Demolition work in the Searles Valley Mineral Plant 170 miles North of Los Angeles has led to back-to-back mercury spills, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Together, the two incidents produced the West’s biggest spill of mercury – a potent neurotoxin – in two decades, said Robert Wise, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on-scene coordinator. He said he has referred the matter to the U.S. Department of Justice for review.
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