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Companies flood water with drugs

" Study: Government overlooks pollution By Jeff Donn, Martha Mendoza and Justin Pritchard • ASSOCIATED PRESS • April 20, 2009 U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least...

created by Barbara Mathieson | 35 wks ago
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Amy Judd

Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers in California listed endangered

The Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, two of the longest rivers in California, have been listed today as the USA's most endangered waterways, because of bad water management and really poor flood planning. The...

created by Amy Judd | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago
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Barbara McPherson

Who owns Colorado's rainwater?

The unfolding story of the enclosure of water, internationally, is a great example of "humanity's inhumanity"." ...

created by Maireid Sullivan | 40 wks ago | updated 40 wks ago
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Hijacked Malaysian Sea-Vessel Headed to Somalia's Pirate Paradise

tiha zaman

Hijacked Malaysian Sea-Vessel Headed to Somalia's Pirate Paradise

" BOSASSO (Somalia): Somali pirates are taking a hijacked Malaysian tanker to their coastal base, where gunmen are already holding six vessels for ransom, a local official said yesterday. " The MSIC's...

created by tiha zaman | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Drug traces found in U.S. water supply

Very unnerving, particularly the fact that it's also in NYC"s drinking water." Trace amounts of pharmaceutical drugs are lurking in Louisville's drinking water, including one used to treat people with bipolar disorder and alcohol withdrawal, and another prescribed to...

created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago
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Work begins on Prescott Lock

What has happened since?

created by LoopZilla | 1 year ago
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Army of agents, officers has game plan for safety

"Thousands of officers and agents from more than 50 local, state and federal law enforcement agencies will be stationed at Dolphin Stadium, patrolling South Florida streets and cruising our waterways as the Super Bowl comes to town. A slew of security measures will be in...