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Dirty Secret: Chesapeake Bay Pollution Investigation 2005

Number 22467
Subject Pollution
Source WBAL-TV (Baltimore)
State MD
Year 2005
Publication Date 08/04/05; 12/04/05
Summary The authors investigated a private company called New Earth Services, one of the most dangerous polluters in Maryland. This company was poisoning the bay and nearby residents' drinking water while posing as the Bay's savior. The state of Maryland knew about the pollution and funded some of it. The authors also continued to follow an ongoing investigation in Centerville, where all of this started.
Category Computer-Assisted Reporting
Pages 45
Keywords Chesapeake Bay;pollution;environment;New Earth Services;state funding;Centerville MD;drinking water;Clean Water Act;Drinking Water Act;Dorchester County;FOIA
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