Living near a US toxic waste site could shave a year off your life, study finds

waste waterFrom the Guardian, April 13, 2021.

Superfund sites are scattered across America: they’re places like landfills and manufacturing plants so contaminated with hazardous waste that the federal government has designated them a national priority to clean up. And according to a new, large-scale study, living near one can shave months – and in some cases, more than a year – off how long you live.

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