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Yuma County, waste, Yuma County Board of Supervisors, A.A. Sydcol, environmental services company, toxic chemicals
Jul 31, 2023

‘We’re not the place’: Yuma County residents fight hazardous waste permit

An online petition to stop a Yuma waste company’s proposal to start managing hazardous materials has received more than 4,300 signatures just weeks before Yuma County officials are scheduled to vote on a special use permit for the company.

ozone, pollution, Maricopa County, EPA, poor ozone quality, NOx, NO, lipids, allergens, Sierra Club’s Grand Canyon Chapter, Covid, pollution, heart attacks, strokes
Jan 11, 2023

Maricopa County’s ozone pollution is high and getting worse

Maricopa County’s ozone levels are getting worse, harming the health of its 4.5 million residents and threatening to cost the region billions of dollars in the coming years.

Mar 21, 2013

As Arizona mining increases, mine-related toxic releases grow

Arizona’s metal mining and manufacturing industries produced about 84.5 million pounds of toxic chemicals in 2011, a nearly 34 million pound increase from just two years earlier, the Environmental Protection Agency reported.

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