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2. List of Superfund sites in Michigan - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of Superfund sites in Michigan designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law.The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]

3. Mercury vacuum - Wikipedia

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   A mercury vacuum is a vacuum cleaner specifically designed to collect mercury (the metallic element, not the planet), for instance to clean up spills of the element. It is a requirement of the U.S. EPA that a mercury vacuum cleaner be used to clean up mercury spills (if an alternative method is used, a description of the method must be submitted to the EPA Administrator in a Notification of ...

4. Reported mercury spill closes Brown Deer Pick 'n Save - AOL

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5. Mercury (element) - Wikipedia

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   Procedures have been developed to contain mercury spills, as well as recommendations on appropriate responses based on the conditions of a spill. [151] [152] Tracking liquid mercury away from the site of a spill is a major concern in liquid mercury spills; regulations emphasize containment of the visible mercury as the first course of action ...

6. Mercury contamination in California waterways - Wikipedia

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   The roots of mercury poisoning in waterways began with the historic mining of gold within California's streambed and hillsides; since the California Gold Rush, mercury has been used for gold extraction for its ability as a catalyze with the precious metal. due to the process of extraction and washing, mercury used would either be burned away as ...

7. Kodaikanal mercury poisoning - Wikipedia

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   The mercury contamination in Kodaikanal originated at a thermometer factory owned by Hindustan Unilever. Unilever acquired the thermometer factory from cosmetics maker Pond's India Ltd. Pond's moved the factory from the United States to India in 1982 after the plant owned there by its parent, Chesebrough-Pond's, had to be dismantled following increased awareness in developed countries of ...