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What’s New
U.S. PIRG released a new report on Tax Day 2006, "Taxpayers Pay to Clean Up After Polluters," which showed that since 2004, American taxpayers have paid more than $3.8 billion to clean up after polluters at Superfund toxic waste sites. This new data demonstrates how much taxpayers in each state have paid to support Superfund cleanups to protect the health of the one in four Americans living within four miles of a Superfund site. Read the release.
How You Can Help
Please take a moment to tell your U.S. representative to support reinstatement of the Superfund polluter pays fees to ensure that polluters, not taxpayers, pay to cleanup toxic waste sites. Send them an e-mail asking for their support for H.R. 3584, the Superfund Polluters Pays Act.
Overview
Toxic Waste Sites Threaten Communities Across the Country
Toxic substances contaminate the land, air, surface waters and groundwater in communities across the country. Many of these toxic substances are present in dangerous concentrations at former and existing industrial sites, waste dumps, landfills, mining sites, and even on seemingly deserted parcels of land. Exposure to the dangerous substances at these toxic waste sites presents a serious threat to human health. To address this threat, and protect the thousands of communities and millions of people living in proximity of toxic waste sites, Congress enacted the Superfund toxic cleanup program. More.
