Thursday, November 17, 2011

EPA Takes Action Against Toxic Arizona Copper Plant : The Two-Way : NPR





EPA Takes Action Against Toxic Arizona Copper Plant : The Two-Way : NPR: "The Environmental Protection Agency has taken tough enforcement action against a copper smelter in Arizona that has drawn complaints about toxic pollution for years.

The unpublicized "finding of violation" issued against the Asarco copper smelter in Hayden, Ariz., claims the company has been continuously emitting illegal amounts of lead, arsenic and eight other dangerous compounds for six years."

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