Article: Mexico identifies nearly 300 toxic waste sites

Article: EPA's Browner claims progress in cleanup of Superfund sites. (Environmental Protection Agency administrator Carol Browner cites faster removal of toxic waste)
Chemical Market Reporter;  November 11, 1996 ;     700+ words ......cleanup of the nation's worst toxic waste sites. In the 1992 fiscal year, EPA...too many years to have their toxic waste sites cleaned up, Ms. Browner told...than 25 percent of the worst toxic waste sites in the US have been cleaned...

Article: Researchers develop toxic waste munching bacteria
University Wire;  October 21, 1998 ;     534 words ......approximate 3,000 nuclear waste sites in the United States...diminishing liquid organic toxic waste," said Cleston Lange...Millions of gallons of toxic waste were amassed during...found at radioactive waste sites. The bacterium doesn...

Article: More Nonwhites Are Living Near Toxic Waste Sites; Racial Disparities Have Grown Despite National Focus on Issue
The Washington Post;  August 25, 1994 ;     700+ words ......who live near toxic waste dumps increased...of hazardous waste sites, the percentage...no commercial toxic waste dumps, whereas...At least 115 toxic waste facilities were...many of the waste sites were created...the siting of toxic waste ...

Article: An examination of cancer epidemiology studies among populations living close to toxic waste sites.(Research)
Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source;  June 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ......of communities surrounding toxic waste sites suffer from a range of limitations...communities which do not contain toxic waste sites. Caution would need to be exercised...June, 2006, using the keywords toxic waste sites and cancer . Articles were...

Article: Gore: GOP Is Blocking Cleanup of Toxic Waste
The Washington Post;  May 19, 1998 ;     138 words ......Republicans yesterday for blocking the cleanup of scores of toxic waste sites, prompting GOP leaders to accuse the vice president...law was overhauled. "When it comes to cleaning up toxic waste, now is the time to clean up your act," Gore declared...

Article: Congress OKs toxic waste bill.(Brief Article)
Rubber & Plastics News;  January 14, 2002 ;     171 words ......limiting small business liability for cleanup of toxic waste sites, favored by tire dealers and retreaders, has won...covering Superfund sites and ``brownfields''-urban toxic waste sites. The bill's passage is a major victory for tire dealers...

Article: State EPA runs out of funds to clean up toxic waste sites
Chicago Sun-Times;  September 15, 1991 ;     357 words ......run out of money to tackle toxic waste sites and shut down its last cleanup effort just days ago. Toxic waste sites - their fire hazards, open...pollution sites, leads the state in toxic waste sites. "I think it's a real scandal...

Article: Editorial: Gypping the innocents.(clean up fund urged to deal with the toxic waste sites)(Brief Article)
Waste News;  July 23, 2001 ;     215 words ......goal in their efforts to see toxic waste sites in the country cleaned up. Their...worst is unfair to industrial waste generators. Activists asked...address the country's 10,000 toxic waste sites. Funding would come from industrial...

Article: Harkin Says He'll Make Toxic Waste Clean-Up a Priority
U.S. Newswire;  February 14, 1992 ;     390 words ......visited one of New Hampshire's 175 toxic waste sites today and pledged to speed the...than 1,300 55-gallon drums of toxic waste and more than 900,000 gallons...there are hundreds of toxic waste sites like this -- 14 more Super Fund...

Article: State seeks to recover $7m in toxic waste fines
The Boston Globe;  April 24, 1991 ;     646 words ......individuals responsible for toxic waste violations at about...at 4,200 hazardous waste sites and about 5,000 accidental...she said. The state's toxic waste cleanup program, established...growing number of toxic waste sites discovered each year...sites. Rob ...

Article: New York residents face higher health risk near toxic waste sites
Xinhua News Agency;  June 15, 2003 ;     217 words ...New York residents face higher health risk near toxic waste sites NEW YORK, June 15 (Xinhua) -- New Yorkers who live near toxic waste sites face a higher risk of developing cancer and respiratory illnesses, said a report...

Article: Many toxic waste sites lack safety controls
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 28, 2004 ;     125 words ...Many toxic waste sites lack safety controls From Journal Sentinel wire reports Wednesday...2004 Washington -- Almost one in 10 of the nation's 1,230 Superfund toxic waste sites lack adequate safety controls to ensure people and drinking water...

Article: Irish Mirror Comment: Toxic waste dump shame.(Leader)
The Mirror (London, England);  February 20, 2002 ;     73 words ...TOXIC waste sites are popping up like poison mushrooms all over the countryside. In some cases the people responsible are simply flouting the law...operation the better. Until then existing rubbish tips must have well enforced regulations about what goes into them. But dumping toxic waste is ...

Article: Living near toxic waste may bring on diabetes
The Hindustan Times;  January 6, 2007 ;     319 words ...New York, Jan 6 -- Living near toxic waste may make you diabetic, says a study...found that Americans who live near toxic waste sites are hospitalised more for diabetes...exposure to these compounds coming from waste sites." Published by HT Syndication with...