-Caveat Lector- -----Original Message----- From: OPPT NEWSBREAK (GEFFRY KING) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 4:51 PM Subject: OPPT Newsbreak: Tuesday, 2 February 1999 >OPPT NEWSBREAK Tuesday, 2 February 1999 > > > Today's "Toxic News for the Net" > Brought to you by the OPPTS Chemical Library > http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/oppt_nb.txt > > NEWS > >"Explosion at Ford Plant Kills 1, Critically Injures 12." >Washington Post, 2 February 99, A3. "Explosion, Fire Rock Ford >Plant [American Scene]." Washington Times, 2 February 99, A6. > One person was killed and 12 others were critically injured > after an explosion at a boiler in the power generation > facility at an assembly plant at the Ford Motor Co. in > Dearborn, Mich., yesterday afternoon. Ford was not aware of > any problems with the boiler. > >"Hepatitis B Vaccine Effort Draws Fire. Critics Cite Reports of >Adverse Effects in Opposing Mandatory Inoculations of Children." >Washington Post Health, 2 February 99, 11. > Critics of a public health campaign to control hepatitis B > through mandatory childhood vaccination programs say the > vaccine, which is the first to use recombinant DNA > technology, can cause "`adverse reactions'--including > conditions similar to rheumatoid arthritis and multiple > sclerosis." France has stopped its mandatory hepatitis B > vaccination program for 11 and 12-year-olds, but American > public health officials say research "has not found any > correlation between the hepatitis B vaccine and any > significant or unexpected reactions." Sidebar: "Hepatitis B > Inoculations" is a graph showing the percentage of children > who have had three of more doses of the vaccine. > >"FDA Recalls Popular Dietary Supplement. Cousin to Banned >Chemical GBH, GBL's Reported Side Effects Led to Action." >Washington Post Health, 2 February 99, 7. > Another report on last month's recall of dietary supplements > containing gamma butyrolactone, or GBL. Sidebar: "GBL at a > Glance." > >"Clash of Views at Va. Hearing on Landfills." Washington Post, 2 >February 99, B7. > In a legislative hearing in Richmond last night, barge > operators and the U.S. Coast Guard tried to convince a > legislative panel that the waste industry is safe and > profitable for the state, while environmentalists and > neighbors of privately-run landfills urged the panel to ban > garbage barges, freeze daily dump capacity, and adopt other > measures proposed by Gov. James S. Gilmore III and other > lawmakers. > >"Budget Savings [Inside the Beltway]." Washington Times, 2 >February 99, A8. > EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner said that "`due to the > leadership of Vice President Al Gore' the nation is > breathing easier.'" She said that under Gore's reinvention > programs, unnecessary paperwork associated with > environmental regulations was reduced by nearly 25 million > hours, 7.6 million tons of waste were prevented, and 79 > million tons of pollutants were prevented from being > released into the air. The programs saved $241.6 billion. > >"Spending All That Money [The Clinton Budget]." Wall Street >Journal, 2 February 99, A8. "President Issues Budget Challenge. >No Tax Cuts, More Spending in Plan." Washington Post, 2 February >99, A1, A4. "Proposed Budget Increases Spending. GOP Slams Plan >as Fiction,' `Fraud.'" Washington Times, 2 February 99, A1, A11. > Energy and Environment is one category among several that > are on President Clinton's domestic spending agenda, each of > which is summarized in this article. The Energy Department, > in preparation for a future oil embargo, will make a case > for more spending put towards purchasing millions of barrels > of currently low-cost crude oil to fill the Gulf Coast salt > domes reserve. > >"Auto Makers and Oil Firms Are Fighting Again As EPA Prepares New >Rules to Clean Up the Air." Wall Street Journal, 2 February 99, >A24. > EPA plans to propose tougher clean-air regulations that, for > automakers, means producing cars that will use low-sulfur > gasoline and, possibly, losing sales on popular pick-up > trucks and sport-utility vehicles due to stricter standards > for tailpipe emissions. Auto companies also fear that > tougher emission standards may ban diesels. 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