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re: Site of toxic waste disposal next to neighborhoods in Ascension Parish could be closed
Posted on 3/14/24 at 10:30 pm to AndyCBR
Posted on 3/14/24 at 10:30 pm to AndyCBR
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The "red dust" you speak of was actually Bauxite that was part of a military repository program in several areas. Yes the Alumina plants generate red dust through the process and tailings but it is not the same material as the pre-processed Bauxite. Like it or not, living in the modern world requires plants and processes. And people don't want to live 2 hrs from work, so the two have to meet somewhere. The site should be cleaned up for sure but lets not crucify the industry that makes aluminum as we drink a beer from an aluminum can while we do it
I’m going to hazard a guess that you don’t live next door to a toxic waste site.
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Posted on 3/14/24 at 10:40 pm to JohnnyBgood
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Yes, but these plants have permits and federal/state regulations that have to abide by. When the Alumina plant went belly up once again, they failed to maintain the mud lakes per their permits. When that red dust leaves the sight, they are in violation. That plant is an old piece of shite with morons left to “caretake.” No money, plan or effort was ever put forth to protect the surrounding community.
Similar thing happened here in SC.
Back in the late 70’s/early 80’s,a company had the brilliant idea of placing a toxic waste dump 1200’ away from the headwaters of Santee Cooper.
People protested, politicians were paid off, the dump went into operation with liners and clay placed to keep the PCB’s and other poisons from migrating to the ground water and lake system …which along with being a great fishery supplies drinking water to the Lowcountry.
Lo and behold, the dump filled up, the company went out of business, and the pot of money they’d set aside back then is now a drop in the bucket of what it’ll take to remediate the site if/when it leaks enough to be picked up by the monitoring stations.
Posted on 3/22/24 at 10:47 am to riverdiver
quote:
I’m going to hazard a guess that you don’t live next door to a toxic waste site.
Blame the developers who bought the cheap land that was next to the existing site.
Posted on 3/22/24 at 11:13 am to Dawgfanman
quote:
Which existed first, waste site or the neighborhood?
This is always a question that the media coverage (and associated hysteria) fails to ask and answer. It isn't just with this particular case, it has been the same with every similar case I have followed.
Posted on 3/22/24 at 11:18 am to Knuckle Checker
It's got a pinch of NORM in it.
All this stuff should just go in the River to spread it out over time.
All this stuff should just go in the River to spread it out over time.
Posted on 3/22/24 at 11:42 am to riverdiver
quote:
I’m going to hazard a guess that you don’t live next door to a toxic waste site.
Yet, no blame should be placed on the people who bought homes near the pre-existing toxic waste site?
Posted on 3/22/24 at 11:55 am to riverdiver
I have another scenario for you, too....
Decades ago......
-City needs a dump
-City buys land for a dump
-City develops dump
-City decides to get into industrial waste management using said dump
-City contracts with many chemical and other industrial plants in the area to collect, dispose of, and manage their hazardous waste
-City buys land adjacent to said dump
-City operates dump for years
-City dump gets all filled up
-City shuts down and caps said dump
-City needs a new school
-City decides to build a new school on dump-adjacent land
-City school opens and operates for quite some time right next door to a shuttered dump containing hazardous industrial waste
-City has a new generation of ignorant people who have never paid attention catch wind of this
-City gets pressured by residents and out-of-town interest groups
-City blames the industries in the area (several that are long shut down)
-City tries to go after the industries with the deepest pockets that are left, playing victim, and demanding said companies foot the bill for clean-up
-City gets told to go frick itself by said companies
Decades ago......
-City needs a dump
-City buys land for a dump
-City develops dump
-City decides to get into industrial waste management using said dump
-City contracts with many chemical and other industrial plants in the area to collect, dispose of, and manage their hazardous waste
-City buys land adjacent to said dump
-City operates dump for years
-City dump gets all filled up
-City shuts down and caps said dump
-City needs a new school
-City decides to build a new school on dump-adjacent land
-City school opens and operates for quite some time right next door to a shuttered dump containing hazardous industrial waste
-City has a new generation of ignorant people who have never paid attention catch wind of this
-City gets pressured by residents and out-of-town interest groups
-City blames the industries in the area (several that are long shut down)
-City tries to go after the industries with the deepest pockets that are left, playing victim, and demanding said companies foot the bill for clean-up
-City gets told to go frick itself by said companies
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