Thursday, April 9, 2009

EPA adds to Superfund priority sites

Check this out folks! Article on superfunds that is at the very least interesting...at the most a bit disturbing.
http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/39630/print

Barite Hill/Nevada Goldfields (McCormick, S.C.) (3 hours away)

Proposed to be added:

Ore Knob Mine (Ashe County, N.C.) ( 2 hours away)
GMH Electronics (Roxboro, N.C.) ( 3 hours away)
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27 comments:

  1. Natalie WisemanApril 9, 2009 at 7:22 AM

    why hasn't this been a hazard?

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  2. cmillerApril 9, 2009 at 9:45 AM

    ...and why hasn't anyone found this sites before?

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  3. Mrs. BApril 9, 2009 at 11:32 AM

    Good questions.......I would suspect that it is fairly rural there and so was " out of sight;out of mind" and now someone wants to deveolp the area...or maybe someone got sick or animals started to die...If I lived near there those are questions I would certainly be asking..........

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  4. Brittney MorrowApril 9, 2009 at 1:05 PM

    I'm just glad that the EPA is taking action on this, or else no one else would im sure. I also hope they track who is responsible for the contamination.

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  5. jakeApril 9, 2009 at 4:34 PM

    It is scary enough that there are over 1,000 of these sites and even scarier some of the chemicals in these sites are basic compounds for drugs and explosives. Not the kind of junk that needs to be sitting around.

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  6. BrettttApril 9, 2009 at 6:03 PM

    its good that someone is finally putting a stop to this

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  7. AshtonApril 9, 2009 at 9:18 PM

    I was really suprised at the number of cases you said were being addressed this morning. Something around 1300 nationwide, right? That's scary!

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  8. ChristopherApril 9, 2009 at 9:47 PM

    So the EPA has now created a map of the best cities not to live near in the US. Its kinda of odd how few of these sites there are considering how much toxic waste is let into the environment and its all got to be coming from somewhere.

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  9. ArielApril 9, 2009 at 9:59 PM

    Even though people are acting its still a scary situation

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  10. MeganWApril 9, 2009 at 11:11 PM

    its about time the EPA started picking up on this. It kinda makes you wonder how many more of these cases are out there.

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  11. rachelApril 9, 2009 at 11:26 PM

    True, I am glad that it is finally being cleaned up even if it will take several years before it actually starts.

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  12. williamApril 10, 2009 at 7:19 AM

    It makes you wonder how many are out there that ate even closer to us that we do not know about.

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  13. TripperApril 10, 2009 at 4:20 PM

    it is good bc i used to hAVE A HOUSE ON THE LAKE AND WHEN WE USED TO GET GAS AT THE MARINAS GAS WOULD BE SPILLED EVERYTIME

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  14. Matt @ NCSUApril 10, 2009 at 10:31 PM

    i agree that it is good that EPA is doing something and that this all needs to be cleaned up, but what about all the other sites that are not on the super fund list...and each site is ridiculously expensive and time consuming to clean up so who will take care of the other areas and who will fund it...the super fund better have a SUPER fund if it plans on taking continued action

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  15. OliviaApril 11, 2009 at 1:21 AM

    Im really glad the EPA is beginning to pick up on all the cases, but I think with the large number of cases they have, they should begin to get other organizations involved. Because it seems impractical to think the EPA can work and solve all these cases by themselves.

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  16. Megan_YoungApril 11, 2009 at 1:00 PM

    It's disgusting how these sites have to even be proposed before being approved to be fixed and cleaned up? I mean what are the requirements that they have to meet before they can be cleaned up? Do people have to die or something? What about the people who actually live near these areas, what happens if their area doesn't get approved to be "cleaned up"? Are they less of a priority just because they are "out of sight out of mind". I say its unjust, and gosh it just makes me mad that the EPA are being so ignorant to the needs of those people! What would it take for them to see that their actions, or absence of actions is very harmful to a lot of people? Who are they to play judge and jury and decide who can live and die? Because face it, most of those contaminants and wastes that they were talking about could kill people! Even in small doses it could make them very sick! Gosh it just makes me so mad! Just leave it to Karma to come back and kick them in the rear end.

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  17. benApril 11, 2009 at 4:47 PM

    It sucks it takes so long to raise money so that the actual cleaning process can take place.

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  18. Sarah SApril 12, 2009 at 9:37 PM

    That's pretty bad.
    that's not even that far away from us

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  19. WolfieApril 14, 2009 at 2:24 PM

    I guess Happy Texas isn't so happy after all...

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  20. AnnaApril 19, 2009 at 8:17 PM

    thats way too many companies and locations... people are stooooopid

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  21. AlishaApril 19, 2009 at 10:58 PM

    Its sad how two of the sites are from north carolina.

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  22. mturnerApril 21, 2009 at 7:18 PM

    yeah the EPA def. needs to get on this nastyness

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  23. MollieApril 22, 2009 at 5:50 AM

    thank you EPA. This is extremely harmful to everyone and needs to be cleaned up asap.

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  24. JimmyApril 27, 2009 at 7:46 PM

    epa is retarded they dont know what is going on half the time i cant believe it took them this long to find this

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  25. loganApril 28, 2009 at 8:59 PM

    the contamination in nc does suck. all i have to say is that whoever is dumping better leave THE RIVER alone!

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  26. Mrs. BApril 30, 2009 at 12:37 PM

    Sara says:
    For the EPA Superfund blog:
    What I don't understand is why people can't just clean up after themselves. Seriously, they are not the only ones who live here I think they could be more considerate

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  27. LawsonMay 18, 2009 at 8:29 PM

    i wish i was paid to clean.

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