Mississippi Business Journal » pollute http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:49:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 More segments of beach closed due to water quality issues http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/more-segments-of-beach-closed-due-to-water-quality-issues/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-segments-of-beach-closed-due-to-water-quality-issues http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/more-segments-of-beach-closed-due-to-water-quality-issues/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 12:34:21 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=74138 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has issued water contact advisories for five sampling stations. These segments of beach are not closed; however, there may be an increased risk of illness associated with swimming in these areas. The affected stations are: • Station 1 — [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/02/more-segments-of-beach-closed-due-to-water-quality-issues/feed/ 0 River remains closed as oil spill cleanup continues http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/29/river-remains-closed-as-oil-spill-cleanup-continues/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=river-remains-closed-as-oil-spill-cleanup-continues http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/29/river-remains-closed-as-oil-spill-cleanup-continues/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:43:58 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=68792 VICKSBURG — Barges transporting commerce idled among the nearly four-dozen vessels stacked up today along a normally bustling stretch of the Mississippi River, denied transit as crews feverishly sought to clean up leaking oil spilled in a weekend barge accident. Workers have been skimming oily water around the clock near Vicksburg ever since a barge [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/29/river-remains-closed-as-oil-spill-cleanup-continues/feed/ 0 Investigators testing neighborhoods for pollutants http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/21/investigators-testing-neighborhoods-for-pollutants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=investigators-testing-neighborhoods-for-pollutants http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/21/investigators-testing-neighborhoods-for-pollutants/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:36:38 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=68468 HATTIESBURG — State and federal agencies are testing neighborhoods around a former chemical plant in Hattiesburg for possible pollution. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Environmental Protection Agency and Ashland Inc., Hercules’ parent company, have drilled test wells within a half-mile of the plant, the Hattiesburg American reported. The wells are drilled in the path [...]

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