April 15, 2009 - An arsenic-tainted neighborhood in south Minneapolis will get an injection of as much as $25 million in federal stimulus money to continue cleaning up the site.
The Environmental Protection Agency today that the neighborhood is among 50 of the country's most polluted and hazardous waste sites in 28 states will receive $528 million in recently-approved economic stimulus funding.
The sites were contaminated years ago by mining waste, lead smelters, landfills, and other sources of chemicals but the companies responsible are no longer around to pay for their cleanup.
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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