Mississippi Pollution Threatens Aquatic Life and Health
A forthcoming government report will say waste dumped into the Mississippi threatens Gulf aquatic life and human health in Southern Louisiana. The piece notes decades of warnings about river pollution, with industrial dumping and agricultural runoff driving contamination despite some sewage treatment gains.
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Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Mississippi
U.S
New Orleans
Gulf
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Old Man River
Signs of more trouble ahead in Mississippi River pollution
EPA Baton Rouge study finds 89 organic chemicals in river water and 46 in drinking water near New Orleans and Carville. Lead and other heavy metals from 60+ plants threaten 15 million residents and aquatic life. Kaiser permissible mercury dumping continues amid lawsuits. Optimism cites planned secondary treatment by 1972 but vast sewage still enters the river.
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Mississippi
Humble Oil Co
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Atlanta
Birmingham
Louisiana
Memphis
Environmental Protection Agency
Carville
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Louisiana Stream Control Commission
Council On Environmental Issues
Louisiana State University
Kaiser
Washington
Mark Twain
SIU Seminar in Adult Education Enrolls Sixteen for Winter Quarter
Sixteen people with direct interests in adult education from SIU will continue the seminar into winter. Harry Miller, assistant professor, leads the group mainly drawn from the Eldorado Continuing Education Center and the Cairo Egyptian Center, plus two regional coordinators and a Marion Penitentiary teacher. The course remains open to others in adult education and inquiries may be directed to Miller or Dean Stuck.
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Southern Illinois University
Harry Miller
Eldorado
Cairo
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Marion Penitentiary
Miller
Dean Stuck
SIU College of Education
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Jeffrey Enterprises
Yamaha
Midwest Motorcycle Sales
Coulterville, Ill
The
James A. Friloux
the Environmental Protection
SIU
Hutches
Marlyn
Stereos
Hassocks
Marrlyn
Herrin
NRA
Calvert
Calvert Dist. CO
Louisville, KY
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