2022年5月2日 · After a $50 million cleanup, flowers and wildlife replace chemicals and rusting cars in one corner of Ohio’s Cuyahoga Valley National Park. A junkyard that once held rusting cars and...

2022年10月11日 · When the National Park Service (NPS) acquired the Krejci Dump in 1985, it was a toxic wasteland — filled with rusty metal and contaminated with chemicals. Today, after …

2024年4月24日 · More than 20 million Americans live within one mile of toxic waste sites that have been linked to infant deaths, cancer and mental health issues. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

2024年4月24日 · More than 20 million Americans live within one mile of toxic waste sites that have been linked to infant deaths, cancer and mental health issues.

2021年3月3日 · A once noxious and toxic dumping ground for the waste of Northeast Ohio's heavy industry, a tract of land in the heart of Cuyahoga Valley National Park has been transformed into a thriving...

2024年10月15日 · We’ll look at how a toxic dump was transformed into a national park and a thriving ecosystem, teaming with life. THE WILD would not be possible without listener support.

2022年3月10日 · In his latest report, Boyd describes so-called sacrifice zones, areas where the air, water and soil are so polluted from toxic chemicals that cancer, liver damage, lead poisoning, respiratory diseases and many other health issues have become the …

These locations are known as Superfund sites, and are placed on the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL guides the EPA in "determining which sites warrant further investigation" for environmental remediation. [2] . As of November 29, 2010, there were 34 Superfund sites on the National Priorities List in Ohio. [2] .

2015年9月29日 · The first — and most famous — Superfund site was Love Canal, a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, N.Y., where 22,000 tons of toxic waste were buried by Hooker Chemical Company and caused...

Toxic waste is any unwanted material in all forms that can cause harm (e.g. by being inhaled, swallowed, or absorbed through the skin). Mostly generated by industry, consumer products like televisions, computers, and phones contain toxic chemicals that can pollute the air and contaminate soil and water.