Ohio Plant Pollution Levels Worry Residents: ; State and Federal Regulators Say They Lack Manpower to Check Every Facility for Violations

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Ohio River communities built around promises of economic opportunity and secluded riverside homes tucked in the hills house less than 6 percent of Ohio's residents.

Yet the factory-dotted land near the river produces a quarter of the state's toxic waste and 68 percent of its air pollutants, according to a newspaper analysis.

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Ohio Plant Pollution Levels Worry Residents: ; State and Federal Regulators Say They Lack Manpower to Check Every Facility for Violations

The Columbus Dispatch's study comes as the eight-state commission that oversees the river's water quality considers easing pollution restrictions to cope with aging sewer systems.

With river regulations divided among t...

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