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Paying For Travesties

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This is what Americans have allowed because of IGNORANCE and the Failures of Government to protect us.  Paying For Travesties in  Environmental Protection   —  by  Sally Dugman   — January 9, 2018 In the late 1980’s, I lived in a different town than my current one in MA, USA. Every now and then, maybe about once a week, an industrial plant about a mile from my home would sound a whistle. Then suddenly the air surrounding my home would be filled with something that smelled sickeningly sweet. It tasted, too, that way and made one feel dizzy, faint and nauseous. So I asked a friend, a chemist, about what would cause this physical reaction to me and my daughter, five years old at the time and playing outdoors, and me supervising her when the whistle would blow. He said that it was a benzene based product based on my description. Benzene can destroy lives. It is highly cancerous. If it doesn’t kill you, it can at least shorten your life an...

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  International Agency for Research on Cancer finalizes benzene carcinogenicity posted on: December 11, 2017 author: John Tomlinson category: Environmental, Toxic Torts http://www.beasleyallen.com/news/international-agency-for-research-on-cancer-finalizes-benzene-carcinogenicity/ --------------------------------------- International Agency for Research on Cancer finalizes benzene carcinogenicity   posted on:                       author:                      category: December 11, 2017      John Tomlinson       Environmental, Toxic Torts   In October, 27 scientists from around the world met at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a working group t...