Most of the pollution at Virginia’s Superfund sites happened long before the nation enacted tough environmental laws in the 1970s and ‘80s. “Take it out back and bury it” was often the ...

Big Superfund toxic-waste dumps get the publicity, but reports going back 18 years suggest numerous smaller pollution sites could pose threats in Virginia. Virginia's non-Superfund sites may pose ...

Residents, environmental ... harder for hazardous sites to get designated, create a backlog, reduce program funding, and loosen contamination standards. The goal of the Superfund program, begun ...