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5:58 pm
Mon October 29, 2012

Akin: EPA Should Be Redesigned

Credit Chris McDaniel, St. Louis Public Radio
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) joins Congressman Todd Akin to talk about energy.
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You can add Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma to the growing number of prominent Republicans voicing their support for Congressman Todd Akin’s bid for Senator Claire McCaskill’s seat.

Inhofe is the ranking minority member for the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and he joined Akin in criticizing McCaskill’s stance on fossil fuels.

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Joplin tornado
1:17 pm
Thu October 4, 2012

Joplin Gets Additional Federal Funds To Clean Up Lead

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An aerial view of Joplin, Mo. on June 1, 2011, 10 days after an EF-5 tornado swept through the area. The EPA announced today that the city will receive an additional $2.4 million to clean up contaminated soil disturbed by the twister.
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The city of Joplin, Mo. is getting an additional boost in an effort to clean up soil contaminated by lead and cadmium that was blown around by the fatal EF-5 tornado in May 2011.

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Environmental Clean-up
6:30 am
Fri September 28, 2012

EPA Receives Funding For Lead Clean-Up In Madison County

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Several counties in Missouri were included in lead mining, including Madison.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today clean-up methods it will take on a former mining site in Madison County.

The Madison County Mines Superfund site is part of the Old Lead Belt, where the mining of heavy metals began in the 1700s. The nearly 500-square-mile area is contaminated by lead, a highly-toxic metal that can wreak havoc on organs and tissues in the human body.

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