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  1. School sues over asbestos cleanup.

    Environmental Health News - Dec 31, 2008

    A contractor failed to properly remove asbestos from buildings owned by Columbia International University, says a federal lawsuit filed last week.

  2. Coal waste sludge ponds — how safe are they?

    Environmental Health News - Dec 31, 2008

    What’s the difference between the sludge contained at a Marsh Fork facility in Raleigh County, West Virginia and the fly ash currently blanketing hundreds of acres in Tennessee?

  3. Explosive situation at county landfill.

    Environmental Health News - Dec 31, 2008

    Despite a state order, a Goochland County facility continues to release an excessive amount of flammable methane gas near a children's playground.

  4. Report: Crab population being decimated.

    Environmental Health News - Dec 31, 2008

    Too much pollution and overharvesting are decimating the Chesapeake Bay's blue crab population, according to a report issued yesterday by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

  5. Constellation to pay out millions in fly ash lawsuit.

    Environmental Health News - Dec 31, 2008

    Constellation Energy soon will be paying out $54 million to Gambrills residents and their attorneys after the power company’s coal fly ash left many wells undrinkable.

  6. Scientists, policy leaders unite, argue for more aggressive cleanup.

    Environmental Health News - Dec 31, 2008

    A diverse group of Bay scientists, former policy leaders, authors and others issued a joint statement in December calling for more aggressive-and enforceable-actions to clean up the Chesapeake.

  7. Zebra mussels found in lower Susquehanna.

    Environmental Health News - Dec 31, 2008

    Zebra mussels, the infamous invader from the Caspian Sea that has infested the Great Lakes and other water bodies, have finally made their way to the fringes of the Chesapeake Bay.

  8. Environmental group sues zinc-smelter operator.

    Environmental Health News - Dec 31, 2008

    An environmental advocacy organization is suing Beaver County zinc smelter Horsehead Corp. for polluting the Ohio River under the federal Clean Water Act.

  9. Essroc is victim of one big litter bug.

    Environmental Health News - Dec 31, 2008

    State officials want to know how 22 tons of debris from a school in New Jersey got dumped at a cement company in Nazareth.

  10. Elmo the Hazardous? Toy tests say it's possible.

    Environmental Health News - Dec 31, 2008

    Even a Sesame Street Elmo doll can contain lead, learned concerned citizens during a lead and chemical testing event at the Marblehead, Massachusetts Community Center, hosted by state Rep. Lori Ehrlich to support the …

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