Trash study creates a stir, but little action
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An EPA study published in Febuary 2000 revealed that open barrel garbage burning, often referred to as backyard burning, emits disproportionately high levels of dioxins compared to professionally operated waste incinerators. But state regulators, environmental groups, and commercial interests have done little in response.
Publication Name: Environmental Science & Technology
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-936X
Year: 2000
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EPA to make PBT screening available
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency will make available persistence, bioaccumulation, and toxicity (PBT) screening on a new website. The PBT Profiler makes use of various models and databases to screen for PBT, and offers solutions for pollution prevention. To protect business privacy, the website will be secure.
Publication Name: Environmental Science & Technology
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-936X
Year: 2001
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NIOSH study of chemical workers bolster data on dioxin as cancer agent
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Results from a study conducted by researchers from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health shows that chemical workers exposed to dioxin has a 60% chance of dying from cancer.
Publication Name: Environmental Science & Technology
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-936X
Year: 1999
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