Indiana Tops List Of Waterway Polluting States

April 5, 2012

Indiana puts more toxic waste into waterways than any other state.

A recently published study by Washington, D.C.-based Environment America says Indiana industries put 27.4 million pounds of toxic discharge into waterways in 2010.

Indiana was followed by Virginia, Nebraska, Texas, and Georgia, all of which accounted for nearly 40 percent of the total amount of pollution dumped into U.S. waterways. The numbers are based off the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxics Release Inventory for 2010, the most recent data available.

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