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Fertilizer plant allowed to expand toxic waste dump in St. James Parish

By Lorena Patterson-Vallian, News Reporter March 7, 2025

Many LSU students may not realize that there is a pile of slightly radioactive chemical waste about 40 miles away in St. James parish. The mound is about two hundred feet tall and spans over a hundred...