Honduran visitor tours Vt
A Honduran delegate touring Vermont describes malnutrition levels in Honduras, cites Caritas homemaker programs, and contrasts banana production with local diets as officials discuss nutrition education. She notes land ownership under a feudal system and recalls a bribery incident called Bananagate while visiting Essex Junction and Champlain county sites.
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Senora de Perdomo
United Brands Co
Honduras
Ann Johnson
Waterbury Center
Louellen Wasson
Wendy Ross
Ey Rae
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Diane Russell
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Wide range of drinking water chemicals sparks study order
Russell E Train orders a nationwide study on organic and inorganic contaminants in drinking water amid concerns about chloroform carbon tetrachloride and other agents formed during chlorination. Historic and ongoing pipe-related lead cadmium asbestos risks are discussed alongside limited data and a $5 million annual EPA research effort.
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Jane E. Brody
N.Y. Times News Service
New York
Environmental Protection Agency
Russell E. Train
Environmental Agency
National Heart and Lung Institute
Gordon Robeck
E.P.A
National Environmental Research Center
Cincinnati
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