Red Alert: A Louisiana Refinery Spilled Toxic Waste Into the Community and Knew About It for Months

Refinery surged super-toxic sludge into LA waters — and kept it quiet for months

GRAMERCY — For several months, a River Parishes refinery unlawfully discharged industrial toxic waste containing arsenic, cadmium, chromium and other toxic heavy metals into public areas and waterways, state records show. The company, Atlantic Alumina, also known as Atalco, has so far racked up 23 violation notices from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality after inspectors first discovered the pollution in August. It involves a slu…

Red Alert: A Louisiana refinery spilled toxic waste into the community and knew about it for months

The Atlantic Alumina, a.k.a. Atalco, bauxite refinery in Gramercy, Louisiana. (Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator) This article is the first in a series on the environmental costs of America’s last remaining alumina refinery. GRAMERCY — For several months, a River Parishes refinery unlawfully discharged industrial toxic waste containing arsenic, cadmium, chromium and other toxic heavy metals into public areas and waterways, state re…

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Louisiana records show this refinery spilled toxic waste for months

Atlantic Alumina, also known as Atalco, is under investigation after state and federal inspectors documented months-long toxic waste leaks from its Gramercy refinery into surrounding public lands and waterways, Louisiana Illuminator reports.  Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality inspectors found multiple breaches in levees meant to contain “red mud,” a highly caustic industrial byproduct laced with arsenic, cadmium, chromium and other h…