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A Wayne County hazardous waste landfill has been permanently barred by a Wayne County Circuit judge from receiving elevated radioactivity waste from historic atomic bomb and atomic energy development sites.
The landfill continuing to receive such wastes “will increase the risk of disease, cancer and other health risks to Plaintiffs’ communities which will continue to increase over time,” Judge Kevin Cox stated in granting a permanent injunction against Wayne Disposal on Wednesday, May 27…