How much toxic waste from the Carus Chemical plant in La Salle, Illinois, ends up in the Vermillion River, pictured in these photographs, right next to Carus’ wastewater lagoons?
The Vermillion empties into the Illinois River just a few miles from Carus Chemicals’ LaSalle manufacturing plant. The Illinois River empties into the Mississippi River.
The Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico .
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), there is a 6,334 square mile dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, an area of low oxygen which kills marine life. https://oceantoday.noaa.gov/deadzonegulf-2021/welcome.html#:~:text=The%202021%20Gulf%20of%20Mexico,over%20the%20past%20five%20years.
Agriculture chemical runoff has been blamed for this dead zone, but have chemical factories, industrial polluters and mines along rivers that connect to the Mississippi River been taken into consideration or studied for their contribution to the dead zone?
The effects of Carus Chemicals’ actions have consequences far beyond LaSalle.
Chemical Wastewater Pipe Discharging into the Vermillion River from Carus Chemical
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