An aircraft lays down a line of fire retardant between a wildfire and homes in the dry, densely wooded Black Forest area northeast of Colorado Springs, Colo., on June 13, 2013. A federal judge said Friday, May 26, 2023, that chemical retardant dropped on wildfires by the U.S. Forest Service is polluting streams in western states in violation of federal law, but said it can keep being use to fight fires. (AP Photo/John Wark, File)
May 26, 2023
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Judge says fire retardant drops are polluting streams but allows use to continue
More than 200 loads of retardant got into waterways over the past decad