Environmental Research Foundation . . P.O. Box 5036, Annapolis, MD 21403 . .
Subscriptions are free.
To subscribe, E-mail the words . . Cement is a principal component of pipe often used to distribute drinking water in many American cities. Cement kiln dust is a byproduct of cement manufacture and is routinely given or sold to farmers as a soil treatment, or is discarded into pits or is piled on the ground near cement kilns in an uncontrolled fashion. Like mine wastes, cement kiln dust was initially exempt from RCRA because it is a high-volume waste presumed to be low in toxicity. For several years, EPA dragged its feet preparing the report.