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December 3, 2019

Supreme Court Hears Arguments over Arsenic Pollution in Montana
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The Supreme Court is slated to hear arguments today in a case that pits
about 100 Montana residents against the oil giant BP - one of the
largest companies in the world. The residents are demanding the Atlantic
Richfield Company, which is owned by BP, clean up decades of arsenic
pollution from a massive copper smelter. The company is arguing it is
only required to clean up the site to Superfund standards. The case
could have sweeping significance for other Superfund sites across the
United States.


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