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Stories about: waste disposal

IRS Does Not Properly Dispose of Taxpayer Records Workers from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) went trash-hunting at IRS offices from several cities in order to perform an audit of the agency's waste-disposal processes. They conclude in their report (PDF) that the Internal Revenue Service fails to properly protect taxpayer informat... 27 May 2009 04:33 GMT Chinese Arsenic Lake Needs Cleaning One of China's most famous hot spring lakes is now critically endangered by arsenic poison. Local authorities have recently discovered the contamination and have placed an offer for the disinfection of the lake both nationally and internationally. The water reserves of a nearby town are severely affected and no ... 23 October 2008 05:33 GMT