A new report says industrial facilities dumped 1.4 million pounds of toxic chemicals into Maryland waterways in 2010, mostly in the Baltimore area.
The report was released Thursday by Environment Maryland, which said it obtained the figures from Environmental Protection Agency reports.
The report says 98 percent of the releases were in the Baltimore area, particularly Curtis Creek on the Baltimore-Anne Arundel County border.
The chemicals include arsenic, mercury and benzene, which the environmental group says have been linked to cancer and developmental and reproductive disorders. The report calls on industrial facilities to switch to safer alternatives and for tougher permitting and enforcement by federal and state environmental regulators.
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And the flush tax is going to help, how??
In the meantime, let's blame all the septic tanks downstream of Balto for all the Bay's pollution problems!
They're set to increase the flush tax, and limit the development of new homes with septic systems, while these bozos continue to dump the lions' share of toxins into the watershed!
and to think we've been duped into thinking it was OUT chicken houses, farms and, septic systems.
Was there ever really any doubt as to where the pollution in the bay comes from? No worries though, Omalley is going to see to it everyone else pays for it...
98 percent. THINK about that. Then pay your flush tax which will go to the Bay fund, which in turn will be robbed for the General Fund, where it will stuff the pockets of special interest theives.
And I can't have a pool or a deck on my property because of the " critical area"...give me a break! Remember these laws are not about the environment it is about control of the average Joe.
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