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Brookhaven Lab Honored with EPA Environmental Achievement Award

10-17-2006 · Brookhaven National Laboratory

Brookhaven National Laboratory is being honored with a National Partnership for Environmental Priorities (NPEP) Achievement Award for reducing both its mercury waste generation and its inventory of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The NPEP encourages public and private organizations to form voluntary partnerships with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce the use or release of any of 31 priority toxic chemicals and metals identified by the EPA.

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