EPA funds to clean drinking water blocked by Congress
EPA official says 1.3 billion in special water safety funds would be rescinded under a new bill, while Clinton vows to veto. Groups warn 53 million Americans drank unsafe water in 1993-94, linked to 1,000 deaths annually.
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Bob Perciasepe
Environmental Protection Agency
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Clinton
EPA
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Natural Resources Defense Council
Environmental Working Group
U.S. Cities listed for unsafe drinking water by EWG
The Environmental Working Group flags several U.S. cities including doliet West Virginia Springbrook Twi Fort Bragg North Carolina Altoona Pennsylvania Rock Hill South Carolina Oak View California for issues like coliform bacteria poor disinfection radium lead and high trihalomethanes. The data cite undisinfected systems with filters not removing contaminants and mention turbidity carbon tetrachloride and tetrachloroethylene as concerns.
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Stephanopoulos and Terry clash on abortion and church state
Washington AP report describes top White House aide George Stephanopoulos debating Randall Terry of Operation Rescue. They dispute whether the United States should be a Christian nation and if abortion should be criminalized. Stephanopoulos defends religious liberty and a wall between church and state, while noting abortions should be rare. The exchange stays calm and respectful despite sharp policy differences. Clinton referenced as a test of extremism.
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White House
George Stephanopoulos
Randall Terry
Stephanopoulos
Oxford University
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United States
Operation Rescue
Clinton
Gene linked to colon cancers found in study
Researchers identify a flawed gene linked to about 20 percent of colon cancers. Dr. Sanford Markowitz of University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University says the right side colon cancer can arise from an unstable gene pattern that frays and fails to activate a receptor. The study appears in Science.
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Sanford Markowitz
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Case Western Reserve University
Markowitz
Science
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
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