July 2, 1996

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Environmental Protection Agency’s toxicity ranking of the states is a crude estimate of threats to human health, a University of Tennessee researcher said Tuesday. Tennessee ranked second behind Texas in the EPA’s latest annual Toxic Release Inventory of pounds of toxic emissions released annually by each state. Mary Swanson of UT-Knoxville’s

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — More traffic accidents could occur this July 4 because the holiday falls on a Thursday, a University of Tennessee traffic specialist said Tuesday. Dr. Steve Richards, who heads UT’s Transportation Center, said a four-day weekend for vacationers often results in more traffic and more accidents. “It also means more opportunities for drunk