Flame Retardant Among Columbia Pollutants
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By ERIK ROBINSON  A flame retardant intended to save people is probably harming salmon in the Columbia River, according to new research released Monday in Vancouver.
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By Christine Dempsey, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Sep. 12--STORRS -- A chemical spill Monday morning caused a fire and forced about 200 people to evacuate the new Pharmacy/Biology building at the University of Connecticut.
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By ERIK ROBINSON, Columbian staff writer  Five polluted sites in Clark and Skamania counties are on the state Department of Ecology's radar, through new listings on the Hazardous Sites List.
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By Douglas Fischer  A measure banning a broad class of flame retardants from furniture and bedding cleared the Assembly late Wednesday night, while a controversial effort to ban one of the most widely used chemical flame retardants from all consumer products fell short today.
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Chemical flame retardants found in foam furniture, carpeting, microwaves and computers might play a role in rat obesity, says a U.S. study.   Flame retardants, or polybrominated diphenyl ethers, produced since the 1960s retard the combustibility of many products.
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TACOMA, Wash. - A chlorine leak at a waterfront chemical plant injured 12 people who inhaled fumes, and prompted authorities to evacuate the area overnight.  Workers were filling a 1,000-gallon tank with the chemical at Pioneer Americas Inc.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep. 6--Firefighters fought smoke and steep, difficult terrain Tuesday as they stretched firelines around 40 percent of the Columbia Complex fire.
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50281)  has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report: European  Flame Retardant Chemicals Markets to their offering.
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By Gina Smith, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Feb.
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Pollution from pesticides and insecticides in various parts of Greece has risen dangerously, while similar toxic substances have been detected in olive oil as well as imported fruit and vegetables on sale in ...
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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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A toxin found in widely used flame retardants has turned up in 100 percent of nursing mothers tested in Washington and other Northwest states.
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Boys more vulnerable to pollutants, says study    OTTAWA, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Boys are more susceptible to health problems from environmental pollutants than girls, according to a report released Saturday by the Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment.
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BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 21  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Albemarle Corporation , the world's leading manufacturer of flame retardants, will increase the global prices of SAYTEX(R) RB-49 flame retardant by up to 10 percent effective October 1, 2006, or as contracts allow.
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ENVIRONMENT Agency experts were last night investigating after a blaze in a wood pile at a skip hire company.   The agency said a fire at the same site last year polluted the Dee, but this time the river was clean.
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By COLLEEN DISKIN, STAFF WRITER  Take some barge loads of muck from the bottom of the Passaic River, cook in a kiln at 2,400 degrees till the dioxins, PCBs and pesticides melt away, then mix with cement.
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By Henry J. Waters III, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Dec. 19--City government leaders plan to develop an inventory of the community's natural resources to protect the most valuable from development.