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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • Under rules put in place by the Biden administration, the facility’s owner, Freeport-McMoRan, would have been required to install technology to reduce its toxic emissions. But in October President Trump exempted the smelter from complying with limits on lead, arsenic, chromium and other hazardous pollutants for the next two years.

    In 2024, the copper smelter emitted more than 11.6 tons of lead and 2.5 tons of arsenic, according to data the company reported to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.

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