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"Coincidence or Cluster?"

A six-part series by Kevin Craver of the Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.) looks into lawsuits facing two chemical companies after a cluster of brain cancer patients were discovered in […]
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More mayhem in the Meadowlands

In an ongoing investigation, Jeff Pillets of The Record in Bergen County, N.J., uncovered how a taxpayer-supported plan to reclaim the North Jersey Meadowlands instead reopened the infamous garbage dumps […]
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The Mercury Connection

Hundreds of miles of South Carolina rivers are tainted with mercury, and the state warns people not to eat fish caught in some of these waterways. But no one had […]
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Santa Clara County soil tainted by pesticides

Amy Lynch of The San Jose Mercury News reports on environmental issues plaguing Santa Clara County. The county has more toxic cleanup sites involving old orchard pesticides than any county […]
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Book explores U.S., European responses to everyday chemicals

Mark Schapiro of the Center for Investigative Reporting has released "EXPOSED: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power," a book that examines Europe's higher […]
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Series investigates Twin Cities groundwater

In a three-part series that began Sunday, Sept. 16, David Shaffer of the Star Tribune analyzed databases and pollution reports to identify 20 areas of significant groundwater contamination in the […]
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Chronic Polluters, Tainted Waters

Josh Kovner and Regine Labossiere of The Hartford Courant conducted a two-month investigation into the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection's lax enforcement of the federal Clean Water Act. They found […]
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Mothball fleet polluting Suisun Bay

An aged maritime fleet located in Suisun Bay off the coast of California is an environmental threat according to an investigation by Thomas Peele of the Contra Costa Times. Over […]
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Wasting Away: Superfund's Toxic Legacy

The Center for Public Integrity has taken a look at the state of Superfund sites throughout the US. Twenty-seven years after the government developed a program to identify and clean […]
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Toxic vapors threaten well-being of residents of Victor, NY

The Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester, N.Y., presents stories from a two-month investigation into toxic vapor releases related to toxins improperly disposed of near Victor, N.Y., more than 17 years […]
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