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362 Million Pounds of Trouble
Analysis shows that about one-quarter of the state of Ohio's waste in 1989 included toxic chemicals that are known or suspected to cause cancer and birth defects. That's the equivalent of seven and a half pounds for every man, woman, and child in the state. Steel Mills are among the state's biggest generators of toxic waste. Ohio's industries generated 362 million pounds of toxic waste, a figure that should rank Ohio as one of the most polluted states in the nation.
Tags: B.P. Chemicals America Inc.; TRI; toxic waste; toxic chemicals; Ohio Environmental Protection Agency; Toxic Release Inventory; benzene; steel-making; leukemia; cancer; Armco; birth defects; Clean Air Act; Ammonium sulfate; manganese compounds; hydrochloric acid; ammonia; xylene; zinc compounds; sulfuric acid; acetone; trichloroethane; toluene
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No title (id: 13195)
Millions of gallons of hazardous waste are burned each year at 24 cement plants around the United States. Four eastern Missouri plants receive neary one-fourth of the waste, making Missouri the No.1 state in the burning of hazardous waste in its cement kilns. The St. Louis Post-Distpatch explains the reasons, risks, and economics of this process. (Sept. 22, 1996)
Tags: Uhlenbrock Dangerous cargo Toxins Festus Cape Girardeau Clarksville Hannibal Xylene Toluene 3 pgs.
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No title (id: 10518)
Hartford (Conn.) Courant uses computer-assisted techniques to reveal the extent to which manufacturers and sewage treatment plants have damaged the state's harbors and waterways; reveals which corporations and plants are the worst polluters and which chemicals are most commonly dumped, Nov. 13, 1990.
Tags: CN Jones Houston CAJ Uniroyal Amerbelle Cuno Toluene Acetone 5 pages