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Is West Texas' Water Supply at Risk of Radioactive Contamination?new

For years, Waste Control has touted its 1,300-acre dump site as nearly geologically perfect for containing radioactive waste for tens of thousands of years. The company’s primary selling point has been what it calls the "almost impenetrable red bed clay" in which the waste will be buried. But the red bed is leaking.
The Texas Observer  |  Forrest Wilder  |  06-17-2009  |  Environment

Landfill Makes Its Northeast Houston Neighbors Miserablenew

When a Houston landfill announced that it wanted to take its mountain of trash up from 188 feet up to 316 feet, the Northeast Environmental Justice Association filed suit.
Houston Press  |  Greg Harman  |  10-10-2005  |  Environment

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