
Microbes can now be relied on to clean up sites contaminated with chlorinated solvents … 
Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 declared the closure of Saipan's Puerto Rico Dump
as the highlight of its accomplishment report for 2006 … 
The U.S. E.P.A. reports that the enforcement actions it brought in Guam, American Samoa
and Saipan this year have made polluters spent more than $14.4 million to correct
violations … 
New Bedford has received a state grant worth nearly half a million dollars to help protect
drinking water quality for years to come … 
… but due to worries about pollution the event won't take place at the regular site
of Buckmaster Pond … 
Every day, Houstonians make a choice when they're thirsty. Will it be bottled or tap
water? But is the water that comes from the store really better than the water … 
Dallas officials say they'll help quench Irving's thirst for additional water if and when
the suburb needs it. But they're not looking forward to it … 
Despite all the remarkable scientific and medical advances in recent years, 4,500 children
still die daily because of poor water quality … 
Sales of organic coffee products reached $89 million in 2005, up 40.4 percent from the
previous year … 