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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 16 > Columbia basin full of toxins, EPA finds

Columbia basin full of toxins, EPA finds

Pollutants found at unsafe levels, agency says

By Jeff Barnard / The Bulletin
January 16, 2009

GRANTS PASS — The Environmental Protection Agency said in a report Thursday that toxins remain at levels harmful to people, fish and wildlife throughout the Northwest, despite decades-long cleanups.

The agency said Thursday that pollutants such as fire retardants, mercury and compounds....

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