Hazardous waste sites are scattered all across the country, from a Brooklyn canal once surrounded by chemical plants to a shuttered garbage incineration facility in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
There are more than 1,300 of these spots in all — dubbed “Superfund sites” by the federal government — where toxic chemicals from factories and landfills were dumped for decades, polluting the surrounding soil, water and air.
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Climate Migrants & Hurricanes
By Sharon Franklin. Before recent hurricanes that have reduced towns and cities in the Southeast, there was a trend for Americans most affected by the
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October 2, 2024