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Coast Guard Attempts Burning Off Oil Leaking From Sunken Rig

Feds, Transocean Reach $1.4B Deal Over Gulf Spill

The Justice Department has reached a $1.4 billion settlement with Transocean Ltd., the owner of the drilling rig that sank after an explosion killed 11 workers and spawned the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

2013/01/03

Poisonous Poinsettias – Truth or Myth?

Poinsettias are the most popular Christmas plants sold in the United States during the holiday season. One myth is that the poinsettia plant is poisonous.

CBSDFW.COM–2012/12/20

Mercury Cleanup Continues At North Texas Elementary School

Clean up continues at one North Texas elementary school following a mercury spill. The EPA, TCEQ, and North Texas Poison Center have been at Urban Park Elementary School for several days.

CBSDFW.COM–2012/10/29

EPA Adds 2 Texas Waste Sites To Superfund List

The Environmental Protection Agency is adding 12 hazardous waste sites to the list of most-contaminated places in the United States including two in the sate of Texas.

2012/09/14

2010 Poisoned Iced Tea Case Now Becoming Public

Five people were taken to the hospital in April of 2010 after drinking iced tea at a North Texas restaurant that had been laced with sodium azide.

2012/07/12

Packs Of ‘Tide Pods’ To Be Made Safer

Procter & Gamble said that it will change the packaging for its miniature laundry detergent product to deter children from eating the brightly colored packets that look like candy.

2012/05/25