The iconic Michigan steamship, the SS Badger, may lose its permit to dump spent coal into Lake Michigan. The Ludington company that owns and operates the Badger, Lake Michigan Carferry, expects to hear soon from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency about its request to continue the practice. Hugh McDiarmid, communications director for the Michigan Environmental Council, discusses the impact of the SS Badger on the environment.
There is so little of the toxic waste in the ash, did you know if you took 50 years worth of all the ash dumped, you would have one ounce of mercury, taking a piss in the lake does more worse things to the lake!
Thank you to Hugh McDiarmid for being a strong voice for the health of Lake Michigan. Lead, arsenic, and mercury should not be freely dumped into our shared waters for any reason. It’s time to make a change for the SS Badger.
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