Warren County PCB Landfill
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warren-county-pcb-landfill-283-3886879
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Warren County PCB Landfill
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Warren County PCB Landfill was a PCB landfill located in Warren County, North Carolina, near the community of Afton south of Warrenton. The landfill was created in 1982 by the State of North Carolina as a place to dump contaminated soil as result of an illegal PCB dumping incident. The site, which is about 150 acres (0.61 km2), was extremely controversial and led to years of lawsuits. Warren County was one of the first cases of environmental justice in the United States and set a legal precedent
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_County_PCB_Landfill
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2024-03-07T02:41:26Z
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