Re: States ranked by chemicals and kids

[Guest guest]

Hi Ilena, Please Post!

Hi Ladies,

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of any negative list.

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MM / TX

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From: ilena rose <ilena@...>

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Date: Saturday, September 09, 2000 10:38 PM

Subject: States ranked by chemicals and kids

>thanks to a.jackson@...

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>http://www.msnbc.com/news/456664.asp?bt=prgy & cp1=1#BODY

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> REPRESENTATIVES of the chemical industry, who said they had not read the

>report, defended the industry's record, saying it is reducing emissions and

>spending $100 million to study the health effects of chemicals released

>into the air and water.

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> The rankings, by the Environmental Trust, Physicians for Social

>Responsibility and the Learning Disabilities Association of America, is

>based on data reported by industry and made available this year by the

>Environmental Protection Agency.

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> " This is the first complete snapshot we've ever had of toxic

>pollution in this country that can affect the way that children's bodies

>and brains develop, " Jeff Wise, policy director of the National

>Environmental Trust, said in a statement accompanying the report.

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> The industry data show that 1.2 billion pounds of chemicals

>dangerous to children were released into the air and water nationwide in

>1998.

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> Citing a 1989 federal estimate that emissions account for 5 percent

>of all chemical releases, the coalition said that translated into 24

>billion pounds of chemicals released each year, enough toxic chemicals to

>fill railroad tanker cars stretching from New York to Albuquerque, N.M.

>

> According to the industry data, Louisiana and Texas - both home to

>large petrochemical industries - emit the most developmental and

>neurological toxins into air and water. Tennessee, Ohio, Illinois, Georgia,

>Virginia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Florida are also major emitters.

>

> The states with the lowest volumes were Vermont, Hawaii, New Mexico,

>Rhode Island and New Hampshire.

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> The report also looked at releases by counties, and found that in

>most of those with the highest releases, the number of black residents

>exceeded the national average.

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>Using 1998 data reported by industry, a coalition of health activists

>ranked states in terms of emissions of toxins suspected of or known to

>cause developmental and neurological problems in children.

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