Industrial pollution fouls Minnesota's rivers
Report says 1.5 million pounds of toxic chemicals dumped in Minnesota water each year
By Alicia Bayer, Mankato Green Culture Examiner
A report released today reveals that industrial facilities dumped 1,455,361 pounds of toxic chemicals into Minnesota waterways in 2010, including over 47,000 pounds into Mankato's Blue Earth River.
The report was released by Environment Minnesota and co-authored by the Frontier Group.
Wasting Our Waterways: Industrial Toxic Pollution and the Unfulfilled Promise of the Clean Water Act also reports that 226 million pounds of toxic chemicals were discharged into 1,400 waterways across the country.
The report found that 703,019 pounds of toxic chemicals were dumped by industrial facilities into the Mississippi River just in Minnesota.
(Continue reading here. The report is here.)
By Alicia Bayer, Mankato Green Culture Examiner
A report released today reveals that industrial facilities dumped 1,455,361 pounds of toxic chemicals into Minnesota waterways in 2010, including over 47,000 pounds into Mankato's Blue Earth River.
The report was released by Environment Minnesota and co-authored by the Frontier Group.
Wasting Our Waterways: Industrial Toxic Pollution and the Unfulfilled Promise of the Clean Water Act also reports that 226 million pounds of toxic chemicals were discharged into 1,400 waterways across the country.
The report found that 703,019 pounds of toxic chemicals were dumped by industrial facilities into the Mississippi River just in Minnesota.
(Continue reading here. The report is here.)
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Considering the watershed of the Blue Earth River, is farm run-off considered 'industrial pollution'?
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