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Chromium 6 cleaning plans run aground
This article has been amended, see note below for details. After spending more than 10 years and roughly $9 million, engineers testing two high-tech methods for removing chromium 6 from groundwater say neither method can reliably bring levels of the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Research, Health Organizations, Water, Google Inc.
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Water contamination study nears end
After more than a decade and nearly $9 million, Glendale is nearing the end of its research into the water contaminant chromium 6. After the City Council this week approved using $536,000 to put the final touches on the research project, officials said...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Education, Environmental Issues, Research, Environmental Politics
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Ahead of federal healthcare overhaul, local hospitals look to primary care
As the new year begins, local healthcare providers are preparing for a potential flood of patients who previously didn’t have access to insurance, but who will now be covered as the federal Affordable Care Act takes effect. More primary care...
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Healthcare Policies, Insurance, Health and Safety at School, Health and Medical Professionals
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Grant shouldn't be a bargaining chip
As a retired GUSD teacher, I am disheartened by Tami Carlson's attitude in the Oct. 24 article, “Race to the Top for Glendale still up in the air.” We should seize this opportunity to showcase our schools and potentially earn much needed...Tags: Teachers, School Examinations, Teaching and Learning, Students, Academic Progress
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Medicare and cost-shifting
In the months leading up to the passage of “Obamacare” in 2010, there was a flurry of pro-and-con Mailbag letters regarding Medicare Advantage, the private insurance-company-run plans with a Medicare contract. Well, in the first debate,...Tags: Government Health Care, Barack Obama, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Dentistry and Dental Health, Medicare
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Meatball's online followers enjoy real-life encounter
Having launched the Glendale bear “Meatball” to stardom and nurtured a growing fundraising and media campaign to secure him a permanent sanctuary, Sarah Aujero was understandably excited to become one of few non-official people to see the 400-...
Tags: Wildlife, Vehicles, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Social Media
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Family, friends of pilot found on Burbank off-ramp stunned by death
The family and friends of the Washington state man found dead on a Burbank off-ramp this week remembered him as a fun-loving sports fanatic. The man, Lee Clifford Morris of Richland, Wash., was a 26-year veteran pilot for the airline. His body was...Tags: Embry-Riddle University, Washington State Cougars, Bob Hope
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Water probe involves Disney
Federal and state regulators are investigating whether a vintage air conditioning system at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank played a role in contaminating groundwater with chromium 6, a cancer-causing heavy metal widely used in aerospace manufacturing...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Lockheed Martin Corp., Medical Research, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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On Campus at GCC: Auditions for 'A Doll's House' set to begin
Open auditions for the Glendale Community College Theatre Arts Department's fall production of Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" will be held Wednesday, Sept. 5 and Thursday, Sept. 6 in the Auditorium at 7 p.m. Those auditioning should prepare a one-minute...Tags: Education, Politics, Colleges and Universities, American Dental Association, Labor Day
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Glendale Memorial receives accreditation
Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center has been granted a three-year accreditation in echocardiography in the area of adult transthoracic by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission. Early detection of life-threatening heart disorders and other...
Tags: Early Learning, Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics
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Glendale OKs $300K to man claiming he was abused by officer
The city of Glendale has agreed to pay a 23-year-old man $300,000 to settle claims that he sustained serious injuries when a police officer slammed him against a wall, according to documents released this week. The settlement was reached in March with...Tags: Broken Nose, Injuries and Wounds, Google Inc., Punishment
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Chromium 6 removal process could cost $27 million over two decades
For the first time, a Glendale research team testing methods for stripping chromium 6 from groundwater has released an estimate for how much it will cost long term — putting the tab at up to $27 million over 20 years. The costs will be a key...
Tags: Cancer, Health, Research, Health Organizations, Dietary Supplements
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