11. Cities and counties outside Austin face special problems in helping decrease toxic emissions. 12. Cox said that under Bush Texas has become the leading source of industrial toxic emissions in the country. 13. Environmental groups, however, are worried the bill will set back public disclosure of toxic emissions. 14. He said that when Bush was elected, Texas led the nation in toxic emissions, but under his administration now ranks fifth. 15. Israel radio reported that chemical materials were stored at the complex, though there was no danger that toxic emissions could spread. 16. Shintech officials and local business leaders point to studies discounting any connection between these toxic emissions and cancer. 17. The chemical industry has maintained that voluntary programs have been successful in reducing toxic chemical emissions. 18. The first national accounting of toxic chemical emissions by electric power plants and the mining industry has tripled the estimated volume of those releases. 19. The land crunch is forcing Japan to burn more garbage, adding to the growing problem of toxic emissions from incineration plants. 20. The most questionable regulations tend to be those controlling minute quantities of toxic emissions, some of which cost billions of dollars for each life assumed to be saved. |