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November 1, 2009 to November 5, 2009

American Society of Agronomy - Crop Science Society of America - Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting

2009 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Nov. 1-5 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA

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"EPA To Rebuild Uranium-Contaminated Navajo Homes"

"The federal government plans to spend up to $3 million a year to demolish and rebuild uranium-contaminated structures across the Navajo Nation, where Cold War-era mining of the radioactive substance left a legacy of disease and death."

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Source: AP, 06/15/2009

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"Ghosts of Gas Stations Past Haunt Roadsides"

Abandoned gas stations dot some Florida highways. Economic conditions bear part of the blame. But operators' inability to pay for replacement of old, leaky tanks ironically may be causing more old tanks to be left in the ground.

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Source: Ft. Myers News-Press, 06/15/2009

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Long Range Pollution Affects Inuit

Persistent organic pollutants from thousands of miles away accumulate to unusual levels in the bodies of the indigenous peoples of the Arctic.

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Source: SolveClimate, 06/10/2009

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"Court Won't Hear Suit on Camp Lejeune Water"

"The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a Marine's lawsuit blaming the government's dumping of toxic chemicals at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina for his son's illnesses."

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Source: AP, 06/10/2009

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Bill To "Poison" Tennesee Streams Falls One Vote Short

"Legislation allowing more selenium to be released into Tennessee streams fell one vote short of passage Wednesday after lawmakers were told approval would mean poisoning the state's waters to help coal company win a lawsuit attacking its pollution."

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Source: Knoxville News, 06/04/2009

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"Black Tide"

"Just days before Christmas last year, an environmental disaster one hundred times the size of the Exxon Valdez (yes, you read that right) unfolded on a riverbank in eastern Tennessee. A wave of poisonous sludge buried a town…along with the myth of clean coal."

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Source: GQ, 06/04/2009

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"Crime Scene Cleanup" in Kelly AFB Toxics Case

New evidence indicates the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry fails to protect communities from dangers such as the now-disappearing plumes of toxic groundwater carrying cancer-causing chemicals far beyond the Kelly Air Force Base near San Antonio, TX.

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The Beat: Leaking Gas Tanks And Chemical Pollution Are Common Focus

Ever wonder what lies beneath your feet – what's down there in the ground on which we walk? The Toledo Blade's Tom Henry has an editor who asked that question and the result was an interesting look at what the government is doing – or not doing – to clean up gasoline spills from leaky underground tanks.

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Camp Lejeune Vets Suffer from Water

"Camp Lejeune, a sprawling Marine base on the North Carolina seaboard, is the site of what some scientists call the worst public drinking-water contamination in the nation's history."

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Source: St. Petersburg Times, 06/01/2009

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