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                    [Title] => Clark toxic waste death toll now 100
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MABALACAT, Pampanga - A total of 100 people have died since 1995 from diseases believed to have been caused by toxic wastes that US troops left at the former Clark air base.

The latest victim, Lilia Dizon, 44, succumbed to kidney failure at the Mawague resettlement area here last Saturday, said Nerissa Agustin, local coordinator of the People's Task Force for Bases Cleanup (PTFBC).

Agustin said kidney failure has been linked to the toxic wastes at Clark, citing a study conducted by the environmental firm Veston International in 1998.

Like the 99 other victims, Dizon had [DatePublished] => 2000-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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                    [Title] => Clark toxic waste death toll now 100
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MABALACAT, Pampanga - A total of 100 people have died since 1995 from diseases believed to have been caused by toxic wastes that US troops left at the former Clark air base.

The latest victim, Lilia Dizon, 44, succumbed to kidney failure at the Mawague resettlement area here last Saturday, said Nerissa Agustin, local coordinator of the People's Task Force for Bases Cleanup (PTFBC).

Agustin said kidney failure has been linked to the toxic wastes at Clark, citing a study conducted by the environmental firm Veston International in 1998.

Like the 99 other victims, Dizon had [DatePublished] => 2000-04-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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