For years, one of the largest employers in that area was the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant, about four miles from Minden. The Environmental Protection Agency eventually listed the plant as a Superfund site because for more than 40 years “untreated explosives-laden wastewater from industrial operations was collected in concrete sumps at each of the various load line areas,” and emptied into “16 one-acre pink water lagoons.” It was determined that the toxic contamination in soil and sediments from the lagoons was a “major contributor” to toxic groundwater contamination. But wait, it gets worse. mobile.nytimes/2015/01/22/opinion/charles-blow-inequality-in-the-air-we-breathe.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1&referrer=
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 19:28:18 +0000
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