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Upgrade Sewer Collection and Treatment System to Reduce Sewage and Other Pollutants
Jan 6, 2015The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of Arkansas announced that the city of Fort Smith, Ark. will upgrade its sewer collection and treatment system over the next 12 years to reduce ...
Tags: Sewer System, Local Waterways, Agriculture
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Two New York Community Groups Begun Their Weeks of Summer Water Pollution Monitoring
Aug 18, 2014(New York, N.Y.) With support of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "citizen science" grants, two New York community groups have begun their final weeks of summer water pollution monitoring. The Bronx River Alliance and the Sparkill Creek ...
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New Jersey Community Groups Began Their Final Weeks of Summer Water Pollution Monitoring
Aug 18, 2014(New York, N.Y.) With support of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "citizen science" grants, two New Jersey community groups have begun their final weeks of summer water pollution monitoring. The New York/New Jersey Baykeeper and Friends ...
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FDA Recently Proposed Changes on Product Label of Processed Food Sold in The Us Market
Mar 31, 2014Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) today released a statement saying that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently proposed changes on product label of processed food sold in the US market. The main ...
Tags: Food Packages, US market
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WHO Has Begun Public Consultation on Its Draft Guidelines on Sugar Intake
Mar 13, 2014The World Health Organisation (WHO) has begun public consultation on its draft guidelines on sugar intake, which recommends that sugars should be less than 10 per cent of total energy intake per day, but that reduction to below 5 per cent ...
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FDA Proposed Format Nutrition Labels
Mar 7, 2014FDA proposed format nutrition labels The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed to update the Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods to reflect the latest scientific information, including the link between diet and chronic ...
Tags: nutrition labels, American Foods, Us FDA
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NNSA Recently Successfully Recovered a Disused, High-Activity Cesium
Nov 27, 2013The Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) recently successfully recovered a disused, high-activity cesium-137 source from Massachusetts General Hospital in downtown Boston, Mass. and transported ...
Tags: NNSA removes high-activity radioactive materials from Boston
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CEMEX Kosmos Now Wants to Blend in Scrap Plastic and Wood to The Fuel
Aug 21, 2012Already approved to burn scrap tires as fuel in addition to coal and petroleum coke, CEMEX Kosmos now wants to blend in scrap plastic and wood to the fuel that fires its super-hot cement kiln in southwest Louisville, according to public ...
Tags: market view, cement