Maine Liberty Journal » Environment http://meliberty.org/blog Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:24:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Report: Androscoggin River One Of Nation’s Most Toxic http://meliberty.org/blog/2009/10/22/report-androscoggin-river-one-of-nations-most-toxic/ http://meliberty.org/blog/2009/10/22/report-androscoggin-river-one-of-nations-most-toxic/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:40:23 +0000 Editor http://meliberty.org/blog/?p=262 Via WMTW (10/22/2009):

A new report from Environment Maine shows the Androscoggin River is one of the most toxic in the country.

The report ranks the river among the top 20 waterways for the most cancer causing toxic discharge for 2007.

The report said 25,502 pounds of toxic discharge, including lead and mercury, were released into the river in 2007.

The report said nationally, toxic chemical were discharged into 1,900 waterways.

The Environment Maine report used data from the U.S. EPAs toxic release inventory.

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