green
Read More: China Lead Pollution, Lead Pollution, Lead, Video, China Pollution, Reuters, China Environment, Renhua, Dongtang, Guangdong, Green News

BEIJING, March 4 (Reuters) - Lead emission from factories and the natural environment in China's manufacturing heart of Guangdong has poisoned 160 c...

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The 10 Worst Sources Of Toxic Pollution In The World

Posted 01.11.2012 | Green
Read More: Lead Pollution, Pesticides, Video, Chromium Pollution, Arsenic Pollution, Environment, Mercury Pollution, Hexavalent Chromium, Toxic Pollution, Toxic Pollution Sources, Green News

What are the worst sources of pollution facing the world? A report released this week by Blacksmith Institute sheds light on major causes of toxic pol...

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EPA Toughens Lead Pollution Limits Despite Industry Lobbying

Grist | Janet Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Batteries, Epa, Battery Recycling, Lead, Green News, Lead Pollution, EPA Rules, Pollution, Green News

Federal regulators announced Thursday a sharp reduction in legal levels of lead emissions, rejecting pleas by industrial battery recyclers who told Wh...

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More Lead Pollution? Battery Recyclers Resisting EPA Rules

Grist | Janet Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: EPA Rules, Epa, Lead Pollution, Lead, Pollution, Battery Recycling, Green News

Lobbyists for industrial battery recyclers charged over to the White House recently to crank up arguments against possible tough new regulations of le...

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Poisoning Children in Chicago: An Old Problem in a New Century

Dan Agin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Environment, Lead, Pollution, Toxins, Chicago Environment, Lead Pollution, Chicago Lead Poisoning, Chicago Air Quality, Chicago Lead Poluution, Chicago News
Dan Agin

Children living anywhere in the suburbs in a house built before 1960 are at high risk for high-dose lead exposure. An old house in Highland Park is as dangerous as an old house in Harvey. It makes no difference that the old house has been repainted with unleaded paint.

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