Christian Science Monitor Article Synopsis

It sounds like a great idea: A government program created for the sheer purpose of cleansing America’s most hazardous waste-infected sites. That is what the federal government thought back in 1980 when it created the environmental program, Superfund, to do just that; clean up hazardous waste sites around the nation. Fast forward twenty-seven years and 886 successful cleanups later, and Superfund has found itself in the presence of severely hard times, (Knickerbocker 1.) The article by Brad Knickerbocker, “Superfund Program: A Smaller Cleanup Rag,” which was published in the Christian Science Monitor, exposes many of the problems that Superfund faces today. Perhaps the most potent of these troubles discussed in the article is the fact that, “The government fund that’s paid for that cleanup at a cost of more than $1 billion a year is virtually bankrupt,” (Knickerbocker 1.) The article goes on to quote the assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Marianne Lamont Horinko, who says, “‘We still face serious challenges because we still have much work to do at our remaining sites,’” (Knickerbocker 1.) Because of these facts, the fate of Superfund is up in the air: some believe it should be done away with while others see that as politically impossible. This affects Onondaga Lake because it is one of Superfund's sites.

For backgroud info I will use the following links:
Onandaga Lake Partnership
Superfund Official Site