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Moment of reckoning: US cities burn recyclables after China bans imports- Feb. 21, 2019
Source: https://www.inquirer.com/health/chester-pq-corporation-pollution-dep-fine-20190730.html The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has fined PQ Corp., a global manufacturer of materials and chemicals, $750,000 for air quality and other violations at a large Chester facility it operates. PQ, based in Malvern, owns a 173,000-square-foot plant on West Front Street, where the DEP says emissions exceeded allowances for nitrogen oxides and…
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Why Philly’s trash is Chester’s air pollution – WHYY
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Too Much Pollution For One Place
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/too-much-pollution/ Article published by PBS on August 23, 2017 on how emissions from waste treatment facilities and power plants contribute to a slow-motion public health disaster in Chester, PA. By Will Sullivan.
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