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An Illinois-based gas distributor has warned officials in at least 12 states that some propane deliveries may have lacked enough of a chemical that gives a distinctive smell to the normally odorless gas.
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A fire at a plant that makes wood products started with a sawdust explosion that occurred as a loader was working at a storage bin.
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Minutes after a woman was suspended from her job at a Kraft Foods Inc. plant and was escorted out, she returned with a handgun and opened fire.
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Sep 9 | News
New York state regulators want to give consumers a detailed look at exactly what's in common household cleansers.
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Sep 8 | News
Te city of Watsonville passed a ban on water fluoridation in 2002, and is currently being fined $200 per day by the state of California for not having the program up and running.
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Sep 8 | News
The Department of Environmental Protection is continuing to investigate the source of stray methane gas detected in the Susquehanna River and at six private water wells in PA.
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Sep 8 | News
Transocean blasted BP's report, calling it a self-serving attempt to conceal the real cause of the explosion, which it blamed on what it called "BP's fatally flawed well design."
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Sep 8 | News
Levi Strauss, along with Hennes & Mauritz, will stop selling products that have been sandblasted due to the potential health hazards for factory workers.
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Sep 8 | News
Scientists studying the BP disaster are reporting the best possible outcome: Microbes are consuming the oil in the Gulf without depleting the oxygen — partially vindicating the decision to use massive amounts of chemical dispersants.
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Sep 8 | News
Emergency teams with helicopters rescued 34 workers from an oil drilling platform that was leaning dangerously in the East China Sea, and searched for two others still missing.
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