AP Exclusive: Evidence of spills during floods at toxic site

PASADENA, Texas (AP) " A U.S. government hotline received three reports of spills at a heavily polluted Superfund toxic waste site near Houston after flooding from Hurricane Harvey.Flooding swamped three large tanks on Aug. 29 at U.S. Oil Recovery, a former waste processing plant contaminated with a dangerous brew of cancer-causing chemicals. The company overseeing the cleanup says it doesn't know the total amount spilled into nearby Vince Bayou.Aerial photographs taken two [...]


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