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>SAFETY REGULATIONS VIOLATED AT NUCLEAR REACTORS ACROSS U.S.

>62 ARRESTED DARING SUBMERGENCE AT NARMADA DAM PROTEST

>MINE WASTES PNG RIVERS, GLOBAL BAN URGED

>RHINO MAN, MICHAEL WERIKHE, DIES IN KENYA

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>AMERISCAN: AUGUST 11, 1999

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>* Airtech Filt Removes 99% of All Airborne Contamination Inside

Automobiles

>* New Glenro Fume Oxidizer Efficiently Destroys Multiple VOCs

>Environmental Support Solutions Re-Purchased by Founder; Becomes Internet

>Environmental Compliance Vortal

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>SAFETY REGULATIONS VIOLATED AT NUCLEAR REACTORS ACROSS U.S.

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>WASHINGTON, DC, August 11, 1999 (ENS) - Safety has been compromised at

>nuclear reactors throughout the United States, with more than 90 percent of

>the country's reactors run in violation of government safety regulations

>over the last three years, a study by the Washington, DC based watchdog

>group Public Citizen has found.

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>62 ARRESTED DARING SUBMERGENCE AT NARMADA DAM PROTEST

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>By Frederick Noronha

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>BOMBAY, India, August 11, 1999 (ENS) - Villagers and activists are braving

>submergence in a do or die protest against the mammoth Indian Narmada dam

>project, as protests touched a flashpoint this week.

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>MINE WASTES PNG RIVERS, GLOBAL BAN URGED

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>PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea, August 11, 1999 (ENS) - The release by

>Australian mining company Broken Hill Proprietary of reports confirming

>severe environmental impacts of mine wastes dumped in Papua New Guinea's

>Ok Tedi River has sparked calls for a global ban of river and sea dumping

>of mine tailings. The Ok Tedi open-pit mine produces copper and gold.

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>RHINO MAN, MICHAEL WERIKHE, DIES IN KENYA

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>NAIROBI, Kenya, August 11, 1999 (ENS) - " The Rhino Man, " Werikhe of

>Mombasa, Kenya, died Sunday morning at a hospital in Mombasa, Kenya. The

> " Daily Nation " newspaper in Nairobi, reported that Werikhe's death resulted

>from injuries sustained in an assault outside his home in Majengo Sega

>three weeks earlier. The exact cause of death has yet to be confirmed.

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>ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE AMERISCAN: AUGUST 11, 1999

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>Nissan Plans Ultra Low Emission Car for 2000

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>Bioterrorism Could Threaten Crops, Citizens, Human Health

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>Navy Examines Impacts of Sonar System on Sea Life

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>Agricultural Drought Emergency Spreads Like Wildfire

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>$54 Million Loan Will Open Uzbekistan Battery Plant

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>Alaska Seeks Damages Against Royal Caribbean

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>Lobbyists Speak Out Against Renewable Energy Subsidies

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>Three Mile Island Lowers Insurance Coverage

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>Southwestern Plant Not Threatened After All

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>Thousands of Shad Die From Nuclear Plant Heat

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>TO AUTO AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS:

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>Airtech Announces Automobile Air Filter

>S-999 Air Filtration Unit Removes up to 99% of All Airborne Contamination

>Inside Automobiles

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> DALLAS, Aug. 11 -/E-Wire/-- Turning the air inside your car from a

>contaminated health hazard into a haven for relief, Airsopure, Inc., a

>wholly owned subsidiary of Airtech International Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin

>Board: AIRG) announces the Airsopure Model S-999 Auto Air Purification

>System. Delivering up to 180 air changes per hour, the S-999 removes up to

>99% of airborne health hazards including bacteria, viruses, mold spores,

>pollen, tobacco smoke, pet dander, and harmful gases and odors.

> /CONTACT: Steve Simon of S & S Public Relations, 847-955-0700, or

e-mail

>Simon@..., for Airtech International Group, Inc./ (AIRG)

> /Web site: http://www.airtechgroup.com /

> /Web site: http://www.airsopure.com /

> /Web site: http://www.airsopure.net /

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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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>New Glenro Fume Oxidizer Efficiently Destroys Multiple VOCs

>Catalytic Design Features Exhaust Heat Recuperation

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> PATERSON, NJ August 11 -/E-Wire/-- As manufacturers nationwide begin

to

>pay closer attention to VOC abatement issues, Glenro Inc. has developed a

>new catalytic oxidation system that destroys solvents in process exhaust

>with 98 percent efficiency. The new 1800 SCFM oxidizer system has just been

>placed in service, where it destroys a four pound-per-hour load of Hexane,

>MEK, Ethyl Acetate and Toluene for a major manufacturer.

>For more information contact: Glenro, Inc., 1-888-GLENRO1 (1-888-453-6761),

>FAX: 973-279-9103, email: info@... website: www.glenro.com

>Website: http://www.glenro.com

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>TO BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS:

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>Environmental Support Solutions Re-Purchased by Founder; Becomes Internet

>Environmental Compliance Vortal

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> MESA, Ariz., Aug. 11 -/E-Wire/-- Arizona-based Environmental Support

>Solutions, Inc. (ESS), an environmental technology company formed in 1993

to

>help organizations develop, implement, and maintain world-class

>environmental regulatory compliance programs, has been re-purchased by one

>of its founders, , who is transforming the company into an

>environmental vortal (a portal for a vertical industry segment).

>has promised to make the company a premier Internet destination for

specific

>environmental compliance information and is currently looking for strategic

>partners with a similar vision.

> /CONTACT: Robin Cepikoff, Marketing Coordinator of Environmental

>Support Solutions, 480-964-5043 ext 24/

> /Web site: http://www.environ.com/

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