Published 2 months ago

Red, toxic mud and dust have long bothered this Louisiana community. A fix is in the works.

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LAlumina red mud ponds off La. 44 in Burnside could be permanently capped with dirt. Parish President Clint Cointment and state Department of Environmental Quality secretary visited site Friday. Officials warned that the plan could take time to flesh out and design properly. The facility, which opened in the late 1950s, was among the first major industrial operations to locate in Ascension.

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Red, toxic mud and dust have long bothered this Louisiana community. A fix is in the works.

For years, toxic and slightly radioactive red mud and dust from an a shuttered alumina plant have bothered neighborhoods near Gonzales, but local leaders say a solution is now in the works.

2 months ago·Baton Rouge, United States

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