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Local fight led to metal-smelting controls
All Christy Carton wanted to do was prevent her town’s ground water from being contaminated with cyanide. (and fluoride) She ended up doing a bit more than that. The Frederick County mother and environmental champion won a court battle that will change how dozens of U.S. companies dispose of the wastes from smelting metals. The […]
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Aluminum Firm Gets Qualified Approval To Dump Wastes in Latest Dispute With Frederick Residents
FREDERICK, Md., May 23, 1983 – Pascal Renn, a 71-year-old dairy farmer, sold 500 prime agricultural acres 15 years ago to an aluminum smelting firm, thinking it would be a boon to his native county. Now, he says, he prays “every night I can do something to protect the community from this selfish company.” Renn’s […]
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Eastalco Aluminum Sued Over Fluoride Emissions
Wearing quilted jackets, string ties and suspenders, the dairy farmers who sat in a Frederick County courtroom last week are not anyone’s image of political activists. But they are part of a new group of environmentalists: those who claim that industrial pollution damages their livelihoods as well as the quality of their lives. The dairy […]
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Sick Cows, Human Fears in Maryland County
BUCKEYSTOWN, Md. – Five years ago, Pat Zimmerman, a husky woman in broken down galoshes and wornout blue jeans, opened her barn door to let her prize Holsteins in for milking. Only a few of the cows stood at the door. The rest stood bawling at the end of the lane. Pat went out to […]
United States, Maryland Aluminum Industry