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		<title>Big news!  EPA Health Report on Dioxin Released After Twenty Seven Years of Delays</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schade</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Falls Church, VA) Today the US EPA has finally released their major report on the noncancer health effects of dioxin, which for the past twenty seven years has been delayed due to interference from the chemical industry.  Environmental and health groups across the country celebrated this important milestone. “We applaud EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take Action: Urge EPA to release dioxin health report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schade</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are SO CLOSE to convincing EPA to finalize their health report on dioxin, one of the most toxic chemicals on the planet. We&#8217;re up against some of the biggest chemical corporations in the world, and with your help, we can win this fight for environmental health and justice! TAKE ACTION: Send a powerful message [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protected: Who&#8217;s Calling the Shots?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Lester</dc:creator>
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		<title>Tell EPA: We have the right to know!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schade</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For almost 30 years the American people have been waiting for the EPA to release their report on the health impacts of dioxin.  We know dioxin is one of the most toxic chemicals on the planet, but without a final report, the EPA’s and state governments’ hands are tied to meaningfully protect us from this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Other Toy Story: Toy Industry Lobbies Against Laws to Make Toys Safer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Schade</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents, Advocates Leaflet Toy Industry Association&#8217;s Toy Fair (New York City)  Outraged by the Toy Industry Association&#8217;s (TIA) consistent opposition to laws to remove toxic chemicals from toys, parents, students, and health advocates distributed information exposing the sharp contrast between TIA&#8217;s professed commitment to toy safety and its lobbying against proposed laws to protect children. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CHEJ Group Training Call: PCBs in Schools: An Invisible Threat to the School Environment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Makia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chej.org/?p=7161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that schools that were built prior to 1979 may have old lighting fixtures that contain a toxic chemical called polychlorinated biphenyls or PCB’s? In New York City public schools, testing uncovered high levels of PCBs coming from old lighting fixtures and now the city is replacing the lights.  The PCB levels found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fracturing natural gas wells requires hundreds of tons of chemical liquids</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fracturing natural gas wells requires hundreds of tons of chemical liquids Each site requires hundreds of tons of liquid additives By Bob Downing Beacon Journal staff writer February 12, 2012 &#8211; 09:10 AM There are two sides to the debate over the use of chemical additives to complete the process called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protestors &#8211; Red Carpet in Trenton for “Fracky Awards”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“If there were an award for destroying rural communities and endangering drinking water supplies, it would certainly go to the American Petroleum Institute, which uses its clout to spread disinformation about the dirty, polluting practice.” Today activists protested one of several planned regional workshops by the American Petroleum Institute in Trenton, NJ, countering the oil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Sale:  American&#8217;s Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who&#8217;s buying? Not the advocacy groups that work tirelessly to protect people&#8217;s health and the environment, they can&#8217;t afford the purchase. It&#8217;s the American Chemistry Council (ACC) who spent more in the fourth quarter then any quarter in recent history . . . in fact they doubled their spending. ACC, the chief lobbying arm of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Titan Cement in North Carolina</title>
		<link>http://chej.org/2012/02/stop-titan-cement-in-north-carolina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lois</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lois Gibbs visited with groups leading the fight to stop the building of a huge cement facility owned by Titan called Carolinas Cement Company. Emit nearly 350 tons of particulate matter each year, a substance that contributes to tens of thousands of premature deaths annually from heart attacks, strokes, and asthma attacks. Children and the [...]]]></description>
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