Industry linked to study supporting safety of plastics chemical BPA

By Susanne Rust

New research supporting safety of chemical BPA linked to industry

Prison e-waste recycling exposed inmates to harmful materials

By Amy Biegelsen

Federal inmates have been processing computers, televisions and other discarded gadgets known as e-waste for a poorly administered and poten

Plastics industry edited environmental textbook

By Susanne Rust

In 2009, a Calif. school district added new section to a textbook titled 'The Advantages of Plastic Shopping Bags'
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Town divided over major employer's permission to pollute the air

By Howard Berkes and Sarah Harris

Community in turmoil over cement plant's permission to exceed emissions of hazardous waste incinerators — all perfectly legal

Excerpts from this story referencing "cement":

"… ee."Stout, Lott and Galemore are worried that emissions from a century-old cement plant in Chanute are responsible for the human and environmental damage ar …"

"… is different. It is not one of the 1,600 chemical plants, oil refineries, cement kilns and other facilities considered "high priority violators" of the Cle …"

"… rmission to pollute.Federal rules establish a unique class of polluter for cement kilns, like the massive one in Chanute, that burn hazardous waste for fuel …"

"… the EPA still struggles to limit it. Unlike hazardous waste incinerators, cement kilns built or rebuilt before 2005 can release 43 percent more lead and ca …"

FACT CHECK: Refereeing the Republican response

By FactCheck.Org

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels makes a few errors in his response to President Obama's address