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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T19:11:26.000Z",
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    "Clean Energy",
    "Justice & Health",
    "Corpus Christi",
    "Electric Vehicles",
    "EVs",
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  "textContent": "After Texas regulators said Tesla’s lithium refinery near Corpus Christi wasn’t violating its permits by discharging what local officials reported as black wastewater into a drainage ditch, independent water testing there this month found two toxic metals and other contaminants. Eurofins Environment Testing, an accredited lab with locations across the globe, reported traces of hexavalent […]",
  "title": "Independent Testing Where Tesla’s Lithium Refinery Discharges Wastewater Found Toxic Metals"
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