Leaking Gasoline Tanks Release Danger Below. / Michael Mansur and Maryjo Sylwester.
by Mansur, Michael; Slywester, MaryJo [co-author.]; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 49Environment. Publisher: Knight-Ridder, 2001ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Gasoline -- Storage | Groundwater pollution | Storage tanks | Underground constructionDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Thousands of leaky underground gasoline storage tanks in America are polluting our drinking water, fouling our streams and filling our buildings with explosive fumes--this despite new federal laws and billions spent on prevention." (KANSAS CITY STAR) The author describes how additives in gasoline can pose numerous health risks when chemicals seep from leaky gasoline tanks into the groundwater and indicates that federal regulations need to be better enforced.
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Originally Published: Leaking Gasoline Tanks Release Danger Below, April 22, 2001; pp. A1+.
"Thousands of leaky underground gasoline storage tanks in America are polluting our drinking water, fouling our streams and filling our buildings with explosive fumes--this despite new federal laws and billions spent on prevention." (KANSAS CITY STAR) The author describes how additives in gasoline can pose numerous health risks when chemicals seep from leaky gasoline tanks into the groundwater and indicates that federal regulations need to be better enforced.
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