Chemical
June 9, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that a raging fire that engulfed three truck tankers at a Northern California chemical plant recently kept residents in about 2,500 homes indoors for several
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June 4, 2008
According to the Associated Press, two companies that worked as contractors with the now-defunct Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant have been ordered to pay $925 million to residents who
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June 2, 2008
According to the Associated Press, imaging products company Eastman Kodak said recently that it will raise prices on a "select range of consumable products" across its business lines by as
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May 30, 2008
According to the Associated Press, Dow AgroSciences LLC and Martek Biosciences Corp. said recently that they have teamed up to jointly develop and commercialize a canola seed that produces the
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May 7, 2008
According to the Associated Press, police detained 80 people who walked nearly 500 miles from the site of a catastrophic 1984 gas leak in central India to protest outside
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May 5, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that specialty chemical maker Albemarle Corp. is moving its headquarters from Richmond, Va., to Baton Rouge, Gov. Bobby Jindal announced recently.Albemarle already employs several hundred
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May 1, 2008
According to the Associated Press, a bill introduced by Senate Democrats seeks to ban manufacturers from using a potentially unsafe chemical common in baby bottles, toys and other children''s products.The
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March 12, 2008
According to the Associated press, a group of West Virginians who won nearly $400 million in damages in a DuPont pollution case are now asking the state Supreme Court for
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February 25, 2008
According to the Associated Press, a federal appeals court recently rejected an effort by Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange to reinstate claims that U.S. companies committed war crimes by making
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January 28, 2008
The Associated Press has reported that the Michigan Court of Appeals has signed off on giving residents class-action status in their lawsuit against Dow Chemical Co. over dioxin contamination.About 2,000
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