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In 2024, a team of scientists from the University of California at Santa Barbara discovered evidence low-level radioactive waste was dumped in the ocean during the 1960s. The material was probably dumped by California Salvage, a now-defunct company that also dumped DDT in the ocean during the 1960s. [3] [4]
This is a list of Superfund sites in California 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 ...
A view of Los Angeles covered in smog. Pollution in California relates to the degree of pollution in the air, water, and land of the U.S. state of California.Pollution is defined as the addition of any substance (solid, liquid, or gas) or any form of energy (such as heat, sound, or radioactivity) to the environment at a faster rate than it can be dispersed, diluted, decomposed, recycled, or ...
20 years ago today, Dave Matthews Band's tour bus emptied its septic tank over the Chicago River, drenching unsuspecting tourists on a boat tour with 800 pounds of human waste. ... but at least ...
A former chemical plant dumped thousands of tons of industrial waste around the San Francisco Bay Area. The deposits were made in places that are now open to the public — and could contain ...
In a 1999 report by the International Atomic Energy Agency titled "Inventory of radioactive waste disposals at sea," a grainy map shows that at least 56,261 containers of radioactive waste were ...
Issues in groundwater contamination by nitrates come from 50 years of unregulated management of livestock waste disposal, septic systems and commercial fertilizers. With manganese now also emerging as a concern, studies have shown that elevated levels of manganese in water supplies can lead to cognitive and neurological developmental issues ...
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.