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US Update

Published by MAC on 2006-06-02


US Update

2nd June 2006

Justice for tribes at Spokane and Colville, in Washington State, may finally be at hand, after protracted wrangling between the US and Canadian governments over who takes responsibility for massive pollution caused by Teck Cominco's notorious Trail smelter in British Colombia. It's the company which now has to pay for the remediation studies.

And finally, the victims (and their families) of "7/11" in New York may be getting somewhere towards a just settlement of their claims.

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