The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 210, Issues 4-6National Geographic Society., 2006 - Geography |
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... toxic PBDE , found primarily in U.S. - made products , is 10 times the average found in a small study of U.S. residents and more than 200 times the average in Sweden . The news about another PBDE variant also toxic to animals - is ...
... toxic PBDE , found primarily in U.S. - made products , is 10 times the average found in a small study of U.S. residents and more than 200 times the average in Sweden . The news about another PBDE variant also toxic to animals - is ...
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... toxic chemicals here . " It was started as a landfill before there were any rules and regulations on how landfills were done , " says Denise Jordan - Izaguirre , the regional represen- tative for the federal Agency for Toxic Substances ...
... toxic chemicals here . " It was started as a landfill before there were any rules and regulations on how landfills were done , " says Denise Jordan - Izaguirre , the regional represen- tative for the federal Agency for Toxic Substances ...
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... Toxic exposures aren't always due to accidents or ignorance about a chemical's true dangers . The U.S. banned widespread use of DBCP as a pesti- cide in 1977 , although traces still linger in ground- water in some parts of the country ...
... Toxic exposures aren't always due to accidents or ignorance about a chemical's true dangers . The U.S. banned widespread use of DBCP as a pesti- cide in 1977 , although traces still linger in ground- water in some parts of the country ...
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