Canadians confirm dioxin findings in Great Lakes fish
Canadian and New York state scientists report traces of dioxin in fish from all parts of the Great Lakes but say there is no health hazard. Ontario minister Norton notes many fish show no detectable TCDD and tests are ongoing to align standards with New York. A comprehensive joint report will follow.
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Great Lakes
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Keith Norton
Norton
United States
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New York State
Albany Times-Union
Times-Union
Expanded Hudson River blue crab warning issued
Albany officials warn New Yorkers not to eat more than one blue crab meal per week from the Hudson River. The advisory expands a 1977 cadmium finding and notes cadmium mercury and PCBs in crabs from various areas. Officials urge discarding cooking water and avoiding the hepatopancreas, liver, and tomalley where toxins concentrate.
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Albany
Hudson River
Health and Environmental Conservation Departments
Environmental Conservation
Robert Flacke
Flacke
David Axelrod
FAA seeks continued ban on air traffic controllers strike
The FAA asked a Brooklyn federal court to extend an injunction blocking 16,000 air traffic controllers from striking on June 22. The agency warned that each day of delay would cause millions in losses and disrupt travelers, businesses, and the air transport system.
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New York
Federal Aviation Administration
U.S. District Court
Brooklyn
FAA
Court upholds Regents charter denial for Moonie seminary
Albany reports the Court of Appeals affirmed the state Board of Regents with a 4-3 decision, denying the Unification Church seminary in Barrytown a charter. The ruling supported earlier findings that the seminary’s standards and record keeping were sloppy while rejecting claims of brainwashing or Korean CIA involvement.
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UPI
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State Board of Regents
Sun Myung Moon
Unification Church
Barrytown
Korean Central Intelligence Agency
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Appellate Division
Regents
New York Assembly Approves Brand Name Drug Substitution Bill
The 1978 generic drug law would be amended to require doctors to handwrite dispense as written on prescriptions when substitutions are not allowed. The Assembly passed 76 to 64, hoping to curb routine brand-name prescribing, with opponents warning of job losses and reduced physician choice. The measure awaits Senate action.
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State Assembly
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Consumer Protection Board
Assembly
Senate
Riccio Gets One Year Jail For No Show Scheme
New York City Councilman Vincent Riccio was sentenced in state Supreme Court to one year in Albany County jail and $5,000 restitution to New York for a felony grand larceny conviction and two concurrent six month terms plus a $2,000 fine for two misdemeanor counts. He pleaded for leniency as Judge Carrol Walsh cited heart trouble. three hired workers allegedly did no work, turning about $18,000 in salaries over to Riccio.
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UPI
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Vincent Riccio
State Supreme Court
New York
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Supreme Court
Carrol Walsh
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