Louisiana is the nation’s sixth leading state in generating hazardous waste, and it is third in the nation for the amount of hazardous waste it imports from other states. “We import hazardous waste from Arkansas,” the General continues, eyes wide as if in disbelief, “because they’ve got stricter regulations than we do.” Throughout the state, there are many injection wells drilled deep underground and surrounded by casing into which hazardous waste is pumped, and worrisome studies had occasionally appeared in the press about them.
