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Reaching the American Dream in Sickness

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Massive concentration of industry in San Francisco Bay area has resulted in severe pollution problems. photo: Rain, Belinda (Wikimedia Commons)

Living in industry’s shadow: After years of illnesses, family looks for answers by Janet Wilson for California Watch The Martin family lives 10 minutes from downtown Los Angeles, in a neat yellow house in a city called Maywood. Starting a [...]

Regulatory Neglect: 255 Hazardous Pollutants Wait To Be Profiled by EPA

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Eighteen months after the Environmental Protection Agency announced reforms to its controversial process for evaluating health hazards posed by dangerous chemicals, significant problems continue to hamper the program and leave the public at risk, according to a new report by a nonprofit research group.

ARRA Construction Sites Overlooking Greener Equipment

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COLUMBUS, OH - While President Obama and local community leaders celebrate a major new road project next to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, an environmental group is charging that government leaders are missing a golden opportunity to help protect [...]