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AP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water
- Associated Press (new window)
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2008-03-09 |
| A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows. | |
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Environment Illinois: Hold BP to it's Lake Michigan Pledge
- The Chicago Tribune (new window)
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2007-09-03 |
| As long as BP's discharge permit remains on the books, it sets the dangerous precedent of being the first in years to allow a company's increase in toxic pollution into Lake Michigan. | |
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BP refinery faces 'firestorm' on dumping plans
- The Chicago Tribune (new window)
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2007-08-15 |
| A permit allowing an oil refinery to dump more pollutants into Lake Michigan is one of the most serious threats to the world's fifth-largest lake in decades, said Illinois environmentalists and officials who blasted neighboring Indiana's approval of the action. | |
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BP Meets With Officials About Dumping Plan
- WMAQ (NBC Channel 5) (new window)
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2007-08-15 |
| BP officials meet with environmentalists and politicians about their dumping plan. | |
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Will there be enough and will it be clean?
- Pioneer Press (new window)
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2007-07-07 |
| You don't have to travel around the world to find challenging issues of water quantity and quality. | |
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Are deca's days done?
- The Chicago Tribune (new window)
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2007-04-15 |
| Smokers who doze in bed have long benefited from the flame-retardant deca-bromodiphenyleter (decaBDE), used in mattresses, upholstered furniture and electronics. But Illinois legislators are pushing to ban it because deca degrades into toxic chemicals. | |
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Bill would ban flame retardant used in carpets
- The Chicago Sun-Times (new window)
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2007-03-26 |
| A flame retardant some believe can cause developmental problems in children would be phased out of carpets and electronic equipment under a legislative proposal opposed by manufacturers. | |
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Toxic television or family-friendly fire proofer
- The Daily Herald (new window)
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2007-03-21 |
| A suburban lawmaker wants to ban a fire retardant chemical found in many TVs and other common household electronics in Illinois, but the chemical industry and business groups say she’s on a “witch hunt†along with environmentalists. | |
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Ameren to Slash Emissions at Illinois Coal-Burning Power Plants
- Environmental News Service (new window)
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2006-08-04 |
| Governor Rod Blagojevich Wednesday announced an emissions reduction agreement with Illinois’ second largest utility, Ameren, that the governor said will establish Illinois as a national clean air leader. | |
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