WASHINGTON — A polluted drainage ditch that once flowed with industrial waste from Lake Charles, La., petrochemical plants teems with overgrown, wild plants today.
EPA battled pollution in 1972, but it's politics today
Saturday, April 21, 2012 | 6:29 p.m. CDT;
updated 9:23 p.m. CDT, Saturday, April 21, 2012
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