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2. Chemical dumps in ocean off Southern California - Wikipedia

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   During the 20th century, a large amount of chemical waste was dumped into the Pacific Ocean within the Southern California Bight off the West Coast of the United States. Dumped materials include DDT, WW II munitions, radioactive waste, PCBs, petroleum products, and sulfuric acid. The chemical waste was dumped in at least 14 offshore locations ...

3. Casmalia Resources Hazardous Waste Landfill - Wikipedia

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   The Casmalia Resources Hazardous Waste Landfill was a 252–acre disposal facility located in the hills near Casmalia, California. During its operation, 4.5 billion pounds of hazardous waste from up to 10,000 individuals, businesses and government agencies were dumped on site. The facility was closed in 1989, [1] and is now a listed as a ...

4. Kettleman Hills Hazardous Waste Facility - Wikipedia

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   The Kettleman Hills Hazardous Waste Facility is a large (1,600 acre; 4,000 hectare) hazardous waste and municipal solid waste disposal facility, operated by Waste Management, Inc. The landfill is located at 35.9624°N 120.0102°W, 3.5 mi (5.6 km) southwest of Kettleman City on State Route 41 in the western San Joaquin Valley, Kings County ...

5. WWII-era munitions found under water in survey of Southern ...

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   WWII-era munitions found under water in survey of Southern California industrial waste dump site ... ground for industrial and chemical waste from the 1930s through the 1970s. ... some 300 hours ...

6. Stringfellow Acid Pits - Wikipedia

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   The Stringfellow Acid Pits are a toxic waste dump and Superfund site located in Jurupa Valley, California, United States, just north of the neighborhood of Glen Avon.. The site became the center of national news coverage in the early 1980s, in part because it was considered one of the most polluted sites in California, and because it became linked with mismanagement and scandal in the U.S ...

7. Regulators reject Berkeley plan that would have allowed ... - AOL

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   In January, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Board informed the cities of Albany and Berkeley that a former chemical plant had disposed of 11,100 tons of industrial waste at their ...