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Category: Wasting Away

Toxic waste still plagues American communities 27 years after the U.S. government set up a program to identify and clean up the country’s worst sites. A one-year investigation by the Center for Public Integrity reveals the beleaguered state of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund effort, uncovers the companies and government agencies linked to the most sites and tracks progress of the clean up.

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Human exposure ‘uncontrolled’ at 114 Superfund sites

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Contaminated, but still not off-limits By Joaquin Sapien May 18, 2007 Wasting Away Stories in this series Superfund today By Joaquin Sapien and Richard Mullins April 26, 2007 Most Dangerous Superfund Sites By The Center for Public Integrity May 18, 2007 Superfund progress drops off under Bush By Joaquin Sapien and Richard Mullins April 26, […]

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Contaminated, but still not off-limits

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Most Dangerous Superfund Sites

by The Center for Public Integrity May 18, 2007January 7, 2022
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EPA diverts money from shared Superfund pool

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Close connections

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Bankrupt companies avoid more than $700 million in cleanup costs

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Superfund today

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Methodology

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Superfund progress drops off under Bush

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