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- Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal Gets Superfund Status Fri, 5 Mar 10, 9:15amThe EPA announced this week the addition of 10 hazardous waste sites to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. One of the sites added to the NPL is the super-famous and now Superfunded Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn,...
- Toxic Lake Viewed from Space Thu, 12 Nov 09, 7:00pmBerkeley Pit: Butte, MontanaImage credit: NASA In 1955, copper mining in the area expanded with the opening of the Berkeley Pit. The mine took advantage of the existing subterranean drainage and pump network to lower groundwater...