toxic waste

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Ontario lags in keeping industrial waste out of the Great Lakes

By Brent Gibson ⋅ March 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

In January, on behalf of Great Lakes United and Environmental Defence, Ecojustice filed an application to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, calling for a review and amendment to the Municipal Industry Strategy for Abatement (MISA). The MISA regulations put the province on a path to virtually eliminate persistent toxic contaminants from industrial discharges, a [...]

Lake Superior barrel dump scandal is as murky as ever

By John LaForge ⋅ September 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Between 1957 and 1962, barrels containing benzene, PCBs, lead, cadmium, barium, chromium and, most likely, radioactive materials, were rolled off barges into the lake at 16 or more places along the north shore. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this is thought to cover an area 75 square miles in size. One of the identified dump sites is within one mile of Duluth’s drinking water intake.

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