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Dog food recalled due to toxin

...at a Kansas City plant operated by Pro-Pet LLC., according to the release. Alflatoxin is a naturally occurring toxic chemical contaminant found commonly in corn and other foods that has been linked to liver damage. Altogether, the products were...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-02-26/dog-food-recalled-due-toxin
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Native American women walking length of river, raising pollution awareness

...empties into the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana.That's where the river is at its most polluted state, Day said.Toxic chemicals from municipalities, farms and corporations from the river's length flow into the Gulf of Mexico, creating dead...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-03-27/native-american-women-walking-length
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Blaze destroys Randall business

...Dana Hamilton said the aftermath may have included obituaries.Kreuser said Designer Cultured Stone didn't have toxic chemicals but the resins and polymers used there were part of the reason the tin structure burned so hot and created such thick...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2011-05-30/blaze-destroys-randall-business
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Open Forum: Renewable illusion

...does not look at the total process. To create the devices that capture the sun or wind, we use fossil fuels and toxic chemicals to mine, process, fabricate, manufacture and transport materials. The earth is gouged, rivers polluted, and...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2011-06-24/open-forum-renewable-i
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Vox Pop-Jan. 17

...scammed.Not a trash canCigarette butts are made from acetate and take as long as 25 years to decompose. They leach toxic chemicals into the land and water in the process. Yet almost every day I see people in Brainerd and Baxter throw their cigarette...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/vox-pop/2012-01-16/vox-pop-jan-16
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Great Lakes - Dispatch Editorial

...polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs, dioxin and DDT are discharged. Her proposal would reduce by 91 percent the 22 toxic chemicals flowing into the Great Lakes from industry and municipal sewage treatment plants. The Associated Press reports that...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/100499/opi_1004990004.shtml
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MPCA report shows unhealthy levels of air toxins in Minnesota

ST. PAUL (AP) -- Concentrations of 10 toxic chemicals exceed health guidelines in parts of Minnesota, an air pollution study shows. The chemicals occur mostly in the Twin Cities and...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/111699/new_1116990009.shtml
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Solvent abuse leads to life of craving and despair

...detergent, hand lotion, perfume, cologne, hairspray and household cleaning items. Did you know that perfumes contain toxic chemicals such as toluene -- the same stuff that's in model glue? Even though chemicals make me horribly ill, the craving...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/122599/wha_1225990030.shtml
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Meth's grip can be tough to overcome

...described as thin to the point of being transparent. Open sores erupt on the skin as the body attempts to purge the toxic chemicals used in making meth. Addicts do not sleep for days at a time. They are hyperactive. They are paranoid. They may...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/032700/new_0327000005.shtml
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It's spring and time for pests to invade homes

...crickets to fleas, gnats and ticks. We rush to buy toxic chemicals to fight these pests, and Bond, the author of three...harsh chemicals?'' If you're worried about using toxic chemicals for pest control, Bond's recipes are made to order...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/050200/out_0502000009.shtml
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