There is nothing in our air or water or soil that will prevent us from going bankrupt.
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Personally, I will bemoan the beach and park closings, the shorter library hours, the cuts in water, air, and soil conservation, and mass transit funding.
Toxic chemicals have been detected at levels exceeding federal safety standards in the soil and air around the still-burning rubble of the World Trade Center, according to documents compiled by the Environmental Protection Agency.
In the tropics, they take up water from the deep soil and release it as vapor in the air.
That means building futuristic structures that use wastewater and solar power to produce hydroponic (grown in a nutrient-rich water, without soil) and aeroponic (grown in water-saturated air) crops.
Children generally pick up lead in soil that has been contaminated by air pollution and dumping.
But such is their persistence that they can also be found in soil, sediment, food, air and house dust, and 97% of Americans have detectable levels in their bodies.
Some 110, 000 people living around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant were evacuated after the massive March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami knocked out the plant's power and cooling systems, causing meltdowns in three reactors and spewing radiation into the surrounding air, soil and water.
Once emitted, it persists in the environment for a long time - circulating through air, water, soil and living organisms - and can be dispersed over vast distances.
The report says people living near incinerators may be exposed to a range of toxic chemicals, by breathing in contaminated air, eating food which has been contaminated, or by skin contact with affected soil.
In this case, there are fears that dioxins, drifting through the air, could settle on soil or crops and somehow pass into the food chain.
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