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Liz Cheney ousted from House GOP leadership in sign of Trump’s enduring grip on party

Finger Lakes Times 13 May 2021

House Republicans removed Wyoming Rep ... No roll call was made as support for Cheney’s ouster from the No ... 6 U.S ... 6 riot ... Trump, who just days ago released a statement calling his election defeat “Fraudulent,” wasted no time dancing on Cheney’s leadership grave. “Cheney is a bitter, horrible human being,” Trump said in an emailed statement ... Georgia Rep ... .

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Doo The Right Thing!

My Southlake News 12 May 2021

Pet waste contains bacteria, viruses and parasites that can harm humans! Did you know that everything you put into your yard, will ... Diseases and parasites, such as cryptosporidium (crypto), parvovirus (parvo) and salmonellosis (salmonella) can be passed from pet waste to humans.

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What is going to happen to Bert's leg? TV legend Newton can choose the fate ...

The Daily Mail 12 May 2021

In Australia, a plethora of laws restrict what can be done with human tissue after it has been removed from a living patient ... Amputated limbs are most commonly incinerated as medical waste after surgery in Australia ... All hospitals must abide by strict waste management protocols when disposing of human tissue waste such as an amputated leg.

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State Pollution Control Agency: 3M Failed To Manage Hazardous Waste In Cottage Grove

CBS Sports 12 May 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced an enforcement agreement with the 3M company regarding its failure to correctly record, store, inspect, and dispose of hazardous waste at its manufacturing and waste incineration facility in Cottage Grove.

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Animal testing is wasteful, cruel

Las Vegas Sun 12 May 2021

Experiments on animals are mostly irrelevant to human health and divert important funding away from human-relevant research ... While we continue to waste time and taxpayer money hurting and killing animals by conducting unreliable and inhumane experiments, there are plenty of more precise, humane and less time-consuming models to which we can resort.

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Nuclear water or new clear water: A choice on moral perspective

China Daily 12 May 2021

Baskut Tuncak, former UN special rapporteur on disposal of hazardous substances and waste, noted that, "It is their [local citizens] human right to an environment that allows for living a life in dignity, to enjoy their culture, and to not be exposed deliberately to additional radioactive contamination.

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Editorial: Lake Septic

Times Union 12 May 2021

When a body of water starts taking on characteristics of a morning cup of coffee, it’s a telltale sign human waste is finding its way into Lake George’s supposedly pristine waters ... action — despite algal blooms that could potentially pose risks for human health.

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Woman who stays in Valleyview encampment speaks out against those labelling homeless as criminals (Kamloops)

Castanet 12 May 2021

Deejay Amond, pictured on Vicars Road in Valleyview ... “That’s not us. Technically, that’s criminals. We are not criminals,” Amond said ... Residents have pointed at riverbank encampments as areas where garbage and human waste have accumulated, with some saying they have found stolen property in camps ... ....

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Pandemic pushes ethical investing onto 2021’s ‘must do’ list

Mail Guardian South Africa 12 May 2021

Spoiler alert ... more than a quarter of assets under management globally are now being invested according to environmental (climate change mitigation, energy efficiency, waste management), social (labour standards, human rights, diversity) and governance (board diversity, transparency, closing pay gaps) criteria ... More government mandates ... Covid.

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A rare public meeting brings a loud virtual outcry of ‘No’ to Chester incinerator

The Philadelphia Tribune 11 May 2021

Nearly 200 people packed the online meeting room for the Delaware County Solid Waste Authority board’s first virtual public session, focused on the heavily criticized waste-to-energy incinerator in the city of Chester cited in a 2019 study as one of the largest polluters of its kind in the country ... People showing their shared humanity.

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One Minute Disinfectant, TK60, Submitted to EPA for 'Fast Track' Inclusion on List N

Killeen Daily Herald 11 May 2021

... an end to the current pandemic and healthcare acquired infections while improving human and environmental health ... R-Water is committed to reducing the spread of preventable infectious diseases and unnecessary human and environmental exposure to harmful chemicals and plastic waste.

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Letters to the Editor: May 11, 2021

West Hawaii Today 11 May 2021

Are these properties a hazard to community health, because they have no way to deal with the human waste of the many folks living there? Yes ... to include “Land Use Review” by the Planning Department and “Septic System” review by the waste water department.

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Messy affair: Central Vista project

The Telegraph India 11 May 2021

Sir — Be it the generation of excess medical waste or the throwing of dead bodies into the river by desperate relatives, no aspect of nature is being spared by the pandemic ... Waste not ... An estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted globally each year.

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New York’s Inflexible Parole System Hindering Second Chances, Advocates Say

Jacksonville Free Press 11 May 2021

Making good on his promise to the parole board that he was a reformed man, Steele, 55, soon landed a steady food-service job at New York University in Manhattan ... Yet Steele is not alone ... Wilkey said the net of “technical violations” could be cast very wide by the state’s parole officers, generating a “waste of money and a waste of human potential.” ... .

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E-waste recycling matter of national security: report

Phys Dot Org 10 May 2021

Recovering precious elements from e-waste is a security imperative for Europe that should be written into law, according to a report Monday that said it was "crucial" to ensure industry competitiveness and sustain tech-dependent lifestyles in the region ... Big Tech backs plan to tackle e-waste crisis ... E-waste recycling matter of national security.