Public Health News

Technologies can Eliminate Chemical Hazards at Oregon Pulp and Paper Mills	8/1/2007
Pulp and paper mills that use chlorine or chlorine dioxide to whiten paper needlessly endanger more 48,000 people in Oregon, according to a new report released today by Oregon State Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG).
Taxpayers Pay to Clean Up Nation’s Toxic Waste Sites: Oregonians Will Fork Over More Than $12 Million in 2006	4/13/2006
American taxpayers will pay more than $1.2 billion to clean up after polluters at Superfund toxic waste sites across the country in 2006, according to a new analysis released today by OSPIRG, the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group.
New Report: Oregon Counties Rank Among the Highest for Cancer-Causing Pollution	3/22/2007
PORTLAND—Exposure to dangerous toxic pollution from industrial facilities threatens communities in Oregon and across the country, according to a new report released today by OSPIRG.

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