4 ms·
Not-so-fun fact: When superfund sites are cleaned up, there's no monitoring of what is done with the waste. I wouldn't be surprised if the soil removed is then
by hanniabu 3y ago
Not-so-fun fact: When superfund sites are cleaned up, there's no monitoring of what is done with the waste.
I wouldn't be surprised if the soil removed is then just sold to construction projects than need fill.
- aurizon 3y agoOften soil is washed with solvents to remove the Dense Non Aqueous Polar Liquids (DNAPL). These are chloro/fluoro - carbon liquids that settle down to the bottom of the water table and flow downhill over many years - deep in the ground, and finally emerge as a DNAPL 'spring' on a river bank. Many of the super fund sites are these. Here is the rabbit hole for them https://www.google.com/search?q=DNAPL+super+fund&rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA924CA924&oq=DNAPL+super+fund&aqs=chrome..69i57.10034j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=DNAPL+super+fund&rlz=1C1CHBF...
- idiotsecant 3y agohttps://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-waste-management https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-waste-management there are a lot of regulations around what monitoring and remediation is required for superfund waste material.
- greenie_beans 3y agothey probably ship it on a train to poor states like Alabama (kinda like this: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/18/603718526/the-poop-trains-reign-of-terror-in-small-town-alabama-has-ended https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/18/603718526...). Alabama doesn't give a fuck about the environment even though we have the most ecological diverse state in the country.