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2009-06-29 | permalink
U.S. EPA says Monsanto phosphate mine contaminates environment
Federal regulators said Thursday an Idaho mine that Monsanto Co. depends on to make its Roundup weed killer has violated federal and state water quality laws almost since it opened, sending selenium and other heavy metals into the region’s waterways. The Environmental Protection Agency said problems at the St. Louis-based company’s South Rasmussen Mine near the Idaho-Wyoming border were first documented in April 2002.
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2009-06-29 | permalink
U.S. EPA says Monsanto phosphate mine contaminates environment
Federal regulators said Thursday an Idaho mine that Monsanto Co. depends on to make its Roundup weed killer has violated federal and state water quality laws almost since it opened, sending selenium and other heavy metals into the region’s waterways. The Environmental Protection Agency said problems at the St. Louis-based company’s South Rasmussen Mine near the Idaho-Wyoming border were first documented in April 2002.
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