arsenic contaminated site News
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EPA proposes Bautsch-gray mine in Illinois for superfund national priorities list
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed adding the Bautsch-Gray Mine near Galena, Illinois, to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country. The Bautsch-Gray Mine site consists of the remnants of an abandoned lead-zinc mine and ...
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With proper care, contaminated urban soils are safe for gardening
A six-year study by Kansas State University researchers indicates that crops grown in contaminated urban soils present little to no risk for people eating those crops when gardeners have followed best practices. The findings are significant for urban and suburban gardeners, who according to a 2012 estimate from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, provide about 15 percent of the world's food, ...
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