Oakland, Calif., Residents Take `Toxic Tour' of Neighborhood.

San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  January 24, 2002 ;     632 words ......took residents and local officials on a Toxic Tour of their West Oakland neighborhood Wednesday...McClymonds Corridor -- sponsored the Toxic Tour and released an Environmental Indicators...who represents West Oakland, took the Toxic Tour with nearly 50 other people. This has...

Members of a "Toxic Tour" group get a look at the site of a former...

Getty Images;  August 13, 2008 ;     170 words ......Getty Images 08-13-2008 Members of a "Toxic Tour" group get a look at the site of a former... Full Size JPG (7006 KB) Members of a "Toxic Tour" group get a look at the site of a former...for a Better Environment (CBECAL), the "Toxic Tour" takes eco-tourists through the sights...

A man works on his car in front of his home which is located...

Getty Images;  August 13, 2008 ;     135 words ......2008. This spot is one of the destinations on a four-hour "Toxic Tour" which introduces environmental sightseers to areas of southeast...group Communities for a Better Environment (CBECAL), the "Toxic Tour" takes eco-tourists through the sights and smells of some...

TOXIC TOUR OFFERS SURPRISES

Post-Tribune (IN);  August 8, 1999 ;     164 words ......returning to the Grand Calumet River. Gerri Wendorf, a member of Grand Cal Task Force, told a group Saturday at the eighth annual Toxic Tour that beavers, fish and ducks are living in and around the river proves that pollution levels may be decreasing. For decades...

TOXIC TOUR GIVES AREA DIRTY LOOK

Post-Tribune (IN);  May 28, 1995 ;     426 words ......environmental activist group has been fighting for years. The encounter with the truck driver happened at the start of the Toxic Tour, an excursion the group organized to visit some of the most noxious locations in this, one of the most polluted areas in the...

Environmental sightseers view an oil refinery adjacent to a residential...

Getty Images;  August 13, 2008 ;     139 words ......2008. This spot is one of the destinations on a four-hour "Toxic Tour" which introduces environmental sightseers to areas of southeast...group Communities for a Better Environment (CBECAL), the "Toxic Tour" takes eco-tourists through the sights and smells of some...

Tour leader Robert Cabrales introduces environmental sightseers...

Getty Images;  August 13, 2008 ;     116 words ......as they drive through Huntingon Park, California on a "Toxic Tour" on August 9, 2008. Organized by the advocacy group Communities for a Better Environment (CBECAL), the four-hour "Toxic Tour" takes eco-tourists through the sights and smells of...

Saturday In conjunction wi ...

The Washington Post;  May 26, 2006 ;     102 words ......the Ghetto and the Prison Industrial Complex" at Baltimore's Contemporary Museum, community activist Glenn Ross will lead a "Toxic Tour" from 5 to 7, featuring visits by bus to some of the city's most dangerous public health sites (410-783-5720, Ext. 102). From...

Protesters' toxic fears.(News Local)

Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England);  July 1, 2005 ;     234 words ......visitors gave speeches about pollution at home and around the world at a public meeting in Redcar. They were also invited on a toxic tour of the area's industrial sites. This was South African Desmond D'Sa's second visit to the area and he believes little has...

[ Toxic Tour plans stop to promote advocacy... ]

Daily Breeze;  September 30, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Toxic Tour plans stop to promote advocacy Today at approximately 11 a.m., a tour bus from the Environmental Justice For All's Toxic Tour will stop at 3500 Gaffey St. The tour, which has stops in cities all over the Northeast, South and West Coast...

DUMP DEBACLE

Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. The IRE Journal;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......flows into New Jersey. I've heard such promises before. A toxic tour I first saw paint sludge in 1995 on an EPA tour to see a pile...other debris. Nine years later. I again found myself on a toxic tour of Upper Ringwood. Residents showed EPA inspectors sludge...

Poncas join chemical workers to protest neighboring pollution

Indian Country Today (Lakota Times);  October 30, 2002 ;     700+ words ......diverse group of about 150 people rallied recently in a walking "toxic tour" of the major industrial facilities adjoining tribal lands...Energy Workers Union also spoke at the opening of the rally and toxic tour. The groups have joined together to form the Coalition for...

Tribe Joins Chemical Workers to Protest Ponca City, Okla.-Area Pollution.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 27, 2002 ;     700+ words ......diverse group of about 150 people rallied recently in a walking toxic tour of the major industrial facilities adjoining tribal lands...Energy Workers Union also spoke at the opening of the rally and toxic tour. The groups have joined together to form the Coalition for...

MANDATORY MEETING FOR ACT-SO ENTRANTS

Post-Tribune (IN);  May 25, 1995 ;     637 words ......by calling UCO office at 397-9406 and leaving a message. 3RD TOXIC TOUR SATURDAY WHITING - The Grand Cal Task Force will sponsor its third annual Plug the Poison Pipeline Toxic Tour Saturday. The schedule will include: - 9:30 a.m. Meet two blocks...

Earth Day in Whiting

Post-Tribune (IN);  April 19, 2008 ;     90 words ......s Whiting refinery tar sands modernization, environmental justice and global warming. Features: The event will feature a "Toxic Tour" of Northwest Indiana industrial sites and environmental "hot spots." Speakers will address the effects of tar sands oil and...