Asbestos
The former Baltic Mills complex in Sprague, now a brownfield site.

Toxic Sites: Hazardous, Hard To Develop

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Since 1994, close to $60 million has been spent by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help rid communities of so-called brownfield sites, including close to $12 million for removing or containing pollutants. But to date only 19 have been completely cleaned and the cases closed, according to the EPA, hardly making a dent in a vast inventory estimated to be in the thousands.