The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed Wednesday adding a former battery recycling facility in Arecibo to its Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous sites.
Under a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, two pesticide distributors, Superior-Angran LLC and Superior Angran Caribbean Inc. of Guaynabo, will come into compliance with the Clean Air Act and federal pesticides law, the agency announced Thursday.
One year ago, a family on vacation on St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands was poisoned by methyl bromide, a harmful pesticide that was illegally applied below their rental condo.