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Posted Tue Jan 26 2010: from Newport News Daily Press:
Virginia scraps its annual water pollution monitoring program http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1264526310
 Tasteless, odorless and nearly as clear as water, polychlorinated biphenyls are among the most dangerous toxic chemicals in Virginia's waterways. Every year, state officials monitor the chemicals, known as PCBs, by testing fish from selected river basins. Fish advisories follow. Not this year. Facing a $5 million funding cut, the state Department of Environmental Quality last summer scrapped the $365,000 PCB monitoring program. "There won't be any new advisories in Virginia because there's no new data," said Rob Hale, a professor at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, which was under contract to do the work.
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I've seen their state motto: "Virginia, where health comes last!"

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