Camp Century was a research station and test site for deploying nuclear missiles before it was abandoned under the ice in the ’60s. Scientists say pollutants left behind may spread as the ice melts.
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One year after toxic Gold King river spill, no clear plan to clean up western mines
Last August, 3 million gallons of orange wastewater flooded into Colorado’s Animas River, ending up in Lake Powell. But Congress has failed to come up with a way to stop this from happening again.
America’s ‘Lead Wars’ Go Beyond Flint, Mich.: ‘It’s Now Really Everywhere’
David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz chronicle America’s poisonous relationship with lead in Lead Wars. “We’ve created a terribly toxic environment in all sorts of ways,” Rosner says.