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5/8/2023
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Campaign for Human Development
5/4/2023
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LEAN Toxic Tour - Industrial Plants At Night
5/4/2023
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American Eagle Plane flies into a cloud of chemicals
5/3/2023
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Gas prices rise in midst of LEAN lawsuit with Baton Rouge Industries
5/3/2023
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Court nullifies area industry fine from DEQ
4/28/2023
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Marylee Orr on Sugarcane Burning
4/28/2023
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Labs testing 6 barrels to determine contents
4/24/2023
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EPA in Louisiana: Camp Minden
2/15/2023
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'The Rock' residents once lived off the land. They blame a burn pit for turning it toxic.
1/28/2023
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'Take care of us': Colfax residents plea for EPA action over Clean Harbors permit renewal
1/11/2023
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Neighbors oppose Central Louisiana burn pit permit renewal
12/20/2022
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Mike Wascom
11/7/2022
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Ronald Grace
11/7/2022
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Jerry Speir
11/7/2022
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Kathy Wascom
11/7/2022
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Malaika Favorite
11/7/2022
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Rose Jackson
11/7/2022
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Reginald Grace
11/7/2022
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Clarice Friloux
11/7/2022
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British company agrees to pay $3.2 million for air pollution at Louisiana wood pellet mills
10/3/2022
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Dresser Pineville Project
10/1/2022
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The U.S. Military Contracted Burn Pits No One Is Talking About
9/30/2022
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Clarice Friloux et al. v. Exxon Corp. and Campbell Wells Corp.
9/30/2022
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Louisiana appeals judge's ruling blocking massive plastics complex; here are the stakes
9/28/2022
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Pollution concerns about this Louisiana swamp were raised decades ago. A new plan could help.
9/19/2022
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EPA settles with PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer on hazardous wastewater violations
7/15/2022
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Sulphur considering public emergency to replace wastewater treatment UV disinfection system
6/28/2022
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Honoring a Landmark Environmental Justice Victory in Louisiana
6/17/2022
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Louisiana refineries measured excessively high levels of cancer-causing chemical in 2021
5/13/2022
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4/26/2022
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Two explosions follow decades of fires, toxic leaks, injuries at Westlake Chemical plants
3/7/2022
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Suit filed over Westlake Chemical explosion in Sulphur in September
1/29/2022
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The Dirty Secret of America's Clean Dishes
12/20/2021
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Syrah Resources planning $137.5M expansion project for 2023
11/24/2021
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'Startling': EPA head pledges action for vanishing Black community of Mossville
11/18/2021
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Poison in the Air
11/2/2021
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Before death from Honeywell chemical release, Geismar plant had small leaks, breakdowns, DEQ says
10/29/2021
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Four of six injured in explosion at Westlake Chemical released from hospital
9/28/2021
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Louisiana courts energy startup that converts sugar cane waste to biofuel
6/28/2021
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$70M plant that would turn sugarcane into fuel could create 200+ jobs in this Louisiana town
6/28/2021
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ULM author: Mothers fight to save their community, Louisianans still need the lesson
5/31/2021
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Chemical pipeline leaks under investigation at Eco Services' Baton Rouge plant
5/6/2021
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Lake Charles industry to pay $5.5 million over contaminating Calcasieu River estuary
4/6/2021
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A look at the 25 accidental releases over 10 years that potentially exposed 130 workers
1/3/2021
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Lawsuit requests jury trial, oil companies clean-up contamination in St. Landry
12/11/2020
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Hazardous Waste Controversy in Willow Springs(1980)
11/27/2020
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What's In Your Water by Consumer Reports
11/2/2020
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Save Our Water Baton Rouge
10/13/2020
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Private Water Well Testing in Louisiana
10/12/2020
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Report an Oil or Chemical Release to the National Response Center
10/12/2020
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Report a Citizen Complaint to LDEQ
10/12/2020
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LDEQ's Electronic Document Management System(EDMS)
10/12/2020
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Displaced Communities in Louisiana's Industrial Corridor
5/15/2020
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Janice Crador Interview
5/15/2020
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North Wastewater Treatment Plant Buffer Area and Vegetative Plantings Project
5/15/2020
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NWWTP Buffer Areas and Vegetative Planting Project
5/15/2020
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Environmental Justice in Mossville
5/15/2020
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Marietta Herr Interview
5/15/2020
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Mike Schaff, Shortly Before Moving From Bayou Corne
5/15/2020
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The Sinkhole That's Swallowing Louisiana
5/15/2020
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Sinkhole in Louisiana Swallows Trees
5/15/2020
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Top 5 Chemicals Released in Calcasieu Parish
5/15/2020
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Top 5 Chemicals Released in West Baton Rouge Parish
5/15/2020
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Top 5 Chemicals Released in St John the Baptist Parish
5/15/2020
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Top 5 Chemicals Released in St Charles Parish
5/15/2020
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Top 5 Chemicals Released in St Bernard Parish
5/15/2020
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Top 5 Chemicals Released in Iberville Parish
5/15/2020
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Top 5 Chemicals Released in Grant Parish
5/15/2020
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Top 5 Chemicals Released in Rapides Parish
5/15/2020
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Top 5 Chemicals Released in Ascension Parish
5/15/2020
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Top 5 Emitters in Ascension Parish
5/15/2020
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Top 5 Emitters in Rapides Parish
5/15/2020
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Top 5 Emitters in Grant Parish
5/15/2020
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Top 5 Emitters in West Baton Rouge Parish
5/15/2020
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Top 5 Emitters in St John the Baptist Parish
5/15/2020
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Top 5 Emitters in St Charles Parish
5/15/2020
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Top 5 Emitters in St Bernard Parish
5/15/2020
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Top 5 Emitters in Iberville Parish
5/15/2020
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Top 5 Emitters in Calcasieu Parish
5/15/2020
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WILLOW SPRINGS: A LOUISIANA CIVIL ACTION
5/14/2020
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Save Ourselves, The Environmental Decision That Changed Louisiana
5/14/2020
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Judicial Review of LES NEPA and Environmental Justice issues
5/14/2020
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Mary Ellender Interview
5/14/2020
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Kay Gaudet Interview
5/14/2020
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Toxic Waste Handler Under Fire : Despite Fines and Cancer Claims, Processor Won’t Close Kiln
5/14/2020
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Linda King Interview
5/14/2020
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Jessie Price Interview
5/14/2020
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Miriam Price Interview
5/14/2020
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Wilma Subra Interview
5/14/2020
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Clara Baudoin Interview
5/13/2020
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Mary Brasseaux
5/13/2020
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Audrey Evans Interview
5/13/2020
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Gay Hanks Interview
5/13/2020
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Rose Jackson Interview
5/13/2020
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Les Ann Kirkland
5/13/2020
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Marylee Orr Interview
5/13/2020
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Lorena Pospisil Interview
5/13/2020
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Debra Ramirez Interview
5/13/2020
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Mary Tutwiler Interview
5/13/2020
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Fernell Cryar Interview
5/12/2020
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Flo Gossen Interview
5/12/2020
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Sally Herman Interview
5/12/2020
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Catherine Holcomb Interview
5/12/2020
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Monica Mancuso Interview
5/12/2020
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Gerry Ardoin Interview
5/11/2020
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Shirley Goldsmith Interview
5/11/2020
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Maureen O’Neill Interview
5/11/2020
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Liz Avants Interview
5/9/2020
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Mildred Fossier Interview
5/9/2020
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Ruth Sheperd Interview
5/9/2020
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Crude Oil and Natural Gas Wastes - EPA website
5/8/2020
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LEAN Community Atlas
5/7/2020
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Clarice and Danny Friloux talk about living near an oil field waste facility in Grand Bois, LA
5/6/2020
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LDEQ Emission Reporting and Inventory Center ERIC
5/6/2020
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Florence Robinson
5/5/2020
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Mary Veales
5/4/2020
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Metro Council Meeting Oct. 10, 2018
5/3/2020
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Top 5 Emitters in Jefferson Parish
4/30/2020
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Top 5 TRI chemicals in Jefferson Parish
4/30/2020
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East Baton Rouge TRI Facilities
4/30/2020
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Top 5 Chemicals Released in East Baton Rouge Parish
4/30/2020
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LDEQ GIS Data Viewer
4/22/2020
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Landfills in LA
4/22/2020
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Superfund and other contaminated sites in LA
4/22/2020
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Ann Williams Interview
4/22/2020
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Mary McCastle Interview
4/22/2020
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Helen Vinton Interview
4/22/2020
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Air Monitoring in Louisiana
4/22/2020
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National Environmental Health Tracking Network
4/21/2020
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EJSCREEN
4/21/2020
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Air Now
4/21/2020
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EnviroFacts
4/21/2020
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NIH's ToxTown
4/21/2020
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EPA's Toxic Release Inventory(TRI)
4/21/2020
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ATSDR's TOX FAQ's
4/21/2020
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EPA's Interactive Map of Air Quality Monitors
4/21/2020
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A Gas Leak// The Evacuation of Grand Bayou
4/21/2020
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Baring the Facts on the Dresser Mess
2/29/2020
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ExxonMobil fire released carcinogenic chemicals, report says, but monitoring found no local risk
2/13/2020
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Disposal Well is Approved
2/5/2020
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A Look Back: 30 years since Exxon explosion in Baton Rouge
12/24/2019
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Poverty in Reserve
12/10/2019
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St James, LA Environmental Impact
11/26/2019
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Air of Uncertainty: EPA singles out small Louisiana community as highest cancer risk
11/26/2019
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Lead Service Line Replacement Collaborative
11/15/2019
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Louisiana's Clean Water State Revolving Fund
11/15/2019
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Louisiana Water System Consumer Confidence Reports
11/15/2019
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EPA Drinking Water Database
11/15/2019
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Louisiana Drinking Water Watch Database
11/15/2019
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Louisiana Healthy Homes and Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (LHHCLPPP)
11/15/2019
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Lead Service Line Replacement
11/15/2019
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Find Lead Pipes in Your Home
11/15/2019
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Secondary Drinking Water Standards
11/15/2019
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National Primary Drinking Water Standards
11/15/2019
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Certified Labs in Louisiana - Chemical Testing
11/15/2019
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Certified Labs in Louisiana - Microbial Testing
11/15/2019
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Test, Know, Act - a look at our test kit
11/15/2019
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Healthy Babies Bright Futures: Testing Water at-cost or what you can afford
11/15/2019
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EPA Home Water Testing Facts
11/15/2019
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A Consumer Tool for Identifying Point of Use (POU) Drinking Water Filters Certified to Reduce Lead
11/15/2019
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Filtration Facts
11/15/2019
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How To Disinfect a Private Well
11/15/2019
Data Table
Treatment Methods and cost
11/15/2019
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A sickening smell is invading Jefferson Parish. But what is to blame?
11/15/2019
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Test Video
11/7/2019
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La.'s industrial corridor is already polluted, and more plants are on the way
10/31/2019
Data Table
Hazardous Material Sign Legend
10/16/2019
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Locations Removed from Superfund List
10/13/2019
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Proposed Superfund Sites
10/13/2019
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Active Louisiana Superfund Sites
10/13/2019
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Signs That Indicate That You Should Have Your Water Tested
10/10/2019
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City Parish
10/7/2019
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Consolidated
10/7/2019
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Commission
10/7/2019
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Home Rule Charter
10/7/2019
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Police Jury Form
10/7/2019
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We Don't Want It!
10/2/2019
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Chart Test 2
9/29/2019
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Test Article 2
9/29/2019
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Test Article
9/29/2019
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Ol' Man River or Cancer Alley?
9/28/2019
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Neighbors of the Fence
9/28/2019
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Cancer Alley: Big Industry, Big Problems
9/28/2019
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Chart Test
9/28/2019
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Map Test
9/28/2019
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Grand Bois
9/28/2019
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Test Article 3
9/11/2019
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8 Investigates: The Ridgecrest Water Crisis
7/31/2019
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In Gert Town are, 'E.T.'-style radiation removal spawns confusion tinged by pollution history
7/21/2019
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Plaquemine family fights chemical plant over burial grounds
6/4/2019
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Toxic Paradise
4/29/2019
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Exxon found at fault for 1993 deadly explosion
3/19/2019
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Dear Baton Rouge
1/27/2019
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Baton Rouge councilwoman says landfill causing cancer, but health experts say evidence lacking
12/15/2018
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Five Men Responsible for 7,200-Foot Mushroom Cloud Explosion in Louisiana Sentenced to Prison
11/30/2018
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This town is like thousands that are vulnerable to contaminated water, with no fix in sight
11/28/2018
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Amid Jefferson Parish landfill odors, a call for permanent air quality monitors
8/21/2018
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If you smell it, tell it: Jefferson Parish creates stench hotline
7/9/2018
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Final defendant in Camp Minden explosion case pleads guilty
6/15/2018
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What caused the historic August 2016 flood, and what are the odds it could happen again?
8/5/2017
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In Colfax, Echoes of another conflict
7/21/2017
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Kaboom Town
7/21/2017
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ExxonMobil fighting citations, $165k fine over explosion that injured 4 workers
7/18/2017
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Environmental group says St. Gabriel plant violated Clean Air Act, threatens suit
7/1/2017
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After years with unsafe tap water, St. Joseph residents eager for new system
5/23/2017
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Residents fighting industrial expansion in St. Gabriel
4/14/2017
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The Plant Next Door
3/24/2017
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They Are Killing Us
3/9/2017
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Fisherville Neighborhood Residents Learn What It Takes to Bring a Continuing Tort Claim
2/20/2017
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Sorrento dump's strong smell leads woman to fire shotgun in air, deputies say
1/16/2017
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Video: Dashcam footage shows Camp Minden blast that lit up sky Thursday morning
9/29/2016
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Louisiana flood is the country's 'worst natural disaster' since Hurricane Sandy, Red Cross says
8/17/2016
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Mossville's End
3/21/2016
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South Baton Rouge shows political clout in battle against barge cleaning facility as neighbors to north also struggle with concerns about pollution
12/8/2015
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South Baton Rouge shows political clout in battle against barge cleaning facility as neighbors to north also struggle with concerns about pollution
12/8/2015
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Explosion at natural gas facility in Gibson kills 3 works, seriously injures 2 others
10/9/2015
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Three dead, others injured in Gibson pipeline explosion
10/8/2015
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Lessons Learned from Tubal-Cain
9/2/2015
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How to Move a Neighborhood
7/30/2015
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How to move a neighborhood
6/30/2015
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How America's biggest swamp could become fracking wasteland
5/7/2015
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Honore urges local health survey on creosote impact
5/5/2015
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Toxic Gumbo
4/21/2015
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The Town from "True Blood" is filled with Toxic Explosives the EPA Fears WIll Blow Up
3/5/2015
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Life in the shadow of an oil refinery
4/15/2014
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In Louisiana’s 'Cancer Alley,' growing sinkhole creates more concerns
1/15/2014
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The Sinkhole That's Eating Louisiana
12/18/2013
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The sinkhole that's eating Louisiana
12/18/2013
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Ground gives way to sinkhole, and a Louisiana town struggles to find its footing
11/1/2013
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Marine Shale Processors site in Amelia to be clean by end of June
4/17/2013
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'True Blood' town evacuated after 6 million pounds of explosives found
12/3/2012
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EPA fines U.S. Liquids of Louisiana for pollution preparedness violations
7/7/2012
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North Baton Rouge buyout questioned
11/4/2011
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Tank barge explodes on Mississippi River at Sunshine
4/25/2010
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Cecos Willow Springs site hearing set
10/17/2008
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Environmental Justice & the PVC Chemical Industry
10/18/2007
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Well explosion leads to evacuation
3/10/2006
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Bad Neighbors
6/1/2003
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Toxic Water Numbers Days of a Trailer Park
5/5/2003
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Toxic Water Numbers Days of a Trailer Park
5/3/2003
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No Child Left Behind Conference
7/20/2002
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LEAN Exxon Mobil ITEP Protest
11/26/2001
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No harm, no foul, in napalm burn
8/24/2001
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Dow Chemical Vinyl Chloride Contamination
6/15/2001
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Plaquemine Water Contamination - Vinyl Chloride
5/21/2001
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The reluctant warriors
5/22/2000
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Newsmaker Luncheon on Environmental Racism
5/3/2000
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North Baton Rouge Environmental Association Opposes Landfill
4/24/2000
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Louisiana Fenceline: God and Greenpeace in Cancer Alley
5/12/1999
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Napalm shipped to Bator Rouge for disposal - 1999
5/4/1999
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Battle against Exxon expansion
5/3/1999
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Robinson V Ieyoub
12/28/1998
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Louisiana town goes to Trial Over Waste Pit
7/13/1998
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N Baton Rouge Residents Receive Settlement from DSI Transports - 1998
5/8/1998
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Polluter Secrecy Bill Defeated, 1997
5/3/1997
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Chemical spill from grounded barge puts Baton Rouge on alert
3/19/1997
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Toxic barge overturned in Baton Rouge
3/19/1997
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Southern University Study Shows on Emissions 9/23/1996
9/23/1996
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Coverage of Chemical Leak Allied Signal Plant 6/19/1996
9/16/1996
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Hunt Correctional and St Gabriel Women's Prison admit to dumping sewage into Spanish Lake 5/14/1996
5/14/1996
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Cleo Fields Speaks at LEAN Conference 11/11/1995
11/11/1995
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Dr. Marion Moses on Pesticides and Children 3/16/1995
3/16/1995
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Fire at BR Exxon plant - 1994
8/8/1994
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Exxon Chemical Plant 1994 Explosion
8/8/1994
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What's On Tap for Consumers?
2/28/1994
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Proposed Toxic Waste Incinerator Alsen, LA (Petro-Processors)
8/31/1993
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Illinois Rivers and LEAN meet in Baton Rouge to discuss Louisiana Proposal
8/26/1993
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Southern Organizing Committee for Economic and Social Justice Environmental Conference 1993
5/12/1993
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Rollins & Catalyst Burning
5/4/1993
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SFI Permit in Alsen
5/3/1993
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HON Rule Hearing
2/17/1993
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LEAN Demands New President Elect Bill Clinton To Take Action on the Environment
1/25/1993
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Southern University Earth Week Celebration and Recognition 4/26/1992
4/26/1992
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Edwin Edwards appoints Kai Midboe as LDEQ secretary 1991
5/4/1991
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Fish Kills due to Pesticides
5/3/1991
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The dump that won't come clean
4/24/1991
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His Family Ravaged by Cancer, An Angry Louisiana Man Wages War on the Very Air That He Breathes
3/25/1991
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His Family Ravaged by Cancer, An Angry Louisiana Man Wages War on the Very Air that He Breathes
3/25/1991
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A tale of cleanup plan gone bad
3/24/1991
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State slow to score with Superfund
3/24/1991
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Officials say refinery blast kills 3, injures 12
3/4/1991
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Safety not always a shield for workers
2/18/1991
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Chemical Plants Buy Up Neighbors for Safety Zone
11/28/1990
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Chemical Plants Buy Up Neighbors for Safety Zone
11/28/1990
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LEAN awards American Cyanimid with polluter of the month, 1990
10/18/1990
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Beating BASF: OCAW Busts Union-Buster
8/1/1990
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Reverend Jesse Jackson
4/13/1990
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LSU-TV Interview with Marylee Orr
3/1/1990
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Labor Dispute in Lousiana Ends with Ecological Gain
1/30/1990
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DEQ discovers radioactive scale in pipes at commission's shops
12/17/1989
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Pollution protests start at waste site
11/11/1989
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LOCKED OUT! The Story of BASF's Attack on Workers, the Community, and the Environment
2/1/1989
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$1.7 million penalty proposed for Marine Shale Processors
1/14/1989
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Cage says Marine Shale probe to continue
1/13/1989
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LEDA opposes sale of site in industrial park for medical waste
12/21/1988
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2 companies to be find for emissions, EPA said
12/20/1988
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DEQ gives Rollins notice of violation
12/14/1988
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EPA considering new Dutchtown cleanup proposal
12/14/1988
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Rollins urged to ready lawyer in case Byrd conflict found
12/13/1988
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Pickets stage protest as Rollins applies for permits
12/12/1988
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State decision on IT corp. plant permit expected in early '89
12/8/1988
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IT property was once site of Houmas Indian Village
12/7/1988
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DEQ reviewing report on impromptu Rollins inspection
12/7/1988
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Complaint leads to weekend inspection of Rollins by DEQ
12/7/1988
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Attorney general's office wants IT permit hearings dismissed
12/6/1988
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Hearing officer, lawyers tour. Rollins facility
11/30/1988
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Toxics March ends; annual trek urged
11/21/1988
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Ozone pollution issue complex; Major natural factors toss EPA control strategy off course
11/13/1988
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Greenpeace says divers partially blocked discharge
11/4/1988
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Protesters make stops at plants
11/4/1988
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Environmentalists appeal fine for BASF they claim is too low
10/28/1988
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Lafayette's landfill crisis won't be state's last
10/18/1988
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Rubicon wants to incinerate pond wastes
10/7/1988
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Environmental health assembly set for N.O.
9/23/1988
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Reproductive Toxicity presentation by Dr. Maureen Paul 1988
5/12/1988
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LEAN receives funding from the Campaign for Human Development, 1988
5/4/1988
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Council will consider ban on burning, storing PCBs
5/3/1985
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Screen asks officials to oppose PCB burn
12/20/1984
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DEQ says Rollins PCB burn off until review completed
12/13/1984
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Chamber joins PCB burn opposition
12/13/1984
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Witnesses Cite Perils of Dumps
6/23/1983
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Salt water is found in four local wells
1/28/1982
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Hazardous waste controversy in Willow Springs
8/22/1980
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Rural Abuse: Cleaning Up Toxic Waste: A Long and Dirty Road
4/22/1979
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