Word: coloral
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...surprising that at last the Tennesseans went to court. Their aim was to force the federal Environmental Protection Agency to set standards requiring Champion to lighten the color of the mill's effluents. But North Carolina and Champion continued to resist in court and out. The company bused thousands of employees to public hearings on both sides of the border, at which Vice President Oliver Blackwell warned that the cleanup job would be so expensive that Champion would shut down the mill instead, costing thousands of jobs...
...compromise took shape earlier this year, thanks to the EPA's influence. Under a plan agreed to by all parties, Champion would spend $200 million over the next three years on a bleaching process for its wastes. Its goal would be to change the Pigeon's color to the shade of weak iced...
...Pigeon, the survivors of one husband and wife, who died of cancer within a month of ! each other, filed a $6 million wrongful-death suit against Champion. The dioxin controversy may tempt Cocke County to take a second look at the compromise plan to improve the Pigeon's color. For the moment the Tennesseans are awaiting further EPA tests, due this summer, that might provide some answer to an urgent question: Does the Pigeon not only stink but actually kill...
...days. Similarly, pH meters dragged at various depths help locate acidity "clines," or layers, where fish are apt to feed. Lake Systems Division's $630 Multi-C-Lector, in addition to measuring temperature and pH, also detects water clarity clines, using an underwater light meter. It then suggests which color lures are most likely to catch a fish...
...newest units can zoom on a target zone, allowing users to pick out a fish hovering a mere 1 1/2 in. off the bottom. Other refinements include alarms that signal a fish's presence and multihued video screens that are designed to identify various species by a color code -- red for dolphin, for example, or pink for bottom feeders like grouper and snapper...