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A Journey Into Portland’s Toxic Zone

August 13, 2010
By Dennis Newman
River Trip 1

Cruising the Willamette River on a perfectly sunny summer afternoon, it was tempting to forget that we were in the middle of a Superfund site. But as one of our tour guides reminded me, “It’s what you can’t see that will hurt you.”
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Bill To Restore The Columbia River Gets A Hearing Wednesday

February 23, 2010
By Dennis Newman

Oregon’s Senator Merkley and Rep. Blumenauer are introducing legislation to reduce pollution in the Columbia River. At a cost of about $40 million a year, the bill creates a team at the EPA office in Portland that will work with states, tribes, local governments and other federal agencies across the Columbia River Basin. It...
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EPA Reaches Settlement In Pesticide Death Case

April 28, 2009
By Dennis Newman

The death of Florence Kolbeck was so strange, that it captured headlines around the state. In July of 2005, Kolbeck and her husband Fred returned to their house after it had been sprayed for bugs by a pesticide company.  Thinking they had waited enough time after the spraying, the Kolbecks were coughing and on...
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