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Wisconsin cleanup shifts toxic PFAS burden to Alabama Black Belt

Source: Joe Songer for AL.com / Wisconsin Watch

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Wisconsin cleanup shifts toxic PFAS burden to Alabama Black Belt

‘Father of environmental justice’ says sending fluorinated firefighting foam to a landfill in the mostly poor, Black town of Emelle perpetuates racism.

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Bennet Goldstein / Wisconsin Watch, Sarah Whites-Koditschek / AL.com and Dennis Pillion / AL.com

Oct 9, 2023, 9:38 AM CST

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