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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1983
Page
12
In Wallingford an estimated 30 000 gallons of acrylonitrile escaped from a pipe at American Cyanamid Co over eight months. The chemical, acutely toxic and linked to cancer, mutations, and fetal deformities, seeped into sandy soil and possibly groundwater. Officials said the March 1 report halted the leak, with damage yet to be assessed.
EPA deputy administrator John Hernandez ordered cooperation with Dow Chemical on a dioxin study in Michigan. Regional head Valdas Adamkus testified that Dow could review the draft line by line, deleting references to miscarriages and fish advisories, actions he called unethical and unprofessional.
White House spokesman says EPA sent documents before 1982 elections showing a delay in funding the Stringfellow Gold Pits cleanup in California. He notes the delay was due to legal technicalities, not politics, and involved a $6 million grant from the superfund.
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