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Mercury Storage in Colorado

By Andrea Chalfin

· Aug. 3, 2009, 3:38 pm

Governor Bill Ritter has told the U.S. Department of Energy that a possible mercury storage site in Western Colorado is dangerous, not well thought out, and bad for the state. The U.S. Department of Energy is considering seven possible storage sites for the highly toxic material, including a site near Grand Junction. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.

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