The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is returning to Richmond Harbor for a second attempt in a second century to remove toxic mud at the bottom of the Lauritzen Channel.
The channel was first contaminated from 1947 to 1966 by the United Heckathorn Company. According to the U.S. Department of the Interior, no chemicals were manufactured on site. Heckathorn received raw pesticides from manufacturers, ground them in open-air mills, mixed them with solvents and packaged them for use in liquid or powder form.
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