What Chemetco did - the story of a deluded company
Original features on Chemetco by Alistair Siddons, explaining what the company did and when, the significance and the consequences.
A taste of the environmental challenges seen in southern Illinois, and an informed opinion about Chemetco's significance. 'Chemetco, the recalcitrant violators'»
Chris Cahnovsky, an EPA enforcement manager, had a leading role in this case. Read a profile of Chris Cahnovsky here »
Chemetco built a secret ten-inch pipe and for ten years, used it to discharge process-water into a tributary of the Mississippi. Read how Chemetco's luck finally ran out»© miss_pj - FOTOLIAA picture that really does tell a thousand words about Chemetco's way of thinking. Read the story, see the picture here»Covering-up the evidence: how Chemetco concealed its source of pollution. Read more»How federal prosecutors nailed Chemetco. Read the story here»Chemetco played fast and loose with language. Its main by-product, what it called 'zinc-oxide,' was always strongly associated with lead and cadmium. Read more here»Chemetco's plant was just metres away from the winter camp of Lewis and Clark. What would they see if they came back from the grave now? Read the story of Chemetco's visible legacy»Chemetco had got away with breaking water pollution limits for years before it was convicted. Read more here»It wasn't just about water with Chemetco. Which company was once the biggest producer of atmospheric lead in the entire United States? That's right, Chemetco. Read more here»Can there ever be fair-trade copper? This op-ed piece takes a step back from the Chemetco case to consider the gap between the shiny metal that we consume and the environmental impacts of its production. Read more»
