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...environmental matters, people like An Gorsuch were set in place to subvert the clear intent of laws like the Clean Air and Water Acts, as well as bills concerning toxic waste. On other domestic fronts, people like Sam Pierce, now the subject of a grand jury investigation, almost totally wrecked any commitment the federal government had to the Fair Housing Act, and to low and moderate income housing...
Lois M. Gibbs, who fought for the cleanup of New York's Love Canal in the late 70's, said last week that the referendum was needed to protect residents from the effects of toxic waste...
Because gasoline, home heating oil, consumer products and companies using under 50,000 pounds of toxic chemicals will not be taxed, taxpayers and small businesses will not be substantially affected, according to the committee...
Massachusetts currently has 2,700 confirmed toxic dump sites and 2,500 more sites are suspected to be contaminated. Only two of these sites have been cleaned up in the past 18 months, according to Matthew L. Wilson, director of the Massachusetts Campaign to clean Up Hazardous Waste...
...Massachusetts is truly facing a toxic waste crisis," Wilson said...