US Corporations have Dumped 206 Million Pounds of Toxic Chemicals into America’s Waterways | Global Research
Of the top 10 parent-companies releasing the largest amount of toxins,
four are corporate agribusiness companies: Tyson, Cargill Inc., Perdue
Farms Inc. and Pilgrims Pride Corp. Industrial facilities released more
than 1.4 million pounds of chemicals linked to cancer into 688 local
watersheds during 2012, including arsenic, benzene and chromium. The
North Fork Humboldt River watershed in Nevada received the largest
release of carcinogens among local watersheds, followed by the Lake
Maurepas watershed in Louisiana.
