Groundwater Pollution Seen as Major U.S. Threat
An OTA study found underground water supplies in every state with over 1,000 wells closed and half the nation's population at eventual risk. Sen. Durenberger and Rep. Synar warn groundwater contamination could be the decade’s top environmental concern, demanding stronger protections.
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Ashington
Congressional Office of Technology Assessment
David Durenberger
R-Minn
der Badar
OTA
United States
House
Government Operations Committee
Mike Synar
D-Okla
Government Operations Environment
Iowa Faces Growing Groundwater Contamination
Iowa environmental officials acknowledge a rising groundwater contamination problem but lack precise assessment of its severity or remedies. Officials cite thin soils and 12 000 sinkholes across 15 counties in northeast Iowa as key risk factors, with runoff from farms and discarded chemical containers contributing to potential drinking water pollution.
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Jim Brown
Iowa
Brown
State Environmental Agency
U S plans new military exercises in Latin nations
The Defense Department plans a series of Latin American drills, including a December move into Honduras and El Salvador. King’s Guard will involve several hundred U S troops with Honduran and Salvadoran forces on the Honduran Salvadoran border as part of a broader push to bolster regional military capacity.
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U.S
Washington Post Service
Washington
Defense Department
Central America
el Salvador
Pentagon
U.S. Army
Panama
United States
King’s Guard
Honduras
Paul Gorman
U.S. Southern Command
Nicaragua
Gorman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Shultz urges force against terrorists despite civilian losses
Secretary of State George Shultz said the United States must be willing to use military force against terrorists even if innocent people die. He argued a global power must act beyond defense through prevention preemption and retaliation while acknowledging the costs.
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Gazette Wire
Washington
United States
George Shultz
Shultz
Park Avenue
New York City
State Department
U.S
Beirut
Lebanon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Thatcher seeks calm over test planting at French Embassy
London reports say a test planting of explosives was found in the French Embassy garden by British anti-terrorist dogs before a French community reception for President Mitterrand. Thatcher questioned the incident in parliament, urging urgent talks with France, while French officials frame it as a joint security cooperation test.
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Los Angeles Times Service
London
Margaret Thatcher
Francois Mitterrand
Mitterrand
House of Commons
Thatcher
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