Source: https://cowboystatedaily.com/, December 17, 2025
By: Renee Jean

In the 1980s, residential neighbors of the Nedlog and Williams Strategic Metals property about 2.5 miles south of Laramie began complaining about an orange plume of smoke from the plant that they believed was making them and their animals sick.

That kicked off an investigation, one that eventually found arsenic in the groundwater and soils surrounding the plant, as well as mercury contamination in at least one building.  Read more.