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The Pentagon stalled efforts to clean water supplies contaminated by a carcinogenic chemical despite evidence that it posed a significant health risk to millions of people, it was reported yesterday.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigated the solvent, trichloroethylene, extensively used on military bases, after significant quantities were found in water supplies. In its report, published in 2001, the EPA found it to be 40 times more likely to cause cancer than had been previously thought, and recommended tough safety standards to limit public exposure. There was also evidence the chemical played a role in birth defects.

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The Pentagon stalled efforts to clean water supplies contaminated by a carcinogenic chemical despite evidence that it posed a significant health risk to millions of people, it was reported yesterday.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigated the solvent, trichloroethylene, extensively used on military bases, after significant quantities were found in water supplies. In its report, published in 2001, the EPA found it to be 40 times more likely to cause cancer than had been previously thought, and recommended tough safety standards to limit public exposure. There was also evidence the chemical played a role in birth defects.

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(02-25) 16:36 PST Los Angeles (AP) –

Don Knotts, who kept generations of TV audiences laughing as bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on “The Andy Griffith Show” and would-be swinger landlord Ralph Furley on “Three’s Company,” has died. He was 81.

It is with a massive regret that I recognize the end of the Political Puzzle. This great bastian of Liberal truth will be sorely missed by all of us. And, even though this blog, in the forest has fallen, it has made a great noise.
Hammer on, Dave.

This is an honorarium to a man who didn’t want it.
See how well I listen?
The man is Steven King Gavin. My Brother in Law.
I met Steve when I began to date his sister in 1971. He was living in SanFrancisco at the time, and was the City Editor for the SanFrancisco Chronicle.
But, there was more to Steve than that. Originally from Baltimore, he wrote a column for the then Baltimore News American. This column was called ‘Man About Town’.
He led a very colorful life then, as this was the heydays of the Strip Clubs on ‘The Block’.
The Block was starting to die in the early 60’s, getting ragged around the edges. But Steve befriended a number of it’s more colorful characters, one of whom was Blaze Starr. He was also popular with many local politicians, business men and TV and Radio personalities.
His schooling included Calvert Hall, and Loyola University where he majored in Journalism.
Steve loved his family very much, even though he spent his adult years traveling and working around the country.
He was intelligent, compassionate, and a loving person.
I will miss him terribly.