Word: nationally
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dioxin is only one of hundreds of poisonous chemicals that have been seeping out of more than 40,000 industrial dumpsites across the nation And, although many of the exact sites and chemicals have already been identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in the vast majority of cases the federal agency has done nothing to stop the pollution. Instead, reports one EPA official, "There's been a cover...
...regional people to 'look the other way"' when they received complaints about chemical pollution. Hamstrung by a subsistence budget and reluctant to step on the sensitive toes of its regional offices, top administrators have quietly suspended all action on chemical dumps despite evidence that 90 per cent of the nation's 50,000 hazardous waste desposal sites are leaking. "Because of pressure from the White House to fight inflation," EPA branch chief William Sanjour reports, "we were directed to avoid regulating hazardous waste from the oil and gas industry, electric power companies, and other large industries. We were told...
Little was decided--after two hours of discussion, Francis Duehay '55 suggested that the city Biohazards Committee make a full report on the issue, which first arose two months ago when waste began piling up at universities in Cambridge after the temporary closing of the nation's two dump sites...
...really kind of thrilling," freshman Logan said. "I would have liked to run better, but it was exciting just to see all those great runners, the best cross-country runners in the nation--people I've always heard about...
...revival of the College of Cardinals raises questions about a far more recent collegial structure, the Synod of Bishops, whose delegates are elected mostly by the bishops of each nation...