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West Virginia among nation’s top river polluters
West Virginia ranked ninth in total toxic discharges from 1992 to 1996, with the Ohio and Kanawha rivers bearing the brunt. Howes Leather Co. dumped all of 296,366 pounds into the Greenbrier, while Bayer Corp. released 15 million pounds into the Ohio. PIRG urged stronger reporting and water protections, naming DuPont, Clearon, FMC, Union Carbide and others as major polluters and proposing a four-point Right to Know expansion.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Kanawha
U.S. Public Interest Research Group
Washington
PIRG
Howes Leather Co
Greenbrier
Bayer Corp
New Martinsville
Mississippi
America
Steve Biel
Right To
Biel
DuPont
Belle
Clearon Corp
South Charleston
Flexsys Nitro
FMC Corp
Spring Hill
Rhone-Poulenc
Institute
Union Carbide Corp
Ac&s Inc
FMC
Harmon Creek
Pole Creek
Sugar Camp Run
Lens Creek
Reynold’s Branch
Simmons Creek
Buzzard Run
Basf Corp
Huntington
Arco Chemical Co
Inco Alloys Intl. Inc
Union Carbide Corp. Technical
Broughton Foods Co
Charleston
United Dairy Inc
Valley Bell
South Charleston Stamping
Huntington Plating Inc