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EPA to clean up Carter Carburetor site - St. Louis American: - 0 views

www.stlamerican.com/...80-11e0-ad2d-001cc4c03286.html Carter EPA site
shared by Lamar Miller on 15 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • The EPA will remove PCBs and TCE from subsurface soils and remove PCBs in two on-site buildings.
  • “This clean-up is absolutely critical because so many children are potentially at- risk across the street at the Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club,” said U.S. Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO).
  • the agency plans a thermally enhanced extraction of two toxins: trichloroethylene (TCE), a chlorinated industrial solvent, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a cancer-causing chemical once used in electrical transformers that were disassembled at a building on the site.
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  • The citizen advocacy group is calling for cleanup goals be expanded to cover all areas impacted by Carter Carburetor, the treatment technology to be proven to work on PCBs on similar sites and at similar concentrations before use at the St. Louis site, the risk assessment scenario expanded to include children of all ages and the cleanup plan protect the health of children and area residents.
  • Adeola Adewale on 15 Jun 11
     
    This article tells about the EPA's plans to clean up the Carter Carburetor site.
  • Lamar Miller on 30 Jun 11
     
    Plans
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Missouri family seeks more newborn testing - 0 views

www.nctimes.com/...b9-5b44-a0e4-ab06f8a833cf.html missouri Krabbe disease genetic newborn testing AP credible multiple credible sources
shared by Alan Newman on 26 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Brady had been diagnosed with Krabbe disease, a rare and cureless genetic condition that left him unable to sit up, swallow or smile. During a recent visit to the family's home in the town of Campbell, Brady's parents took turns holding their son on a couch, periodically using a suction machine to clear out his mouth.
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Water Lily, Hardy Water lilies, Tropical Water lilies - 0 views

www.exoticwaterscapes.com/water-lilies.php lily water flower tropical blooming seasons fragrant
shared by Desire'e Redus on 28 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Desire'e Redus on 28 Jul 10
     
    this site is from the tropical water lily. and other lilies in the family
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Rattlesnakes strike again, bites more toxic - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...120605102638.htm credentialed expert multiple credible sources
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  • Richard Omoniyi-Shoyoola on 20 Jun 12
     
    Each year, approximately 8,000 Americans are bitten by venomous snakes. On average, 800 or so bites occur annually in California, home to an abundance of snake species, but only one family is native with highly toxic venom: rattlesnakes. In San Diego County, the number of rattlesnake bites is increasing as well as the toxicity of the attack.
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Survey: Teens more accepting of out-of-wedlock pregnancy - USATODAY.com - 0 views

www.usatoday.com/...2010-06-03-teensex03_ST_N.htm TEENS SURVEY SEXUAL INTERCOURSE PERCENTAGE ACCEPTANCE WEDLOCK
shared by Daphne Emrick on 19 Jul 10 - No Cached
  • Among teens in the USA, the percentage who have had sexual i
  • tercourse or say they'd be pleased if they or their partner were to get pregnant hasn't changed much since early in the decade, and there appears to be a growing acceptance of having babies outside marriage, a government report
  • said Wednesday. From 1995 to 2002, "it was pretty much across-the-board improvements in those risk factors," says lead author Joyce Abma, a statistician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. "It is a source of concern to see that forward movement kind of stalling
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  • Based on in-person interviews with 1,381 girls and 1,386 boys ages 15 to 19 in 2006-2008, more than four in 10 never-married teens in the USA have had intercourse at least once, Abma and her co-authors estimate. That's a slight drop from 2002, the last time the National Survey of Family Growth was conducted, but it was not statistically significan
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