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about 1.3 million pounds of PCB's were discharged into the Hudson River. The PCB's mixed with the sediments.

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Sediments were washed dine stream and created a dead zone in the gulf where no life can survive. Point source. This killed off almost all the life living in the area at the tine due to the sediments cloning the gills and basically suffocating the fish and marine life.

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Coal Ash Pond Drinking Water Contamination

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Coal Ash Pond Drinking Water Contamination

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The burning of Coal left behind large pools of Coal ash. Rivers and storms over flooded areas and seeped into the coal ash pools. Coal ash contains heavy metals which then gets into drinking water, contaminating the water and can possibly cause fatalities. This ruined clean drinking water. Non point.

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A chlorine resistant parasite caused an outbreak of over 400,000 people affected. Non-point. Unknown at the time Milwaukee water works received complaints regarding tap water.

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DEP investigators discovered a leak from a tank at a chemical storage facility. Charleston area residents began calling on a weird smell of licorice in the water and air. 2 weeks after the leak bad been discovered 2,000 people called poison center reporting exposure to contaminated water and hindered of people visited emergency departments.

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A 1982 lawsuit involving 8 families and a public water supply contaminated by toxic chemicals. The wells supplied toxic drinking water and canner to Woburn. Woburn had significant amounts of cases of leukemia.

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Floating debris slicked in oil floated down the river and were ignited by sparks caused by a train passing by. The river had already been polluted for decades from industrial waste

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Pacific Gas & Electric Chromium Contamination

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Pacific Gas & Electric Chromium Contamination

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Contaminated water was discharged and leaked into unlined pools. This leaked into the aquifer serving resident the water they needed. The leak lasted from 1952-1972. Chromium-6 was found in the water which is known to cause damage to multiple organs and cause different types of cancer and can also alter human DNA after long exposure of this.

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sat on top of 21,000 tons of toxic industrial waste that was buried under the ground in the 1940's and 50's. Over many years it all began to bubble up into backyards and cellars. Families had to sell their houses to the federal government and evacuate. The entire community was affect and sick.

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While excavating, toxic waste water leaked above the mine tunnel. It spilled about 3 million gallons of water into the creek. This water was filled with heavy metals and pollutants that contaminated the creek and flowed into the Animas river. The spill did not have a long term impact put communities and farms along the river were instructed not to use the contaminated water

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Two water supplies on the Marine Corps base camp Lejeune in North Carolina were found contaminated with TCE and PCE. Point source. Marines were found with leukemia, Aplastic Anemia, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, Liver cancer, and Parkinson's disease. A ton of effort has been put in to make sure the base is clear of any water and water storage systems for tools that are contaminated.

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On March 24,1989 in Alaska the Exxon Valdez Tanker struck a reef and tore open the ships haul. 11 million gallons of crude oil was spilled. This is point source because it came from one ship. The cleanup worker skimmed the oil from the waters surface and sprayed oil dispersants in the water and on the shores.

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The Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sunk on April 20,2010. 87 day after the explosion around 3.19 million barrels of oil had leaked into the gulf of Mexico. Point source because it came from one rig. The oil spilled affected all marine life and even the coral reefs. The deaths of these animals increased dramatically. The pollution was cleaned up by dispersants.