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Kentucky's Tire Dumping Crisis | Lexington News
Kentucky’s rivers are drowning in dumped tires—hundreds pulled from just four miles of the Red River last year—and the pollution is deadly, leaching toxins like benzene and PFAS into waterways that threaten fish, drinking water, and property values. Behind the crisis: shady operators pretending to recycle, then dumping truckloads during floods. While the Kentucky Waterways Alliance fights back with a crowdsourced reporting tool and the state allocates $1.3 million for recycled tire projects, environmentalists say it’s still not enough—infrastructure can’t keep up with the illegal dumping, and…
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