The Nation : EPA Toxic Cleanups Hit
An environmental group charged that the Environmental Protection Agency is using “stop-gap” methods in hazardous-waste cleanups that simply transfer contaminated soil from one place to another. The Washington-based National Campaign Against Toxic Hazards said that cleanups planned under the federal Superfund program will leave toxic materials in the ground and do nothing to cleanse poisoned ground water. The EPA denied the allegations and said it is considering alternatives to redumping the wastes collected from hazardous sites.
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