For decades, zinc smelters polluted Pennsylvania’s Blue Mountain; crews later used mushroom compost and aircraft seeding to help vegetation return

During the earlier parts of the twentieth century, Blue Mountain in eastern Pennsylvania provided a grim picture of the cost of heavy industry to the environment. Over many years, large zinc factories in Palmerton emitted vast amounts of metal-laden smoke into the surrounding area.

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