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WASHINGTON DC: EPA's tests of air outside schools find problems
by Brad Heath, USA Today
June 9th, 2011
The federal government's first attempt to assess the dangers from air pollution around schools is nearing completion, and the findings underscore the need for more extensive air monitoring, especially in pollution hot spots.

WASHINGTON D.C.: EPA Exempts Refineries From Hazardous Waste Control Requirements
January 28th, 2011
Agency affirms Bush-era loophole exempting refineries’ hazardous waste from public health and safety requirements

NEW ORDINANCE: Train riders may be boarding at roundhouse in Rockland, Maine:
"The city finds that allowing such locomotives to idle in the midst of a heavily settled residential area is a danger to the health of the surrounding residents, based upon the experience of the citizens affected by the exhaust"

Rockland, Maine: First Community AIr Tests of Toxic Train
Lab results from testing conducted last month by the citizen’s group Clean Air for Rockland indicates that their neighborhood is indeed at risk due to high levels of formaldehyde.

Clean Air for Rockland, others launch community air checks
ROCKLAND (Aug 23): Clean Air for Rockland has joined with other Maine community groups to launch community air monitoring in toxic hot spots. For the first time, community members will test the air they breathe, the citizen group said in a press release.

RESIDENTS MAY TAKE OWN AIR SAMPLES
by A.J. ALGIER AND WILL RICHMOND, The Westerly Sun, Rhode Island
June 19th, 2004
A report on air samples taken from the area near the Charbert textile plant shows "elevated hydrogen sulfide" and constitute a "nuisance," state health department officials say.

REPORT SHOWS ALTON A SAFETY 'NUISANCE'
by Ryan McBride, The Westerly Sun, Rhode Island
June 15th, 2004
Dissatisfied with the state Department of Environmental Management's handling of their air quality complaints, Alton residents plan to take matters into their own hands - almost literally.



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