Protect Starved Rock and The Illinois Valley
The desctruction and loss of Midwest farmland and the contamination of the Illinois Valley from frac sand mining and chemical manufacturing.
Carus Chemical is the only producer of potassium permanganate and sodium permanganate in the Western Hemisphere.
This explains a lot about the lack of accountability, and the City of LaSalle bending over backwards and covering for Carus as residents became aware of illegally stored product in a crumbling building behind their homes.
Because of its unique geology and minerals, La Salle County, Illinois, has become a center for resource extraction and chemical manufacturing.
March 6, 2023
Less than eight weeks after the Carus Chemical fire and chemical plant explosion in LaSalle, Illinois, Carus had another chemical spill.
The purple chemical on the road, near the end of the video, is one of several chemicals that fell onto peoples’ homes, cars, and yards in January from a chemical cloud that formed during the explosion and fire at Carus.
This same purple chemicals is being released by the factory in LaSalle into the Little Vermilion River. The Little Vermillion empties into the Illinois River.
Carus also owns a landfill along the Illinois River, which is believed to be leaching toxic chemicals and heavy metals into the river.
The Illinois River empties into the Mississippi River, then into Gulf of Mexico, where there is a 6,334 square mile dead zone. NOAA: https://oceantoday.noaa.gov/deadzonegulf-2021/welcome.html?fbclid=IwAR0_i58Gde813KEsDG2DSrdMxmWv3qwp_IGbDMl8WKUqz3f-rxIBb-FDTMI#:~:text=The%202021%20Gulf%20of%20Mexico,over%20the%20past%20five%20years
Farmers have been blamed for the Gulf dead zone.
How much do Carus Chemical and other polluters contribute to this dead zone?
Carus is one of many polluters, which include manufacturers and mining companies that release toxic waste into the Illinois River near La Salle, Illinois.
The building in the video that resembles the Adams’ Family home is the Hegeler Carus Mansion, built in 1876 and considered “one of the Midwest’s great Second Empire structures,” according to the website. https://lnkd.in/gqdbyHBE
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Photos by: Marty Schneider
Protect Starved Rock and The Illinois Valley 