Hazardous Waste Site | Allegan & Kalamazoo Counties, MI | 1950s to Present
Paper mills conducting carbonless copy paper recycling released PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls; a class of chemicals previously used in manufacturing that remain in the environment for many decades, accumulate in living creatures, and pose health hazards to humans, wildlife, and fish. into the Kalamazoo River from the late 1950s through the early 1970s.
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Friday, April 24, 2015 - 14:24
Thursday, October 21, 2021 - 14:34
Hazardous Waste Site | McIntosh, Alabama | 1950s to Present
Beginning in the 1950s, the Ciba-Geigy facility manufactured the pesticide DDT and other chemicals. Manufacturing waste and other hazardous substances were released into unlined pits on the property, and discharged into the adjacent Tombigbee River and its floodplain until 1963.
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Friday, April 24, 2015 - 10:17
Monday, March 29, 2021 - 10:27
Hazardous Waste Release | Polk County, FL | December 1997
What Happened?
On December 7, 1997, a breach occurred in a containment stack at the Mulberry Phosphates Inc. (MPI) facility in Mulberry, Florida. Approximately 50 million gallons of acidic process water was released into Skinned Sapling Creek, flowing into the Alafia River. The contaminated water ultimately traveled approximately 36 miles of the Alafia River before emptying into Tampa Bay.
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Friday, April 24, 2015 - 09:24
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 17:11
Marine Debris | Florida Keys | 2002 to Present
What Happened?
Over the past few decades, poachers have placed hundreds of lobster traps throughout Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Known as casitas (Spanish for “little houses”), these shelters attract spiny lobsters in large numbers, allowing poachers to greatly exceed the fishing quotas set for commercial fishermen.
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Friday, April 24, 2015 - 09:00
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 17:17
Hazardous Waste Site | Brunswick, GA | 1919 to Present
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 08:59
Thursday, November 17, 2022 - 08:45
On April 27, 2006, the oil tanker T/V Margara ran aground on a shallow coral reef close to the Bahia de Tallaboa in Puerto Rico. The vessel was successfully removed from the site the following day without leaking oil into the water. However, response efforts and removal of the ship caused significant additional injury to the reef.
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 07:39
Thursday, December 9, 2021 - 12:05
Hazardous Waste Site | Washington State | Mid-20th Century
What Happened?
The Duwamish River was once a wide, meandering river with large areas of mudflats and marshes. By the 1940s, channelization and filling had transformed the 9-mile estuary into a 7-mile industrial waterway. This process destroyed 97 percent of the original habitat.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 15:22
Monday, March 18, 2024 - 10:25
Ship Grounding | Puerto Rico | June 2012
What Happened?
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - 14:00
Thursday, August 20, 2020 - 17:10
Between 1932 and 1977, the General Electric Company (GE) released PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls; a class of chemicals previously used in manufacturing that remain in the environment for many decades, accumulate in living creatures, and pose health hazards to humans, wildlife, and fish. and other chemical wastes into the Housatonic River.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 10:26
Monday, August 24, 2020 - 14:49
On April 27, 2003, the tank barge Bouchard 120 hit a bedrock ledge in Buzzards Bay. The impact created a 12-foot rupture in the barge’s hull. An estimated 98,000 gallons of oil spilled into the coastal waters of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015 - 06:12
Thursday, March 28, 2024 - 07:48