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put_the_ux_in_sux t1_j29jxwc wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in [Serious] What can be done to stop the Clairton mill? by NickySmithFromPGH

Bruh, the US Thompson Steel plant is the 9th worse polluter in the area. Clairton coke works isn’t even in the top 10.

There are about 3 dozen mills and factories in the area whose pollution outputs are far worse— 100s of tons of lead, cadmium, nickel, chromium, cobalt, benzene and xylene dumped into the environment annually.

The top 10 polluters in the area produce 70% of all air pollution and released over 1,000,000 pounds of toxic waste into the air in 2019.

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samr1380 t1_j29nnwv wrote

There has been an update to that report, done in 2021. Clairton Coke Works is now 3 on the list of top 10. Further to your point, making them a significant polluter to appear in the top 10, let alone 3.

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