Toxins Dumped into Rainy River

An environmental group is pointing fingers at industry for dumping hundred of pounds of toxic chemicals into the Rainy River.

The findings were part of a report released by Environment Minnesota that looked at how the amount of chemical flowing into state waterways.

Spokesperson Samatha Chadwick says in 2007, more than 26-thousand pounds of chemicals from Minnesota-based companies went into the Rainy River.

"Divided out into specifically into different types of harmful chemicals there were 557 cancer causing chemicals dumped into the Rainy River and 37 pounds of developmental or reproductive toxins," says Chadwick.

Chadwick says the data was collected by the U-S Environment Protection Agency, but its report doesn't indicate if companies are meeting federal and state guidelines.