Toxic wastes at Alkali Lake pose headache for Oregon.

From: ORian (Portland, OR) | Date: December 29, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Mark Larabee

Dec. 29--From the air, Alkali Lake looks like most of the dry mudflats that give Oregon's Lake County its name. Arid winds whip dusty clouds across its surface, a distinctive trait of this empty landscape.

The state owns 420 acres of Alkali Lake and has surrounded it with nearly four miles of barbed wire. Inside are 50 test wells, fanning out from mounds of gravel-covered earth. The mounds are tombs holding a three-decade-old pollution pr...

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