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CDC Buries Toxic Warnings
"The Centers for Disease Control suppressed repeated warnings from one of its top scientists, raising questions about whether the CDC bowed to pressure from FEMA to conceal the long-term health risks of formaldehyde in the trailers it distributed to hurricane victims."
Tags: Dr. Christopher De Rosa; Ellmore Ohio; beryllium; health threat; poisoning; toxicology; environmental medicine;
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The Tragic Secrets of Crater School
This story is about how State of Oregon officials lacked the resources to adequately check and regulate outdoor schools and programs for at-risk youth. In this example, someone who had promised never to run such a program again in California, after a tragic incident there, was able to come to Oregon and run such a program in this state.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT troubled teens; Crater Lake School; boarding school; assaults; case workers; marijuana; camp; toxicology report; Chiloquin; Klamath County sheriff
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Audubon examines the plight of the Swainson's hawk. The birds migrate from the United States and Canada to Argentina in the winters. Thousands of birds have perished in recent years due to exposure to acutely toxic chemicals that Argentine farmers use to kill grasshoppers, the hawk's prey. It is estimated that 5 percent of the hawk population perished in one season. (September - October, 1996)