*[Enwl-eng] They dumped poisonous waste in the middle of the night

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            There are half a million barrels of DDT, a toxic chemical, 
leaking off the L.A. coast. Tell the EPA to take action now!

                  Sign Now


                  DDT is a pesticide that's so toxic and dangerous, it kills 
birds and fish and even harms humans' health too. That's why, thankfully, 
the U.S. banned it back in 1972. But we've since found out that the biggest 
manufacturer of DDT in the nation disposed of the poisonous chemical by 
simply chucking thousands of barrels of it out into the Pacific Ocean off 
the coast of Los Angeles. Even worse, when the barrels refused to sink, this 
company actually punctured holes into them, meaning they've been slowly 
leaking out toxic sludge for decades.

                  DDT is so indestructible that disposing of it was always a 
huge problem — but that doesn't make it okay to take poisonous shortcuts. 
This corporation must have known that, because they purposefully timed their 
barrel-dumps in the middle of the night. The waste was dropped so deep into 
the ocean that scientists didn't even have the technology to find the 
evidence until 2011. By this point, experts estimate polluters may well have 
dumped half a million of these oozing, deadly barrels. And the resulting DDT 
leakage has been consistently making its way up the food chain, as larger 
and larger animals consume the little creatures living in this sludge. Yet 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under Trump's command, doesn't 
want to do anything about these contaminants, seeming content to just let 
them sit there. Sign the petition to demand the EPA do its job and clean up 
this toxic mess!

                  Thank you for all that you do,

                         Miranda B.
                        The Care2 Petitions Team



                  P.S. This is not the first time a massive toxic dump has 
happened right off the U.S. coast. And usually, no one ever cleans the 
poisonous mess up. Demand the EPA begin a clean up operation right now!









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From: Miranda B., Care2 Action Alerts
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2020 12:20 PM
Subject: They dumped poisonous waste in the middle of the night



 
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