Public Health & Recreation

Rhode Island Roads Sprayed Annually with Herbicides

Lawn Chemicals Need Not Apply

Judge Again Defers Pascoag’s MTBE Settlement

Funding Scarce to Make Rhode Island Less Toxic

NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island is home to 13 official Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund sites that rank on the National Priorites List.

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Waterfront Metals Recycler Accused of Polluting Bay

Big Cleanup Proposed for Toxic North Providence Site

Complicated Spill Tough to Clean Up

PROVIDENCE — The day before one of Rhode Island’s most successful and popular road races, the CVS Caremark Downtown 5K, chemicals were applied to the lawns at the Statehouse and across the street at Station Park just in time for thousands of people to enjoy the toxicity.

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‘No Causal Link?’: MTBE’s Long Legacy in Pascoag

‘It Burns When I Shower’

There’s What in My Water?

PROVIDENCE — After nearly 10 years of litigation, lawyers for the residents and the Pascoag Utility District garnered a $7 million settlement from the Exxon/Mobil Corp. for the now banned in Rhode Island methyl tertiary-butyl ether contamination that tainted the town’s well water during the summer and early autumn of 2001.

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Enjoy Some Alphabet Soup with Your Chocolate

BPA: Possible Water Contaminant

Rhode Island’s Pollution Problems Long in the Making

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North Providence Superfund Site Years in the Making

Lawns Sprayed with Chemicals Day Before Race

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Big Win for Pascoag; Drop in Bucket for Big Oil

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