Bradford Island: Environmental Justice and Public Health: The Columbia’s Newest Superfund Site |
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Have you ever visited Bonneville Dam? Or wondered about Bradford Island—the island that supports the middle of the dam—as you drove through the majestic Columbia River Gorge? Did you know that resident fish—fish like bass, carp, and sturgeon—caught upstream of Bonneville Dam near Bradford Island contain some of the highest levels of toxic pollution in the Pacific Northwest? People depend on healthy, locally-caught fish, but resident fish in this area are too toxic to eat.
learn more: https://www.columbiariverkeeper.org/our-work/stopping-pollution/bradford-island |