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By sheenaspleena - 8/22/08 - 10:19 pm

I was surprised to read this story on CNN & not the globe:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/22/toxic.schools...

A 2005 study by the Center for Health, Environment & Justice looking at just four states -- Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Michigan -- found half a million children attending schools within half a mile of known toxic dumps.

By oddjob60 - 2/18/08 - 9:09 pm

It's become a most unpleasant part of my daily commute: the smell of commuter train brakes. When I get off the train, I flinch at the odor, which puts me in the mind of week-old diapers on fire.

I don't think it was this bad a year ago, and I notice I'm not the only one who's asking why. To a Wilmington commuter, The T's Dan Grabauskas suggested:

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