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...Hispanic organizations that regard them as racist and demeaning, but have been defended by such groups as the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Says Author Wolf: "If I can save a maid's life because she doesn't mix ammonia and bleach and die from toxic fumes, I'm doing her a favor...
...place them with the most unbearably fatuous entertainer this nation is currently enduring. Wayne Newton. Surely the public outcry would have been diminished if Watt had not selected, out of all the singers in the United States of America, a man whose performances are the musical equivalent of toxic waste...
...seems, Adamkus may have the last word. The preliminary findings of a new EPA study of the site, released last week by the agency's Midwest office, indicate that more than 40 toxic chemicals, among them the most dangerous form of dioxin, are being released by Dow into the Tittabawassee River. The report estimates that there are up to 35 lbs. of toxic organic pollutants in the approximately 61.4 million gal. of waste water Dow discharges daily...
...study found 2,3,7,8T, a highly toxic form of dioxin, in the edible parts of fish in amounts twice as high as the level established by the Food and Drug Administration as a "level of concern." Environmental officials contend that the buildup of the poison in fish over time, a process known as bioaccumulation, poses a long-range, if not immediate, health hazard. Warned Adamkus: "This is going to be a ticking bomb for human beings if it is accumulated over the years." The sample fish in the study were bottom feeders, such as carp and catfish, which...
...audience responded with applause as he outlined what he termed the mounting dangers of careless toxic waste disposal and an escalating arms race. He lambasted Reagan's treatment of the Environmental Protection Agency adding that he couldn't think of a time since Watergate when we have seen such flagrant violation of law by high officials...