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Mount St. Helens Erupts
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Volcano-cam 
Volcanic
ash can travel hundreds
to thousands of miles
downwind from a volcano.
Fresh volcanic ash
is gritty, abrasive, sometimes
corrosive,
and always unpleasant.
Although ash is not highly
toxic, it can
trouble infants, the elderly
and those with
respiratory ailments.
In ashy areas, use
dust masks and eye protection.
If you
don't have a dust mask,
use a wet handkerchief.
Small ash particles can
abrade the front
of the eye. The volcanic
gases that pose the greatest
potential
hazard are sulfur dioxide,
carbon dioxide, and hydrogen
fluoride. Volcanic eruptions: preparing and responding |
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Highlighted
Program
Clean Air Rules of
2004
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The Clean Air Rules are a suite of actions that will dramatically
improve America's air quality. Three of the rules specifically
address the transport of pollution across state borders. These
rules provide national tools to achieve significant improvement
in air quality and the associated benefits of improved health,
longevity and quality of life for all Americans.
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National Lead Poisoning
Prevention Week
October 24-30
This year's theme, "Shut The Door on Lead Poisoning," highlights
the importance of educating parents and children about lead-paint
hazards in housing. Many states and communities plan to offer
free lead screening, and various education and awareness events.
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$9.1
million to protect Great Lakes from Asian carp Oct 13 - EPA and
the Army Corps of Engineers announced funding
for construction of an electric barrier to keep
Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes,
to be completed by February 2005. Asian carp are a significant threat
to the Great Lakes because they are large, extremely prolific, and
consume vast amounts of food.
CITGO
to reduce refinery emissions Oct 6 - CITGO agreed to spend $320
million to reduce hazardous air emissions
from six refineries in five states. This settlement of an EPA enforcement
action will reduce harmful air emissions by more than 30,000 tons
per year.
World
Water Monitoring Day Oct 18 - Marking the 32nd anniversary
of the Clean Water Act, Administrator Mike
Leavitt led government officials at the Smithsonian
Research facility on the Chesapeake Bay
in celebrating World Water Monitoring Day.
The observation gives youth and their families
the opportunity to learn about the health
of their local watersheds by participating
in water monitoring activities.
