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Archive Home > 2008 > March > 10 > Housing site with a toxic past

Housing site with a toxic past

Owners of an old mine west of Terrebonne say land is safe; DEQ isn’t so sure

By Hillary Borrud / The Bulletin
March 10, 2008

TERREBONNE — Seven miles west of Terrebonne, up a small hill from the Deschutes River, lies a dusty white piece of land that has had many lives in the past century.

Deschutes County and state records tell its tale. Beginning in the 1920s, it was mined for a substance used in....

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