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BP Could Be On The Hook For Billions For Violating Clean Water Act
By Phil Villarreal on June 4, 2010 9:00 AM   93 Comments
On Thursday BP checked its mail and got a love letter from its not-so-secret admirer, the Center for Biological Diversity, notifying the spill-a-riffic British oil giant that it would be sued under the Clean Water Act. More »

U.S. Neglecting Clean Water Laws, To Scary Results
By consumerist.com on September 15, 2009 7:58 PM   35 Comments

—>Today's lesson in who Is trying to kill you takes us to municipal water supplies, where violations of the nation's Clean Water Act have now become rampant. According to a harrowing report by the New York Times, polluters have violated the act over a half million times in the last five years, dumping heavy metals (lead, nickel) and other dangerous chemicals into the water, usually without recourse.  More »

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