Number	17637
Subject	Waste Disposal
Source	Atlantic Monthly
State	None
Year	2001
Publication Date	April
Summary	Atlantic Monthly describes how "one of the most polluted cities in America" - Butte, Montana - "learns to capitalize on its contamination." The story depicts "waste heaps laced with lead and arsenic" and "tainted waters" as legacies of the mining business that has been flourishing in Butte for decades. The reporter looks at a Butte-based engineering company, Mountain States Energy, which "saw its chance in the national discomfort with repositories as a permanent solution for toxic waste." The investigation reveals that, under the former city mayor's guidance, the company has "managed to assume control over research grants for a wide range of advanced cleanup technologies," and has opened "the possibility that an entirely new industry might come to life on these polluted grounds."
Category	General
Pages	7
Keywords	EPA;copper ore;sulfuric acid;mining;immigrants;pollution;contamination;government funding
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