America's 有毒な wastelands: More than 20 million people living 近づく 場所／位置s 汚染するd with 危険な waste linked to 幼児 deaths and 癌

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More than 20 million Americans live within one mile of 有毒な waste 場所／位置s that have been linked to 幼児 deaths, 癌 and mental health 問題／発行するs.

The 環境の 保護 機関 (（日）経済企画庁（米）環境保全庁) 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d 1,340 'Superfunds' as of 2024, which are 場所s where 危険な 構成要素s were 捨てるd, left out or improperly managed.

New Jersey?has the most with 155 across the 明言する／公表する, 含むing the Raritan River which was 汚染するd by 化学製品s and 製薬のs for nearly century.

A 閉鎖するd gold 地雷 in California was 解放（する） 酸性の waste into a 地元の river that 原因（となる）d a rise of 癌 in the surrounding community - one in 50 people were stricken with the 病気.

In Pennsylvania, a Styrofoam 製造者 捨てるd 化学製品s into water systems used by more than 76,000 people and a 場所／位置 in Pensacola, Florida where a 工場／植物 produces fertilizer that 汚染するd ground water, sludge and 国／地域.

The 環境の 保護 機関 (（日）経済企画庁（米）環境保全庁) has 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d 1,340 Superfund 場所／位置s as of 2024 where 危険な 構成要素s were 捨てるd, left out or improperly managed. More than 20 million Americans live within one mile of the 場所／位置s

New Jersey has the most with 155 場所s across the 明言する／公表する, 含むing Raritan River from the American Cyanamid 場所／位置, which 捨てるd 化学製品s and 製薬のs, and distilled coal tar into the 団体／死体 of water for nearly century (pictured)?

Janet McCabe, 副 行政官／管理者 of the （日）経済企画庁（米）環境保全庁, said communities around the country have been 'long-overburdened by 汚染' that 提起する／ポーズをとるs 'dangerous health 危険s.'

Another Superfund in Laramie, Wyoming is home to the Baxter/Union 太平洋の Tie 扱う／治療するing 場所／位置.

The Union 太平洋の 鉄道／強行採決する (UPRR) operated the 工場／植物 for the 治療 of 鉄道／強行採決する 関係 and other 支持を得ようと努めるd 保存するing 操作／手術s on an intermittent basis from 1886 to 1983.?

The company was known for historical 流出／こぼすs of now banned 化学製品s that 衝撃ing breathing, and these toxins 漏れるd into the 国／地域 and groundwater.

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研究員s at the World Bank （人命などを）奪う，主張する that lead 汚染 is 責任がある more heart 病気 than smoking or bad diets.?

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In February, 大統領?Joe Biden 発表するd a $1 billion to 基金 cleanup 事業／計画（する）s at 25 危険な waste 場所／位置s from New Jersey to?Oregon.

New Jersey has three 場所／位置s の中で the 25 含むing Raritan Bay Slag in Old 橋（渡しをする） and Sayreville.

Sea Land 開発 会社／団体 建設するd a seawall in the area using waste pulled from the 大西洋 Ocean, which was used to smelt metal in the late 1960s to 早期に 1970s.

The waste 衝撃d about 2,500 feet of the seawall, 軍隊ing 部分s of the waterfront to remain の近くにd.

There are continuing 関心s about the 影響s of lead that has been shown to 蓄積する not just on the seafloor, but in birds, fish and humans.?

Brian K. Thompson, 弁護士／代理人／検事 for the （日）経済企画庁（米）環境保全庁, said: 'The lead 汚染 at the Raritan Bay beach and park is a 脅し to the health of the people who live in this community and it is now time for NL [国家の Lead] 産業s to 実行する its 合法的な 責任／義務 to 行為／行う the cleanup.?

'The cleanup will make it possible for children to play at the beach 安全に and for everyone to enjoy the beach without 恐れる of lead （危険などに）さらす.'

In Clackamas, Oregon, the 基金ing will help clean up the Northwest 麻薬を吸う & 事例／患者ing/Hall 過程 Company 場所／位置 w here 麻薬を吸うs were made and coated from the 1950s to the 1980s 汚染するing 国／地域 and groundwater with solvents, primers, coal tar and other 汚染物s, the （日）経済企画庁（米）環境保全庁 said.

New Jersey's?Raritan Bay Slag in Old 橋（渡しをする） and Sayreville is one of its 155 Superfund 場所／位置s.?Sea Land 開発 会社／団体 建設するd the Laurence Harbor seawall and the western jetty using waste from the 底（に届く） of 産業の 爆破 furnaces

California has the second-highest number of Superfund 場所／位置s, with 96 stretching across the 明言する／公表する 含むing the Argonaut 地雷 in Jackson.Pictured is 酸性の 地雷 drainage flowing into a 近づく by river

The 最高の，を越す two 原因（となる）s of death in Clackamas 郡 are major cardiovascular 病気s and 癌, with bronchus, 肺 and breast as the 主要な 原因（となる）s.

California has the second-highest number of Superfund 場所／位置s, with 96 stretching across the 明言する／公表する 含むing the Argonaut 地雷 in Jackson.

In Clackamas, Oregon, the 基金ing will help clean up the Northwest 麻薬を吸う & 事例／患者ing/Hall 過程 Company 場所／位置 where 麻薬を吸うs were made and coated

The 地雷 was a hard 激しく揺する gold 地雷 from the 1850s until 1942 where raw 鉱石 was 過程d and 水銀柱，温度計 was 連合させるd to 抽出する gold from the 鎮圧するd 鉱石.

Because of the 過程, the 国／地域 became 汚染するd with arsenic, lead and 水銀柱，温度計.

The Argonaut High School is 位置を示すd だいたい 250 feet to the west of the Tailings Area and Jackson Junior High School is 550 feet to the east.

The （日）経済企画庁（米）環境保全庁 committed $25 million to clean up the 地雷 from June 1, 2022, to November 2023.

John Hillenbrand, （日）経済企画庁（米）環境保全庁 Geologist and 事業／計画（する） 経営者／支配人 on the Argonaut 地雷 Superfund 場所／位置, said: 'The 量 of 危険 削減 has been 抱擁する.

'Before the cleanup, in this particular pocket, the 危険 of 癌 was one in 50. Now, it has 減ずるd to one in 10,000.'

The A.I.W. Frank Corp. (AIW)/中央の-郡 Mustang 場所／位置 covers 16 acres in Exton.?The 施設 produced styrofoam cups and plates and used 化学製品s to clean machines that 影響する／感情 the human central nervous system

Pennsylvania has the third most Superfund 場所／位置s in the US, accounting for 91.

The A.I.W. Frank Corp. (AIW)/中央の-郡 Mustang 場所／位置 covers 16 acres in Exton, Chester 郡, Pennsylvania.

The 施設 produced styrofoam cups and plates and used 化学製品s to clean machines that 影響する／感情 the human central nervous system.

The solvents used to clean 自動車 engines were 発射する／解雇するd into 床に打ち倒す drains in the building and from there into an on-場所／位置 石／投石する bed drain field.?

In December 1983, a 顧問 to CDS 投資s （悪事，秘密などを）発見するd TCE, PCE, methylene chloride, and 炭素 tetrachloride at the 床に打ち倒す drain and drain field.

Chester 郡 is also where? 957 miles of streams were みなすd as 'impaired,' meaning they do not 会合，会う water 質 基準s

An 概算の 76,700 people 得る drinking water from public and 私的な 井戸／弁護士席s within 3 miles of the 場所／位置.