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Protest Pollution

Environmentalists accuse the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of not doing required environmental assessments before using tear gas and chemical munitions on protesters in Portland, Oregon — chemicals that ended up washing into and contaminating the Willamette River.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Environmentalists accuse the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of not doing required environmental assessments before using tear gas and chemical munitions on protesters in Portland, Oregon — chemicals that ended up washing into and contaminating the Willamette River.

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