Oil refineries are polluting US waterways. Too often, it’s legal.

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By Blanca BegertJan 26, 2023, 11:49 pm168 pts
Oil refineries are a well-documented source of air pollution, but less attention is paid to the ways they also pollute the water. Transforming crude oil into petroleum produces millions of gallons of wastewater each day filled with toxic chemicals and heavy metals that pours out of the plants and flows into…

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