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February 11, 2019

Chemours Is Using the U.S. as an Unregulated Dump for Europe’s Toxic GenX Waste

Sharon Lerner The Intercept

DuPont-spinoff Chemours is sending industrial waste from the Netherlands to North Carolina. The waste in question comes from the production of the toxic chemical GenX, DuPont’s replacement for the surfactant PFOA, ...

July 28, 2016

When The River Turned Yellow

David Bacon The American Prospect

Sixty miles south of the Arizona border, the devastation from a toxic spill has led to an epochal battle between a transnational mining conglomerate and an alliance of miners and farmers.

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