Virginia’s waterways among most polluted in U.S.,
Thursday, Mar. 22, 2012 by Trevor Baratko
Virginia was listed as the second-worst state for toxic chemicals dumped into its waterways, according to research released today by Environment Virginia, a statewide environmental advocacy group.
More than 18 million pounds of toxic chemicals – including arsenic, mercury and benzene – have been released annually into Virginia’s waterways in recent years, states the study “Wasting our Waterways: Industrial Toxic Pollution and the Unfulfilled Promise of the Clean Water Act.”
“Virginia’s waterways are a polluter’s paradise right now,” said Laura Anderson, field organizer with Environment Virginia.
http://www.loudountimes.com/index.php/news/article/virginias_waterways_among_most_polluted_in_u.s._study_finds423/
Forty years ago this week the federal Clean Water Act was passed, setting a goal to make all of America's rivers, streams, lakes and estuaries "fishable and swimmable" by 1983.
But that didn't happen. A report issued Thursday, World Water Day, shows toxic pollution remains a stubbornly persistent environmental and human health problem, and some of the worst waterways flow through Pennsylvania and surrounding states.
In 2010, the report says, 226 million pounds of toxic chemicals fouled 14,000 miles of rivers and streams and more than 220,000 acres of lakes, ponds and estuaries. The toxins total was down only slightly from the previous year.
The report, issued by the PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center, is based on discharge statistics submitted by industries to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Toxic Release Inventory for 2010, the most recent year available
Pennsylvania ranked seventh in the total amount of toxics released into its waters in 2010, with 10.1 million pounds. Indiana was first, followed by Virginia, Nebraska, Texas, Georgia, and Louisiana. Alabama, Ohio and North Carolina, in descending order, rounded out the top 10.
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/environment/regions-rivers-are-some-of-nations-most-polluted-627667/?p=0
America's Waterways received 226 Million Pounds of Toxic Chemicals Published on Mar 22, 2012 - 9:21:03 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. March 22, 2012 - Five states -- Indiana, Virginia, Nebraska, Texas, and Georgia -- account for forty percent of the total amount of toxic discharges to U.S. waterways in 2010, according to a new report released today by Environment America. 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.
"America's waterways are a polluter's paradise right now. Polluters dumped 226 million pounds of toxic chemicals into our lakes, rivers and streams in 2010," said Shelley Vinyard, Clean Water Advocate with Environment America. "We must turn the tide of toxic pollution by restoring Clean Water Act protections to our waterways."
The Environment America report documents and analyzes the dangerous levels of pollutants discharged to America's waters by compiling toxic chemical releases reported to the U.S. EPA's Toxics Release Inventory for 2010, the most recent data available.
Major findings of the report include:
Pollution from just five states—Indiana, Virginia, Nebraska, Texas, and Georgia—accounted for nearly forty percent of the total amount of pollution dumped into our waterways in 2010
Food and beverage manufacturing (slaughterhouses, rendering plants, etc.), primary metals manufacturing, chemical plants, and petroleum refineries were some of the largest polluters. AK Steel dumped the most toxic pollution—nearly 30 million pounds—into our waterways in 2010.
· In 2010, industries discharged approximately 1.5 million pounds of cancer-causing chemicals, like arsenic, chromium, and benzene, into America's waterways. Nevada's Burns Creek received the largest volume of carcinogens in 2010, while neighboring Mill Creek placed third.
http://yubanet.com/usa/America-39-s-Waterways-received-226-Million-Pounds-of-Toxic-Chemicals.php
Thursday, Mar. 22, 2012 by Trevor Baratko
Virginia was listed as the second-worst state for toxic chemicals dumped into its waterways, according to research released today by Environment Virginia, a statewide environmental advocacy group.
More than 18 million pounds of toxic chemicals – including arsenic, mercury and benzene – have been released annually into Virginia’s waterways in recent years, states the study “Wasting our Waterways: Industrial Toxic Pollution and the Unfulfilled Promise of the Clean Water Act.”
“Virginia’s waterways are a polluter’s paradise right now,” said Laura Anderson, field organizer with Environment Virginia.
http://www.loudountimes.com/index.php/news/article/virginias_waterways_among_most_polluted_in_u.s._study_finds423/
Region's rivers are some of nation's most polluted
March 23, 2012 12:00 am
Forty years ago this week the federal Clean Water Act was passed, setting a goal to make all of America's rivers, streams, lakes and estuaries "fishable and swimmable" by 1983.
But that didn't happen. A report issued Thursday, World Water Day, shows toxic pollution remains a stubbornly persistent environmental and human health problem, and some of the worst waterways flow through Pennsylvania and surrounding states.
In 2010, the report says, 226 million pounds of toxic chemicals fouled 14,000 miles of rivers and streams and more than 220,000 acres of lakes, ponds and estuaries. The toxins total was down only slightly from the previous year.
The report, issued by the PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center, is based on discharge statistics submitted by industries to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Toxic Release Inventory for 2010, the most recent year available
Pennsylvania ranked seventh in the total amount of toxics released into its waters in 2010, with 10.1 million pounds. Indiana was first, followed by Virginia, Nebraska, Texas, Georgia, and Louisiana. Alabama, Ohio and North Carolina, in descending order, rounded out the top 10.
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/environment/regions-rivers-are-some-of-nations-most-polluted-627667/?p=0
America's Waterways received 226 Million Pounds of Toxic Chemicals Published on Mar 22, 2012 - 9:21:03 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. March 22, 2012 - Five states -- Indiana, Virginia, Nebraska, Texas, and Georgia -- account for forty percent of the total amount of toxic discharges to U.S. waterways in 2010, according to a new report released today by Environment America. 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.
"America's waterways are a polluter's paradise right now. Polluters dumped 226 million pounds of toxic chemicals into our lakes, rivers and streams in 2010," said Shelley Vinyard, Clean Water Advocate with Environment America. "We must turn the tide of toxic pollution by restoring Clean Water Act protections to our waterways."
The Environment America report documents and analyzes the dangerous levels of pollutants discharged to America's waters by compiling toxic chemical releases reported to the U.S. EPA's Toxics Release Inventory for 2010, the most recent data available.
Major findings of the report include:
Pollution from just five states—Indiana, Virginia, Nebraska, Texas, and Georgia—accounted for nearly forty percent of the total amount of pollution dumped into our waterways in 2010
Food and beverage manufacturing (slaughterhouses, rendering plants, etc.), primary metals manufacturing, chemical plants, and petroleum refineries were some of the largest polluters. AK Steel dumped the most toxic pollution—nearly 30 million pounds—into our waterways in 2010.
· In 2010, industries discharged approximately 1.5 million pounds of cancer-causing chemicals, like arsenic, chromium, and benzene, into America's waterways. Nevada's Burns Creek received the largest volume of carcinogens in 2010, while neighboring Mill Creek placed third.
http://yubanet.com/usa/America-39-s-Waterways-received-226-Million-Pounds-of-Toxic-Chemicals.php
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