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BR Capital Lakes - Now Listed as Federal Toxic Site
Posted on 9/8/23 at 3:20 pm
Posted on 9/8/23 at 3:20 pm
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BATON ROUGE - The beleaguered Capitol Lakes were formally added to a list of sites being prioritized by the federal government to receive funding to help decontaminate them.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that the three lakes were added to the National Priorities List, a collection of environmental projects seeking to address dangerous contamination at sites across the nation. The EPA is also proposing that the federal government add the Exide Baton Rouge site on Brooklawn Drive — a former recycling center where toxins were found in the soil — to that same list.
https://www.wbrz.com/news/feds-add-baton-rouge-s-toxic-capitol-lakes-to-list-of-priority-environmental-projects?fbclid=IwAR3qQGrDnRK6fgnSWtWU9wtqKRxibdM4A5rYQehwuI36Z4Inj7WZQgNmj6I
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The lakes have been contaminated with toxins for decades, and recent tests of the water last year showed it also contained traces of arsenic, lead and another chemical linked to cancer.
The EPA says that it only adds a site to the list "based on a scientific determination of risks to people and the environment."
“Residents of heavily industrialized communities like Baton Rouge should not have to live with higher levels of water, air and soil contamination,” Regional Administrator Dr. Earthea Nance said in a statement. “With historic levels of funding through the Biden-Harris Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, sites like Capitol Lakes and Exide Baton Rouge are getting the focus they deserve to prevent harms to people’s health and the environment.”
Officials have known since the 70s that the lakes — located near State Capitol and Governor's Mansion — contained toxic chemicals. That contamination has also spread to the fish found in the water.
Posted on 9/8/23 at 3:29 pm to Shexter
From all the unregulated bullshite that is spewed from nextdoor.
Posted on 9/8/23 at 3:29 pm to Shexter
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Officials have known since the 70s that the lakes — located near State Capitol and Governor's Mansion
Good to know the lakes are so critically toxic that nobody at the state decided to do anything about it until the Feds offer to give them money 50 years later.
This post was edited on 9/8/23 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 9/8/23 at 3:30 pm to Shexter
Why so long????
They were condemned years ago.
They were condemned years ago.
This post was edited on 9/8/23 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 9/8/23 at 3:30 pm to Shexter
Would that affect pelican meat?
Posted on 9/8/23 at 3:31 pm to Shexter
The nutria don’t seem to mind.
Posted on 9/8/23 at 3:34 pm to LPTReb
quote:They are probably toxic too…
The nutria don’t seem to mind.
Posted on 9/8/23 at 3:36 pm to LemmyLives
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Good to know the lakes are so critically toxic that nobody at the state decided to do anything about it until the Feds offer to give them money 50 years later.
Jon Bel was living next to it for over six years and finally decided to ask for help.
Posted on 9/8/23 at 3:37 pm to Shexter
Superfund next? Feds making work for themselves.
Posted on 9/8/23 at 3:47 pm to Shexter
This will definitely make BR so much cleaner. Glad they’re tackling the environmental issues that actually matter.
Posted on 9/8/23 at 3:55 pm to Shexter
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contained traces of arsenic, lead and another chemical linked to cancer.
Did it just slip the writer's mind? Must have been rushed, and didn't have time to look it up.
Posted on 9/8/23 at 3:57 pm to Shexter
They should do like Decatur, AL is doing and find a good scapegoat with deep pockets to blame every single contaminate found within 100 miles of the city on, then sue them.
This post was edited on 9/8/23 at 4:11 pm
Posted on 9/8/23 at 3:58 pm to Shexter
Though that was by design….. like a toxic moat to protect the Capitol and gov mansion.
Posted on 9/8/23 at 3:58 pm to fightin tigers
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From all the unregulated bull shite from 50-80 years ago that is spewed from nextdoor.
Posted on 9/8/23 at 4:01 pm to Shexter
You wouldn't see this in Little Rock...
Posted on 9/8/23 at 5:10 pm to Shexter
So maybe its true or maybe they got it classified as contaminated to get fed $ to help with the cleanup. I just don't accept any scientific facts presented by the govt. Gad they are restoring the lakes though!
Posted on 9/8/23 at 5:14 pm to thatdude
ya'll older baws remember when marisane goldsby was the governor's press secretary and those guys cooked a fish from the lake and brought it to her at the governor's mansion and she pulled out a fork & started chowing down and they yelled "dont! its from the poison lake!" and she was like "well then why did you try to feed it to me?"
This post was edited on 9/8/23 at 5:15 pm
Posted on 9/8/23 at 5:15 pm to Shexter
I just assume the whole parish is a superfund site.
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