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                        Real Estate 		Banned Pesticides Still Found In Parks

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Oct.19   San Jose
  Arsenic, lead and even DDT are still showing up in local parks, decades after their use was banned
Oct.5   San Jose City Hall
  Mayor Chuck Reed says he wants the city yo be the greenest and most eco-friendly city in the nation
Aug.21   Sunnyvale Toxic cleanup delays downtown rebuilding  Construction around the old Town Center has hit a roadblock after tests indicated the groundwater may be contaminated Aug.20   Milpitas Feds To Run Asbestos Tests In Alviso  Federal officials will be running tests to make sure there's no cancer-causing asbestos in the air Jun.6   San Jose City Hall City to cut greenhouse gases by 25%
  City leaders want to reduce greenhouse gases from city operations by 25% from 1990 levels over the next 5 years
Apr.10   San Jose Hazmat Spill At Plant Spurs Evacuations Map
  Firefighters evacuated California Waste Solution where several people reported having difficulty breathing following a 2-gallon spill
Warming 'very likely' human-made

year 2006 Top ^

Apr.12   North San Jose Meth Lab Products Cause Evacuation  Crews have contained a hazmat situation that forced the evacuation of more than 100 business people

year 2005 Top ^

Aug.18   Highway 101 Huge Chemical Spill on I-101
  A big-rig that leaked hazardous material. The spill shut down the roadway in both directions for most of the day
May.20   South San Jose Water Tested After Meth Lab Discovery  Health officials are testing soil samples to see if an illegal lab may have polluted the drinking water Apr.21   Apple Protesters upset with Apple over e-waste  Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition claims iPod battery is a toxic time bomb, and since Apple charges $99 for a new battery

year 2004 Top ^

Bay Area Skies Filled with Smoke and Haze Apr.10   San Jose Fumes evacuate Good Samaritan Hospital  The emergency room was evacuated for one hour because noxious fumes were irritating staff and patients

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Dec.5   Milpitas Customer spilled pint and muratic acid  The Fire Department's hazmat team was called to the scene of an accident at a Home Depot Dec.4   San Jose Sewage plants threaten thousand people  Hundreds of thousand residents living near 2 sewage treatment plants would risk health in the event of an accident Aug.8   South San Jose Explosion Sparks Tests on Reservoir  Anderson Reservoir was closed while officials conducted tests to make sure chemicals did not wash into drinking water May.9   San Jose Ammonia leak at ice plant  A leak at Modern Ice and Cold Storage Co. forced more than 600 residents, mostly students, to stay indoors May.2   Moffett Field Historic air hangar may face demolition  The Hangar One may face demolition over oncerns about toxic chemicals, polychlorinated biphenyls Water Main Break, Possible Contamination

year 2002 Top ^

Dec.22   San Jose Abandoned mine pollutes with mercury  Contamination runs along more than 20 miles of the Guadalupe River, through San Jose and into the bay Aug.29   Milpitas Defective pump causing stink  The high temperatures have evaporated much of the water in the 850-acre Cargill Salt pond, exposing algae Mar.27   San Jose Fire Raises Fears of Toxic Smoke  South Bay Circuits makes circuits, there were a number of potentially hazardous chemicals

year 2001 Top ^

Sep.3   San Jose 5 swimmers sickened from chlorine  4 children and adult were exposed to chlorine fumes after a jet at apartment pool malfunctioned Sep.1   Moffett Field Navy to retool clean up plan  The Navy will consult a government agency on the cleanup of airfield, which is contaminated with PCBs, DDT and metals

year 2000 Top ^

Mar.24   San Jose County Sues Makers of Lead Paint  Santa Clara County is accusing largest paint companies of deliberately concealing the health hazards



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