Cleaning up the mess!

"Superfunds" were created in order to clean the mess that some industries leave behind when they are dissolved. An interesting article in The Oregonian

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/epa_to_put_oregons_black_butte.html

gives an account of one here in Oregon that is worth mentioning. EPA is proposing to put the old Black Butte mercury mine in the list of high priority cleanup sites.