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Bill Johnson has witnessed the extent of US Magnesium’s pollution up close.
He’s seen the wastewater pond that was so acidic it bubbled like a cauldron. He noted where the corrosive liquid had eaten through the soil beneath, and where it burned through earthen barriers and spilled into the neighboring public lands near Utah’s Great Salt Lake.
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When staff at the company’s facility gave him a safety lecture, Johnson said he was told to remove any…