County air still hasn&#39;t come clean, report says
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San Diego County remains on a federal list of 225 counties that have some of the nation&#39;s dirtiest air, although area officials said they&#39;ve taken steps to reduce pollution.
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With a little help from good weather, air in the Los Angeles was the cleanest on record this year, regulators said Thursday. Still, the region&#39;s air quality remained the worst
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By Jane Mcbride, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Dec. 13--Allergy patients who rush inside to escape the irritants and pollutions found in hyper-moist Southeast Texas air could be shutting themselves into a toxic box.
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By Rita Savard, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Feb. 23--CHELMSFORD -- Paying high fees for trash removal prompted residents to raise a stink in the past.
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By Paul Burgarino  Representatives from one of the worst air pollution regions in California voted last week to join the state in a possible lawsuit against the federal Environmental Protection Agency concerning emissions regulations for newer-model cars.
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Investigators probing the sodden ruins at a Charles County subdivision where fires destroyed 10 unoccupied new houses said yesterday that they had found no clear evidence
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Traffic fumes are not the reason why people&#39;s asthma gets worse in the winter, say US scientists. Instead coughs and colds are to blame, according to their study of schoolchildren in Denver.
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By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Jun. 22--Pima County's air could be out of compliance with federal limits  in a few years because of a new federal proposal to tighten up regulations  protecting the air from the primary ingredient in smog.
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By Jeffrey S. Hampton, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 9--Camden County could get revenue from a 490-acre landfill even while opponents try to keep it from getting built.
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Living near a hazardous waste  site containing persistent pollutants such as dioxins,  polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorinated pesticides,  seems to increase the risk of hospitalization for respiratory  infections and asthma in children, a study suggests.
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By Steve Pollick, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Feb. 14--You could tell from the way the birds were reacting at the backyard feeders yesterday morning that something big was on the way.   The feeders at my rural western Sandusky County creekbottom home were gleaned all but clean.
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The end of summer is approaching, but don&#39;t put away that mosquito repellent just yet. Even though mosquito populations are lower than normal, Saginaw County officials this year have found 27 dead birds infected with West Nile virus -- almost twice the ...
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By Lou Grieco Staff Writer  DAYTON -- A Montgomery County Common Pleas Court judge has found that operators of Isotec, the site of a 2003 explosion that evacuated a neighborhood, were negligent.  "We can go to trial and just talk about damages," attorney Richard W. Schulte said.
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By Scott Streater, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 7--Local leaders are becoming frustrated with the ongoing efforts to devise a plan to clean up ozone in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Sep. 23--Sediment is still washing into Yellow Creek in Bath Township from a new spring, but the volume might have dropped slightly.   That assessment came Thursday from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
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By Anne Danahy, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Feb. 9--BELLEFONTE -- Centre County commissioners restated their opposition Thursday to a landfill company using local and state roads to access the proposed landfill in Rush Township.
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By Richard Quinn, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 21--VIRGINIA BEACH -- If this story were a scratch 'n' sniff, it would reek of rotten eggs.