Any Anons have a Chicago Tribune account?
The MWRD has known for more than a decade that its sludge is contaminated with forever chemicals. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune).
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/environment/ct-pfas-sludge-illinois-farmland-20220731-7xqijchadfhilbvkut3ndw5uja-story.html
They did this same damn thing in Arizona. The tailings from the iron king mine were packaged up and sold as Ironite. The Iron King mine has not been declared a superfund site. People actually paid for that crap and spread it all over their yards.
https://www.azdeq.gov/node/1927
Correction, the Iron king mine HAS been declared a superfund site. I wish codemonkey would talk about this. Everytime it rains it washes arsenic into our creeks. There is something going on over there because they have huge stacks of logs being brought in.
The "Gorilla Snot" didn't work. Part of the tailing pile has collapsed and now that crap is running into the wash again.
2011: The EPA completed interim removal, control and improvement actions. Three primary objectives were completed between September and November: Eleven residential yards were stripped of soil, received up to two feet of clean soil backfill and restored to their original condition. These residential yards contained elevated levels of arsenic and lead. The removed soil was placed on the Iron King Mine’s Main tailings pile. Hydro-seed was added on top of the soil to encourage vegetation growth and to act as a temporary dust suppressant. The small tailings pile, located adjacent to the Chaparral Gulch, was relocated to a designated area on top of the Iron King Main tailings pile. More than 20,000 cubic yards were moved. Upon placement of the small tailings pile in the storage area, Gorilla Snot®, a temporary soil sealant was applied to the relocated material to act as a temporary dust suppressant. The former small tailings pile location area was restored to a natural drainage pathway. A soil sealant was applied to the ash piles at the Humboldt Smelter. The final report documenting the removal action is available in the information repository, as well as on EPA website.