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The Superfund program, established in 1980, created a federal system to clean up the nation’s most contaminated hazardous waste sites. This landmark environmental legislation emerged from growing public awareness of toxic pollution’s devastating health impacts on American communities. The program represents a crucial shift toward government accountability for environmental protection and corporate responsibility for pollution cleanup.
Russell Bliss was paid three cents a gallon to haul away chemical waste. He mixed it with motor oil and sprayed it on roads, parking lots, and horse arenas across Missouri. Dioxin levels were 300 times the safe limit.