"… iry led to indictments in 2009 alleging violations of the Clean Air Act.In Hayden, Ariz., the federal government forced a century-old copper smelter to exca …"

"… kin and on your clothes.”In the late 1990s, several hundred residents of Hayden, Ariz., sued Asarco, owner of one of the nation’s few remaining copper s …"

"… eople are stuck, and the pollution continues.Mary Corona, 53, has lived in Hayden since birth and said she suffers from constant, throbbing pain, as well as …"

"… ally led to ground-level reporting in communities such as Muscatine, Iowa; Hayden, Ariz.; Tonawanda, N.Y.; and Ponca City, Okla. These places seemed to have …"

"… is that the whole town is contaminated,” said Amparano, who was born in Hayden and has lived here most of her life.Soil tainted by airborne metals has be …"

"… he same time, he acknowledges the state has been too slow to act.People in Hayden just want someone to do something about the air.Known risks, government in …"

"… d like to ask the EPA, “Why the hell did you take so long?”Since 1912, Hayden, population barely 900, has been both blessed and cursed by the presence o …"

"… ve come at a steep price.Asarco has spent the past three years cleaning up Hayden. On order of the EPA, the company has paid millions for the removal and re …"

"… e reporting process behind the investigation.  …"

"… o evaluate the complaints” said Marianne Engelman Lado, a lawyer at Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental law firm. “Why is that progress?”Poverty an …"