The Environmental Protection Agency's Lawsuit Targets Seven Big Industrial Sources of Pollution

Ek estimates that within these categories there's more than 1,100 of these facilities spread out across the US so this is a national problem. Many of these facilities are located in low-income communities or communities of color who are already bearing a disproportionate burden of industrial pollution and where are they dumping this stuff rivers what is their preferred dumping ground? Ek: The old standards don't actually set limits for the kinds of pollutants that these facilities discharge.