Cement

Lorna Jordan of member station WVXU reports on the growing national opposition to the practice of burning hazardous waste in cement kilns. Hazardous waste is used instead of coal to power more than a dozen cement factories nationwide. Opponents say it releases dangerous toxic compounds, including heavy metals, into the environment.

One company’s plans to build a new cement plant upwind of the Grand Canyon comes at a time when officials are paying more and more attention to the pollution and gases cement plants emit.