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ID: | 186 |
Date: | 2007-05-09 |
Headline: | Massive undertaking to clean up hazardous waste sites has lost both momentum and funding | ||
Reporter's name: | Joaquin Sapien & Richard Mullins |
Delay/denial: | No |
Lawsuit: | No |
Fees: | No |
Media outlet: | Center for Public Integrity |
City: | Washington, DC |
Summary: | A shortage of federal funding has led to a failure in the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund program, resulting in a backlog of hazardous waste sites that Superfund was supposed to clean up but that continue to pose a threat to the environment and, in some cases, the health of Americans, according to a Center for Public Integrity investigation that relied largely on information obtained through more than 100 FOIA requests. | ||
Keywords: | Superfund, hazardous waste sites, U.S. PIRG, old landfills, abandoned mines, defunct military complexes, pollution, Love Canal | ||
Agencies: EPA |
States: US |
Categories: environment |
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