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Gowanus Canal, Polluted for Many Decades, May Become Superfund Site [1]

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to add the Gowanus Canal, in Brooklyn, to its list of Superfund sites, a step that advocates hope will revitalize a waterfront hobbled by environmental problems from its industrial past.

Publication Date: 
10/04/2009
Mireya Navarro [2]
New York Times (New York) [3]
Tags:
Water Pollution [4], Water Pollution Control [5], United States Of America (US) [6]
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National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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