Congress orders telecommunications companies to clean up TOX

Hidden beneath the dirt of America’s vast landscape are many thousands of miles of lead-covered cables that Congress says are polluting water and soil, and thus must be removed. Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) wrote in a letter to USTelecom, an industry group that represents telecommunications giants like AT&T and Verizon, that the telecom industry must […]

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