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Detroit Yuck City
Illegal Dumping Pushes Up Toxic Contamination in Great Lakes |
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06 Oct 2003 |
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| Detroit Yuck City Illegal Dumping Pushes Up Toxic Contamination in Great Lakes Toxic pollution in Great Lakes waterways has jumped 25 percent over the past six years, thanks at least in part to rampant illegal discharges from large industrial facilities and sewer plants. Meanwhile, government enforcement efforts on both the national and state levels are stagnating, meaning that most of t ... |
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| Topics: energy, Great Lakes, Michigan, pollution and waste, state politics (all these topics) |
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