toxic waste site
Example Sentences
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For example, it is typically very difficult to prove that a cluster of cancer cases in a community was caused by exposure to pollution or a toxic waste site nearby.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 26, 2022
But things could have gone differently — if not in Midland, then somewhere else with a toxic waste site downstream of an aging dam less prepared for a flood.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2021
On a recent afternoon, Burwell stood near the aging toxic waste site.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2021
Can we treat the web as a toxic waste site?
From The Verge ● May 14, 2020
Aside from being located next to Newtown Creek, a federal Superfund toxic waste site, the plant's claim to fame is eight stainless-steel-clad, egg-shaped sludge digesters, which only a few other cities, including Los Angeles, have.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2018
