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Search results for "Guide Corp" ...
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Blinded By The Light
This story deals with the problem of glare from blue high-intensity-discharge (HID) headlights on today's upscale cars. Amidst complaints from irate consumers, CR explains how automakers downplay these complaints . Furthermore CR conducts a research project which reveals that HID's do produce more glare and also, that the best HID lights are no better than the best halogens.
Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Guide Corp; Tracy Kroll; Audi TT
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White River Fish Kill
The Indianapolis Star investigates why millions of fish began dying in the White River, a major stream that runs through Indianapolis and provides drinking water for many residents. The Star, which assigned two reporters full-time to uncovering the mystery, discovered that the wastewater treatment operator thought to be responsible for the disaster did not have a valid operators license at the time of the fish kill. The Star used state documents to show that Guide Corp., the treatment operator, began having problems two years prior to the fish kill.
Tags: White River; Indianapolis; Indiana; Guide Corp.; fish; environment; pollution