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Easy chilled peach soup

Try serving chilled peach soup as a first course for brunch with small side salad.
For town made famous by 'Erin Brockovich,' a toxic sequel?

Hinkley, Calif., battled pollution of its ground water by chromium 6 in the 1990s – a case that inspired 'Erin Brockovich.' Now the substance has escaped its containment barrier.
Hexavalent chromium: Chemical found in drinking water of 31 US cities

Hexavalent chromium is the pollutant at the heart of 'Erin Brockovich.' The movie recounts the legal battle waged by residents of Hinkley, Calif., who blamed exposure to the chemical for high rates of diseases.
Massive 'dead zone' in the Gulf -- but not because of the oil spill

The 2010 Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' of oxygen-deprived water – roughly the size of Massachusetts – is patchy and more spread out than usual.
Pressure builds over bottled water

Towns around the U.S. fight firms that want to soak up a local resource.
U.S. eyes shift away from corn ethanol

Worried about high food prices, Congress tries to push the biofuel industry to use nonfood crops.
US eyes shift from corn ethanol

Worried about high food prices, Congress tries to push the industry to use nonfood crops.