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The US still has a promising future

...concrete, textiles and cars are partially compensated for by continued excellence in aircraft, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals and many computer-related technologies (especially software and related products). Although foreigners just...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-08-14/us-still-has-promising-future
Opinion
Official: white powder at JSD is like cake mix

...mix."Jilly said the lab in Anchorage tested the specimen for about a dozen toxic organisms and about two dozen industrial chemicals. The test results came back Friday afternoon around 4 p.m. The sample was received Thursday evening.The Juneau...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-03-09/official-white-powder-jsd-cake-mix
Local
Environmentalists' power and wealth is overestimated

...quite simply prudent statements in the face of ambiguous evidence. Standards for demonstrating the toxicity of industrial chemicals are based upon adults fully-developed endocrine systems. Why would anyone conclude such standards are safe for...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/051105/let_20050511004.shtml
Opinion
Alaska Digest

...union members and wouldn't negotiate a similar contract, said Randy Knowles, president of Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy (PACE) Workers International Local 8-369. BP spokesman Andrew Van Chau said BP has replaced the...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/082004/sta_akdigest.shtml
News
Toxin found in Alaska gardens, warning issued

...officials are warning North Pole residents to avoid using well water on their gardens after tests showed traces of an industrial chemical. About 200 wells in and around North Pole are contaminated with sulfolane, an industrial solvent used to refine...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/012011/sta_773010065.shtml
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Tests show more wells tainted near Alaska refinery

FAIRBANKS - Tests have shown more wells have been tainted with an industrial chemical from a refinery near Fairbanks. Flint Hills Resources announced last month that six wells near its North Pole refinery had tested...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/121509/reg_535925975.shtml
BP drops Alaska-residency requirement

...Alaska and maintain residency as a condition of employment." The policy had not applied to Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy union members, employees hired before the policy began in 1998, or workers hired through contracts...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/121002/sta_bphiring.shtml
News
Mercury Rises

...levels about three times (since the industrial era)," he said. Mercury largely has been used in manufacturing industrial chemicals and electronics and is emitted into the atmosphere when coal is burned - a common energy source in the rapidly...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/062407/sta_20070624023.shtml
News
Refinery seeks locations for new North Pole wells

...they're looking for locations to drill new wells that can feed the city's water system. Trace amounts of an industrial chemical used at the Flint Hills Resources refinery have been found in two wells that provide water for the city 14 miles...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/041210/sta_605127640.shtml
News
North Pole water defendants suing each other

...filed a cross claim against Williams Alaska Petroleum Inc., the former owner of an oil refinery from where the industrial chemical sulfolane leached into the water table and tainted 175 wells. Lawyers for Williams said in court this week they...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/060610/sta_649781822.shtml
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