Water authority reports violations at Detroit waste processing facility #DetroitNews

Associated Press - Great Lakes Water Authority records show a hazardous waste processing facility in Detroit has released excessive amounts of mercury, arsenic, cyanide and other toxic chemicals into the city sewer system more than 150 times since September 2010. Waste management service US Ecology is allowed to put pretreated chemical waste into the sewer system under strict requirements, the Detroit Free Press reported. The records show frequent, and sometimes alarming, violations of permitted maximum

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